help with spyware plz....
- Thread starter Tommie
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http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/htlogtutorial.html
Try "Hijackthis" - log analysis tutorial there, and there should be a few links to the program and the forum where the experts hang out.
Remember, HJT targets the METHODS, not any specific software, so as it says, false positives are a possibility.
Try "Hijackthis" - log analysis tutorial there, and there should be a few links to the program and the forum where the experts hang out.
Remember, HJT targets the METHODS, not any specific software, so as it says, false positives are a possibility.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
You may also want to try this. It blocks many type of malicious downloads (dialers, browser hijackers etc) and prevents them from running even if they're already on your system.
You may also want to try this. It blocks many type of malicious downloads (dialers, browser hijackers etc) and prevents them from running even if they're already on your system.
With your home page resetting itself, it looks this page may be of use to you.
(CoolWebSearch) CWSShredder.
It resets your homepage on reboot.
And this program'll clear you all up.
Also check into start page guard.
http://www.pjwalczak.com/spguard/
Makes it so your start page isn't reset to something else.
(CoolWebSearch) CWSShredder.
It resets your homepage on reboot.
And this program'll clear you all up.
Also check into start page guard.
http://www.pjwalczak.com/spguard/
Makes it so your start page isn't reset to something else.
woody
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Yeah..thank goodness for Adaware and Spywareblaster,and similar tools.
Another program I am seeing on a lot of computers is MyWay.It is a search engine that downloads itself into your toolbar.Only good thing is it can be removed with it's uninstaller (if it's working) from add/remove programs.
Too bad the powers that be won't do anything about this crap that installs itself without your consent.
Spyware sites should be shut down! It's an invasion of privacy!
Another program I am seeing on a lot of computers is MyWay.It is a search engine that downloads itself into your toolbar.Only good thing is it can be removed with it's uninstaller (if it's working) from add/remove programs.
Too bad the powers that be won't do anything about this crap that installs itself without your consent.
Spyware sites should be shut down! It's an invasion of privacy!
Spyware sites should be shut down! It's an invasion of privacy!
The bit that puzzles me is what possible use it would be to hijack a homepage. I mean, it's so damn annoying nobody is going to use their product/search engine right? Unless of course the perpetrator thinks we're all idiots.
PC-GUY
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Well I agree with you it is annoying and usually I would say call them (which I've done before)jonss said:
and tell then how you feel but being that I'm in the USA I for one wouldn't wast the money on calling russia. I would hate to find out how much that call would cost just to speak my mind.person: Prasolov S A
address: ICS TM
address: 70 Bolshoy pr. V.O.
address: 199002 St.-Petersburg
address: Russia
phone: +7 812 3291492
fax-no: +7 812 3222242
e-mail: dnsmaster@ilca.ru
nic-hdl: PSA13-RIPE
notify: dnsmaster@ilca.ru
mnt-by: SOVINTEL-MNT
changed: marty@sovintel.ru 20031203
source: RIPE</pre>
woody
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Agencies go after,and close warez sites.However Spyware is thriving,and growing. Nobody is doing anything about it.
Browser hijacks are only done so the the perpetrator can report to add agencies.Advertise with us...look at all the people using our page,or search engine.
Some spyware is truly malicious like the dialers that install themselves to dial out from your phone connection.Some are trojans that actually use a backdoor to see the contents of your computer,or to gain access to your files.
Most are simply collecting information on sites you visit to aim advertising at you.Regardless,all are unwanted.
Nobody is doing anything about it. Browser hijacks are only done so the the perpetrator can report to add agencies.Advertise with us...look at all the people using our page,or search engine.
Some spyware is truly malicious like the dialers that install themselves to dial out from your phone connection.Some are trojans that actually use a backdoor to see the contents of your computer,or to gain access to your files.
Most are simply collecting information on sites you visit to aim advertising at you.Regardless,all are unwanted.
most of the time its FORCED adverts that pay whomever is hijacking usually cracking groups who make them etc
fortunatly with the SURGE of broadband the problem with diallers is practically eliminated as they do not work with the connections that broadband uses
Unless you still have the modem connected - because you never disconnected it, because you use it for fax, or because you leave it connected so you can keep old accounts live by dialling up at whatever interval required.VIPER_1069 said:most of the time its FORCED adverts that pay whomever is hijacking usually cracking groups who make them etc
fortunatly with the SURGE of broadband the problem with diallers is practically eliminated as they do not work with the connections that broadband uses
