Re: Strange Adware Icons
From: Johnny Schmitt (preachie_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 01/02/05
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Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 13:34:46 GMT
For those who have responded with good ideas to try,..THANK YOU!!
But I still have the problem. Those pesky icons are still on the desktop. In
addition to the things that I have already tried and have shared with you
(in my original post and another couple), I have down loaded and tried:
Peperfix, Stinger, and purchased "Scan Spyware" by PC Privacy Protection
Software. Scan Spyware found 73 instances of high risk threats that
"Ad-Aware" and "Spybot" didn't find, but even after cleaning those out. I
can't get rid of the problem.
Those aggravating icons can't be deleted, or moved, or right clicked on to
bring up a menu. Every time I go to Windows Explorer or re-boot, they
re-arrange themselves on the desktop AND re-arrange MY icons helter skelter.
Any more ideas, I hope?
Johnny
"Johnny Schmitt" <preachie@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:mycBd.8879$by5.7930@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
> Problem: I have a series of icons that have popped up on my desktop that
> I can't get rid of. They are ones that are called,
> "bingo",..."travel"..."website hosting",..."casino online",..."card
> games",..."poker",...and "printer cartridges".
>
> What I have tried (and everything I am listing is the latest versions
> with the most recent updates to each): Ad-Aware SE Personal ----- Spybot
> Search & Destroy ---- SBC Yahoo Anti-Spy ----- XBlock X-Cleaner -----
> Norton Internet Security 2004 (including running a complete system scan).
> I have shut down System Restore and have run ChkDisk.
>
> I am running WinXP Pro on a Pentium 4 computer.
>
> What gets me is that I have seen these same icons in the past but after
> running Spybot or Ad-Aware it would find a bunch of instances of
> adware/spyware and remove them. NOW when I run these programs they don't
> find any threats. If I try to drag the icons to the re-cycle bin they
> won't move. If I right click on them to get a menu and "Properties",
> nothing happens.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks
>
> Johnny
>
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