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popups from hell

Discussion in 'Technology Forum' started by MarathonMan, Mar 10, 2006.

  1. Mar 10, 2006 at 9:39 PM #1
    MarathonMan

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    I downloaded some quality porn a couple weeks ago and got some nasty spyware that's giving me popups that shut down IE about every 20 minutes. I've downloaded Ad-Aware and whenever I run it, it finds about 26 bugs. I can remove them and rescan and they're back again. I've got Norton antivirus and ad-aware. I've gone to add/remove hardware and deleted everything I dont recognize.

    any suggestions?
     
  2. Mar 10, 2006 at 9:51 PM #2
    mathmajors

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    Scan in safe mode.

    If you don't have a licensed copy of Ad-Aware, it doesn't have an active monitor. The Microsoft Antispyware is good for that, and now they've got some other wing-dingie thingie that Brain is evaluating. microsoft.com
     
  3. Mar 11, 2006 at 8:43 AM #3
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    Did you delete the porn? Every time you open it it's probably reloading what you just cleaned up. Did you run Ad-Aware full system scan or the standard smart scan? Always run the full scan.:twocents:
     
  4. Mar 11, 2006 at 3:13 PM #4
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    disable the messenger service...or at least check...
     
  5. Mar 11, 2006 at 3:58 PM #5
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    The other thing I do when I'm cleaning up spyware is to uninstall stuff that is obviously not legit. Some of the really nasty ones are actually registered applications.
     
  6. Mar 11, 2006 at 6:05 PM #6
    MarathonMan

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    how do I get into safe mode?

    I've downloaded Windows Defender and it's telling me it cant update definitions. Is ther something I need to know there?
     
  7. Mar 23, 2006 at 9:59 PM #7
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    Buy a program called Super Ad Blocker.Its the best spyware/pop up program Ive used.Also removes those embedded ads.

    http://www.superadblocker.com/
     

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