Simviation Forum - Adaware problems

Dec 30^th, 2004 at 12:31am

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I start a scan with adaware and somewhere after 1000 files scanned I get a window that says Windows will restart in 1 minute......... and it counts down, similar to the worm that hit windows XP users a year or more ago. Any help would be helpful I need adaware! just restored windows XP if that helps, Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #1 - Dec 30^th, 2004 at 5:09am

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Try downloading Stinger (google for it) and run it, making sure you disable "system restore" first.
This will scan for viruses and will catch many that even the most up to date virus scanner won't catch.
After a complete virus scan run Highjackthis, it will list anything that might be considered spyware, be certain to know what you are removing!! So stuff it will show as spyware your system needs, it is very powerfull Wink

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Reply #2 - Dec 30^th, 2004 at 10:17pm

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Stinger????? ugh could you be a little more specific? cheers, Gunny

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Reply #3 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 2:34am

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Stinger????? ugh could you be a little more specific? cheers, Gunny

No not really especially when typing the name in Google and it is the very first link in the list Tongue

http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

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Reply #4 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 1:00pm

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Just downloaded it.... Just incase I need it in the future 8)

Thanks, PI

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Reply #5 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 4:10pm

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Just downloaded it.... Just incase I need it in the future 8)

Thanks, PI

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Since Stinger is a stand alone utility you must re-download the current version as it doesn't have a update feature Wink

So you might want to run it now and then check back in a week to see if it has been updated.

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Reply #6 - Dec 31^st, 2004 at 11:25pm

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Alright thanks, ran it and found5 trojans Angry

.... YAY! now its faster Grin

now, just need to work out a good decent cheap graphics card, Cheers, Gunny

« Last Edit: Jan 1^st, 2005 at 2:55pm by Gunny04 »

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Reply #7 - Jan 1^st, 2005 at 6:15pm

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Glad to hear!! Stinger is pretty good isn't it?
Finds the stuff that regular anti-virus and adware programs don't Wink

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Reply #8 - Jan 1^st, 2005 at 9:50pm

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Yea thanks, saved me a load Grin

comp boots in about a minute now :/ Cheers, Gunny04

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