Simviation Forum - Spyware..... Again

Dec 4^th, 2006 at 2:15pm

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Alright.... I am not happy, lately I noticed my broswer (IE7) Crashing, programs I dont even know about popping up crashing and such, so I finally managed to get ad-aware to update today and scanned, a crap load of results... I have also been having random adds pop up outside of IE as well... So when done, Restarted, let it do it again got rid of everything right? Nope.... Still Those bloody random pop ups. Any ideas?

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Reply #1 - Dec 4^th, 2006 at 6:56pm

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Along with Ad-Aware, get SpyBot S&D and SpywareBlaster. Check what's running in the background. Look for programs with unusual titles, such as random strings of letters &/or numbers. Some freeware programs generate ramdom pop-up ads.

&&&&"We're just sitting here trying to put our PCjrs in a pile and burn them. And the damn things won't burn. That's the only thing IBM did right with it - they made it flameproof." && Spinnaker Software chairman William Bowman, 1985

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Reply #2 - Dec 4^th, 2006 at 9:47pm

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Thanks, Will do tomorrow... I ran procexp and I dont see anything thats not supposed to be running but I will run those other scans when I get up tomorrow

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EDIT: Looks like I have a make MS thing running wonder what it is, I killed it (it didnt appear to be MS because it wasnt with all the other MS stuff) and I didn't loose anything... maybe its the problem... will look into it more later!

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Reply #3 - Dec 6^th, 2006 at 1:06am

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There are many spyware/viruses that name themselves after Microsoft programs. Process Explorer will tell you if it MS and not, or you could track down the exe.

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Reply #4 - Dec 6^th, 2006 at 1:22am

DizZa Ex Member

Get Opera, you won't even need a virus scanner after you get it..... Trust me.

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Reply #5 - Dec 6^th, 2006 at 1:45am

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Thats how I found them..... and shut them off cheesegrater nice little program!

Cheers, Gunny

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