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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=13631.0&return_msg=13631.4"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.11">11–20</a>…<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.41">41–44</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=13631.4">Spyware/Adware Removal?</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="13631_4_44_10"> <a name="a13631_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_13631_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: PNCOOL<span class="message_time"> 8 Apr 2004 13:41</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Mike (QUIGABYTE) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Apr 2004 03:40"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 44</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.4">13631.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.3">13631.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Cheers, I'll give it a go. I'm on the spywareinfo site at the moment, following all of their steps to remove this shit. It's annoying as sometimes I'll click to post a message on here and the spyware will decide to randomly reroute it to one of its pages instead. Even though I've got them on the restricted sites list, it still tries. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=13631.4&return_msg=13631.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="13631.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a13631_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_13631_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: PNCOOL<span class="message_time"> 8 Apr 2004 14:07</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Mike (QUIGABYTE) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Apr 2004 03:40"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 44</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.5">13631.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.3">13631.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Nice one Mike. A couple of passes with that thing and it <i>seems</i> to have got rid of it. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=13631.5&return_msg=13631.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="13631.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a13631_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_13631_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: JonCooper<span class="message_time"> 8 Apr 2004 16:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: PNCOOL <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 8 Apr 2004 21:39"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 44</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.6">13631.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.1">13631.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I see Quig has something that's dealt with it, but the attached will look at every change that's ever been made to IE, by you and by crapware - then you get to fix it. <div class="edit_text">EDITED: 3 May 2004 08:32 by JONCOOPER</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=13631.6&return_msg=13631.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="13631.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a13631_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_13631_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: PNCOOL<span class="message_time"> 8 Apr 2004 21:42</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: JonCooper <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 8 Apr 2004 21:46"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 44</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.7">13631.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.4#a13631_6" target="_self">13631.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <p>Cheers. I got that off of the web site mentioned earlier, just in case I had to save the log file to put on their forum. It had a few entries that it fixed, but then they came straight back again. That proggie Mike put up here fixed it all though (at least I hope it did).</p> <p> </p> <p>Does the built-in XP firewall protect you from spyway/adware attacks like this, or not?</p> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=13631.7&return_msg=13631.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="13631.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a13631_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_13631_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Mike (QUIGABYTE)<span class="message_time"> 9 Apr 2004 03:41</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: JonCooper <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Apr 2004 07:02"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 44</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.8">13631.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.4#a13631_6" target="_self">13631.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> That's a damn good proggie too, I think the same guy made both actually. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=13631.8&return_msg=13631.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="13631.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a13631_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_13631_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Menace! (DENNIS)<span class="message_time"> 9 Apr 2004 20:21</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: PNCOOL <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 9 Apr 2004 23:41"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 44</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.9">13631.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.1">13631.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Now that you've got rid, you can set Spybot so it won't permit owt to do it again. Works for me. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=13631.9&return_msg=13631.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="13631.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a13631_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_13631_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: PNCOOL<span class="message_time"> 9 Apr 2004 23:42</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Menace! (DENNIS) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Apr 2004 15:26"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 44</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.10">13631.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.4#a13631_9" target="_self">13631.9</a></div> <div class="message_body"> But Spybot never found it, so Spybot can't immunise against it. I've got something called Spy Guard and another called Spyware Blaster to hopefully stop any further problems. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=13631.10&return_msg=13631.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="13631.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a13631_11"></a><div class="message" id="message_13631_11"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Golden Axe<span class="message_time">11 Apr 2004 11:41</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: PNCOOL <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 11 Apr 2004 12:38"></span></span> <span class="message_count">11 of 44</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.11">13631.11</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.4#a13631_10" target="_self">13631.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> You have to watch out for some of these rogue spyware removal applications, that claim to remove but actually <i>install</i> spyware!<br /> <br /> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=13631.11&return_msg=13631.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="13631.11"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a13631_12"></a><div class="message" id="message_13631_12"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: PNCOOL<span class="message_time">11 Apr 2004 12:39</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Golden Axe <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 11 Apr 2004 22:46"></span></span> <span class="message_count">12 of 44</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.12">13631.12</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.4#a13631_11" target="_self">13631.11</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I will do, thanks. Although, I think all of the ones on spywareinfo.com would be safe. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=13631.12&return_msg=13631.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="13631.12"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a13631_13"></a><div class="message" id="message_13631_13"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Richy (GAJIT)<span class="message_time">12 Apr 2004 00:49</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Golden Axe <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 12 Apr 2004 12:25"></span></span> <span class="message_count">13 of 44</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.13">13631.13</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=13631.4#a13631_11" target="_self">13631.11</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <p>And some of them do a bad job of it. A good example being Ad-aware trying to remove the sponsor that is optionally installed with Messenger Plus! 2.</p> <p> </p> <p>Ad-aware doesn't actually get rid of it all, and so some shit is still left over and popups still occur. However, it removes enough to fuck-over the uninstall program, so even if you uninstall Messenger Plus! 2 (which genuinely removes the sponsor when you uninstall) the nasty stuff will still be there.</p> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=13631.13&return_msg=13631.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="13631.13"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="13631.14" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>