Redhawk ....Time to lay this fairytale aside...... Donating Members 2,657 Member For: 21y 8m 17d Gender: Male Location: In the Ferry on the River Styx, not getting out just yet! Posted 13/09/04 07:17 AM Share Posted 13/09/04 07:17 AM Need some help guys/gals.Seem to have picked up a trojan or something, have tried Spybot and Adaware also Shredder to get rid of the bloody thing, anyone got any ideas.........please!!!!!!. I keep getting the same 10 or so ads up every time I switch the computer on, also the online functions are slow. Norton is now picking up the odd virus attack. I've just about had a gutsful of these bloody things! Stuff it.......going for a blat in the 'fox' to calm me down!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooter Member 62 Member For: 21y 8m 14d Location: Emerald Vic Posted 13/09/04 07:36 AM Share Posted 13/09/04 07:36 AM I know your frustration spyware is a abosutely a painI use another program that finds a bit more than Adware called Webroot "Spy Sweeper" http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.phpIt takes about 30 - 40 mins give that a try.Scoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrunks Member 665 Member For: 20y 4m 17d Location: Gold Coast Posted 13/09/04 07:41 AM Share Posted 13/09/04 07:41 AM www.antivirus.com& do the free online scan!!!Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello BGSer Member 166 Member For: 20y 9m 17d Location: Brisbane Posted 13/09/04 07:41 AM Share Posted 13/09/04 07:41 AM (edited) another idea..... backup all your valuable documents and totally Reformat your hardrivebtw.. stop looking up Porn and u wont get trojans and spywares alsogo to google and searchAvg Anti-Virusits a free anti virus with free definitions Edited 13/09/04 07:42 AM by hello Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-carty nutter Member 1,966 Member For: 20y 10m 22d Location: Wagga Wagga Posted 13/09/04 10:27 AM Share Posted 13/09/04 10:27 AM check your "Add/Remove" programs in the control panel... sift through there and if there is somthing there that you dont think should be, get rid of it, and search it on the net, and then remove it from your registry, I know its a long proccess, but it will get rid of it all for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattpwc Member 51 Member For: 20y 5m 22d Location: New Zealand Posted 13/09/04 10:49 AM Share Posted 13/09/04 10:49 AM do a google search for "how to remove... name of ad..." quite often there are sites dedicated to this kind of stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhawk ....Time to lay this fairytale aside...... Donating Members 2,657 Member For: 21y 8m 17d Gender: Male Location: In the Ferry on the River Styx, not getting out just yet! Posted 13/09/04 10:55 AM Author Share Posted 13/09/04 10:55 AM Thanks for the tips people, will give them a try. And I don't go to porn sites.......mate!!!. Now #1 son is 12 and curious......also dead if he has been visiting them, cardinal rule #1, visit porn sites on your mates computer......thus endeth the lesson!! :lol:Note: Since I have typed this reply 4 of the fu ck'n things have poppe (make that 5) d up.......if ever there is a reason for 'Justifiable Homicide' this is it!!! Thanks -carty, have done that a couple of times too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stardust Member 537 Member For: 20y 4m 14d Location: Brisbane Posted 13/09/04 11:08 AM Share Posted 13/09/04 11:08 AM Try this one if you are using XP Control panel Administrative toolsServicesDouble Click on messenger then click stop and also disable it Reboot and see if that helps Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 21y 11m 10d Location: nowhere in particular Posted 13/09/04 10:51 PM Share Posted 13/09/04 10:51 PM www.antivirus.com& do the free online scan!!!Russ That program is not that good, I ran a scan through my computer just now and it found nothing wrong then I did the same thing with Sophos and found this Troj/Adclick-K detected in C:\Program Files\Sophos SWEEP for NT\Infected\svhost.000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennAUII Former XT pilot Lifetime Members 4,791 Member For: 21y 4m 4d Gender: Male Location: The Womb Posted 13/09/04 11:35 PM Share Posted 13/09/04 11:35 PM I had a HEAP of trouble with popups and didn't have any success removing them, so what I did what put all the crap I needed on to another HD then got someone to format the rooted one. It goes heaps better now. I had literally about 50 popups, I think I posted a picture on here a while ago of my screen. When I got my HD formatted I got norton antivirus put on it and it seems to run a heap better without spyware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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