Re: Adaware
From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 04/12/04
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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 21:51:32 -0500
Be sure you have the firewalls on wireless security set to
keep unwanted stuff away from your computers and networks.
A firewall like Zone Alarm will alert you if something on
your computer is calling home for ads.
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| thanx for the reply. I have a question about Spyblaster
| though. I read about it in another post in here last
| week and installed it on my Win98se computer. I don't
| know if one thing has anything to do with the other but
| the following day after turning my computer back on.....I
| had desktop icons for "casino games, card games, and
| things like that. The only thing that i downloaded was
| spyblaster so i removed it thinking it might have been
| the culprit for putting these things onto my computer. I
| also mysteriously had some "foreign" search browser. I
| was able again to remove these things in the Add/Remove
| task manager but am puzzled as to how these things get
| onto my computer to begin with. I have 2 computers. One
| being Windows98se connected via verizon dsl and microsoft
| wireless router and the second one is this WindowXP which
| i have a USB wireless adapter hooked up to to pick up the
| signals from the router. It just seems funny that it
| happens to my Win98se and then 2 days
| later......basically the same thing happens to my WinXP
| system. Anyway...my question is ......why didn't
| Spyblaster pick these things up before they were
| installed onto my computer or.......was Spyblaster the
| culprit who installed them. Didn't have Spyblaster on
| the WinXP system so i'm tending to doubt the latter.
| Thanx for any and all help.........Patty
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Patty,
| >
| >Yes, they are all safe to remove. They are all part of
| various spy and ad
| >programs. You may want to install this utility to
| prevent this from
| >happening in the future:
| >
| >Spyware Blaster:
| www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
| >
| >--
| >Best of Luck,
| >
| >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
| >Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
| >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
| >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
| >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
| >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
| >
| >"Patty" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
| message
| >news:1b2c601c4202e$e1cf2510$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| >> Hi......I just recently got a brand new computer with
| >> Windows XP OS. It's been running fine up until today
| >> when i went to go online and it kept hanging up. One
| of
| >> the first things i did when i got it 2 weeks ago was to
| >> download Adaware to try to keep out the spyware and
| >> malware. When i put it on today (computer) ....I
| noticed
| >> a big toolbar on the bottom that said "Searchbox" or
| >> something to that effect. I have no idea where this
| came
| >> from as i really haven't downloaded anything new into
| the
| >> computer. I was able to remove it from the Add/Remove
| >> task manager along with another file that
| >> said "BargainBuys" or something to that effect. I then
| >> figured i better run my Adaware Program and low and
| >> behold.....was i was shocked when it came up with over
| >> 300 files along with registry keys and registry values.
| >> I checked to remove them all but when it finished i
| got a
| >> message saying some files couldn't be removed. It then
| >> asked if i wanted Adaware to try to remove them when i
| >> restart my computer. I checked "cancel" because i want
| >> to make sure it is ok to remove them before i do
| >> anything. The files are:
| >> C:\programfiles\syssai\apropusplugin.dll
| >> C:\programfiles\clearsearch\csie.dll
| >> C:\windows\system32\msiefr40.dll
| >> C:\windows\system32\stlbdist.dll
| >>
| >> Is it safe to have Adaware remove these files or do i
| >> need them to keep my system up and running?? I have no
| >> idea where these over 300 files came from. The only
| >> thing i can think of is my friend's son was on-line
| last
| >> night in chatrooms and playing games on AOL. My son
| >> tends to download things associated with his X-box live
| >> like WarZone and teamcompete. Could these be the
| >> culprits putting that nasty spyware on my computer??
| The
| >> risk factor for just about all of them are low with one
| >> being Medium risk factor and possible browser hijacker.
| >> Any help as to whether i can safely remove the above
| >> files would be greatly appreciated.......Thanx...Patty
| >
| >
| >.
| >
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