Re: help me... :(

From: Will Denny (willdenny_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/20/04


Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:43:40 +0100

Hi

Try the following programs to check for any spyware that might be on your
system:

Ad-Aware - www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

Try SpyWareBlaster to stop intrusions:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Also see the following links:

http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spyware.asp

-- 
Will Denny
MVP - Windows Shell/User
Please reply to the News Groups
"Emilia" <Emilia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:9E63A346-AED3-4691-AEC6-D6BDC077A583@microsoft.com...
> Okay, so im a bit computer dumb. But anyways, for some reason my computer
> automatically downloaded one of those AWFUL "My Daily Horoscope" task bar
> things, and now my Pc is being completely bombarded with pop ups 
> constantly,
> and i can't used my internet properly cause they keep on coming.. i tried 
> to
> delete it, but it won't let me saying something stupid like "Access 
> Denied"
> and the unistaller that came with it, coincedentally (HA) doesn't even 
> open
> up. So i don't know what to do. Help me Please?? 


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