Author Topic: Killing Spy/Adware that the programs dont find and you CANT delete? (Read 508 times)

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #15 on:** November 16, 2004, 04:08:34 PM »

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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
So, you don't want to take my advice because I'm too sexy?
-SW

I dunno - thats alot of typing.

Ook, ok, ok... slow down everyone.

Unlike 80% of the people that play AH, Im not exactly fluent in PC speak.

Most of the websites posted (ALL of Silats) are refusing my connection - is the bad guy software doing this?

I feel stupid for even asking this... but how do I boot in safe mode? I never bothered to figure out XP because I hated not being able to do anything so just treat me like the average guy that calls in to Dell customer support and says "A virus ate my megabytes!"

SOB · « **Reply #16 on:** November 16, 2004, 04:21:48 PM »

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Originally posted by Saurdaukar
I feel stupid for even asking this... but how do I boot in safe mode? I never bothered to figure out XP because I hated not being able to do anything so just treat me like the average guy that calls in to Dell customer support and says "A virus ate my megabytes!"

OK. "Sir, my name is Habeeb, and how may I be of assistance to you? Ah yes, you have the spyware on your computer and to fix you need to mail your computer to us and we will reformat it for a small fee of $200."

214thCavalier · « **Reply #17 on:** November 16, 2004, 04:41:13 PM »

SOB you forgot the INDIA address.

Manedew · « **Reply #18 on:** November 16, 2004, 07:17:44 PM »

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Originally posted by Saurdaukar
I dunno - thats alot of typing.

Ook, ok, ok... slow down everyone.

Unlike 80% of the people that play AH, Im not exactly fluent in PC speak.

Most of the websites posted (ALL of Silats) are refusing my connection - is the bad guy software doing this?

I feel stupid for even asking this... but how do I boot in safe mode? I never bothered to figure out XP because I hated not being able to do anything so just treat me like the average guy that calls in to Dell customer support and says "A virus ate my megabytes!"

f8 on boot does startup menu ....

did you check your hosts file like my above post asks too? That is a very easy way to redirect or block people from known sites. If there is an entry in hosts ... it won't goto DNS.

C:/winnt/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
look at it ... it should only have the local host 127.0.0.1 (loopback)

check it damnit .....then we'll move on if that ain't it.

AKS\/\/ulfe · « **Reply #19 on:** November 16, 2004, 07:20:52 PM »

Yeah, I'm too sexy to help you.
-SW

Pongo · « **Reply #20 on:** November 16, 2004, 07:40:23 PM »

just in case you missed it...
"make sure it hasnt put in a host file to reroute your browser so that you cant get to a anti virus site"

we can help you do this if you dont know what that means. The effect would be they could make it seem that you couldnt get to sites they didnt want you to get to. But its simple to fix.

The pop up thing is more difficult but one thing at a time.
I went through something simulare a few months ago.

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #21 on:** November 18, 2004, 07:45:19 PM »

Collection of the above resulted in what I THINK is a fixed problem.

Thanks guys!

(yeah, even you Pongo)

The number of "bad guys" was massive (dunno where I picked em up all of the sudden) but they mascaraded as everything from a "Xerox" folder to "Microsoft" files.