Re: popup ads in hidden files
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 04/18/04
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 12:51:09 -0600
Greetings --
To deal with issues caused by any sort of "adware" and/or
"spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Smiley Central, Xupiter,
Bonzai Buddy, or KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately
(but without understanding the consequences) installed, two products
that are quite effective (at finding and removing this type of
scumware) are Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search &
Destroy from www.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions.
It's even possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your
system against most future intrusions. I use both and generally
perform manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc.
Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most common
varieties of scumware are available here:
PC Hell Spyware and Adware Removal Help
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml
Bruce Chambers
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "camac" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EA9921A9-4968-45E7-BEAF-98D68156F1C2@microsoft.com... >I have a hidden file in C:\WINDOWS that is a pop up ad for show >behind. This annoying ad comes up behind my home page every time I >open internet explorer. How can I delet this file? When I right >click and hit delete, I get this message: Cannot delete >ShowBehind.exe: Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or >write-protected and the files is not currently in use.
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