Re: Spyware Issue Woes

From: Rock (rock_at_comcast.nospam.net)
Date: 09/08/04 

Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 23:34:57 -0700

hondaman wrote:

> I've just installed the newest version of Ad-aware SE version 1.04 and put
> the new reference file in it and ran it under windows Safe Mode. It found a
> few extra things along with Twain- tech and vx2 that Spy Sweeper had just
> supposedly killed. I think I may have finally killed that stuff. The only
> possibility of it coming back is that maybe the company distributing that
> stuff is hacking into my computer to send it back to me which should be
> illegal. I really hope I've finally killed it. Thank you all for the great
> responses and ideas. :)
>
>
> -Jeff
> "Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:0n1sj0dl2loroctivu8bedaktsldv2ooe3@4ax.com...
>
>>"hondaman" <jeffscomp@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Can anyone tell me how to deal with the Twain- tech, vx2 adware that keeps
>>>hijacking my computer continuously no matter how many times I try over and
>>>over again to kill it using Spy Sweeper, Ad-aware and deleting the temp
>>>folders in my profile and the overall windows temp folder. I have tried
>>>everything and it is not helping. If there is any help or clue of what it
>>>uses to reinstall itself please let me know. I've had Spy Sweeper
>>>detecting
>>>several traces of adware and it will clean it out only to have it come
>>>back
>>>over again. I'm at the point of thinking maybe I'll have to format and
>>>reinstall xp with sp2 on it. I let somebody on my computer and he
>>>downloaded
>>>and installed some nasty program that must have been a mega spyware trap.
>>>Please help if you can. Thankyou.
>>>
>>> -Jeff
>>>
>>
>>First of all, have you upgraded your AdAware to the latest AdAware SE
>>version?
>>
>>Also you need to get the VX2 add-in for AdAware, install it and then
>>run it. http://www.lavasoft.de/software/addons/vx2cleaner.shtml
>>
>>Good luck
>>
>>
>>Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>>--
>>Microsoft MVP
>>On-Line Help Computer Service
>>http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>>
>>"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
>

Make sure a firewall is active on the system. If nothing else use XP's
built in firewall but a better option is a 3rd party one for either zone
alarm, Sygate or Kerio:

Sygate Personal Firewall
http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm

Zone Alarm
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?lid=staticcomp_za

Kerio Personal Firewall
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html

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