Seriously **** Me..

ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet! Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">spy/malware infection</div> it seems that i've got some brand of CoolWWWSearch on my compy.. i've run CWshredder and that's gotten rid of it, i think, but whenever i try to run spybot it gets stuck on CoolWWWSearch.HomeSearch and won't keep scanning... i know for a fact that there are a few more nasties on my comp, but i don't know how i'm supposed to get them if my spybot won't even keep going..

hellllp T-T
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    It's actually just a stall, I think. Leave it sit for a bit, it'll go past. It must be hard to search for.
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  • Har_Har_the_PirateHar_Har_the_Pirate Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19388Members, Constellation
    well i cant say ive had this problem but have you tryed going in manually (ie c:/crap/hacks/pr0n/downloads?) you can usually see the file location when doing a scan. also try useing both adware and that other one you have
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  • NessNess Join Date: 2002-12-17 Member: 10935Members, Reinforced - Onos
    I've had the stall. Just wait it out a bit, and retry if you think it's frozen.
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  • BijiyBijiy Fantastic Damage Join Date: 2003-11-28 Member: 23697Members
    Poor ziggy. D:
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  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    *makes out with Bijiy*
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    Poor misguided windows/IE users...
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  • BijiyBijiy Fantastic Damage Join Date: 2003-11-28 Member: 23697Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Zig+Aug 31 2004, 08:48 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zig @ Aug 31 2004, 08:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> *makes out with Bijiy* <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    You so would.
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  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    damn straight :o
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  • enf0rcerenf0rcer intrigued... Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14584Members
    I've used adaware and spykiller in an attempt to remove a lot of the crap on my comp. I know my sister has used it a few times, but that can't be it.

    I've had these annoying "pop-ups" which aren't even pop-ups. I hear the I.E click noise for when you click a link and nothing happens. It'll just drop out of the game i'm playing and do nothing. annoying!

    ah well
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  • CronosCronos Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1542Members
    I think your talking about the messenger service. Thats easily disabled with a bit of knowhow.

    Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services

    Locate messenger and disable the service.

    Sometimes I'd get that annoying popup five times in a row whilst gaming. It's annoying and proof of Microshafts ubiquitious evil.
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  • ZiGGYZiGGY Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12479Members
    pfft some serious misuse of the name ziggy here :S
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  • Soylent_greenSoylent_green Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11220Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Try not to get 'infected' to begin with. Don't go to pr0n/warez/filthy sites, don't use I.E. since it for whatever reason(either because microsoft is teh evil!!!!11 or because it's the most prevalent browser or whatever) suffers from a lot of little exploits that might let someone install programs/put nasty things in your favorites or as your start page etc. Keep potentially vulnerable software reasonably up to date(at least everything windows or browser related). Don't install random popular programs without checking to make sure they don't contain spyware or other scumware(google it and if it has any malware included someone have assuredly found out about it), don't open .exe's you downloaded of kazaa or something even with an anti-virus if you're not really desperate. Don't open attachments in mails you didn't explicitly ask for or you know for a fact was sent from the person in the e-mail, if unsure mail the person and ask. Avoid outlook express like the black plague. And so on, 99% of the time common sense will be enough to avoid these sorts of things.

    I don't even bother with an anti virus, I don't have a firewall and I do roughly the above, I have no problems what so ever, if I run a spyware scan with any of these programs I just get a bunch of cookies, most of them delicio... not malicious looking.
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  • taboofirestaboofires Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9853Members
    CW Shredder is a great utility, but you probably need to run it in safe mode to get rid of everything. Also make sure that you have the most recent version, as CWSearch keeps getting more evil as time goes on.

    I had to go through a rediculous amount of effort to pry it off my family's computer (dim-witted siblings). It's probably easiest to just switch to firefox and mostly clean it.
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  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    edited September 2004
    GAH i finally nuked it, i think..

    now i need to tackle adgoblin..

    x-cleaner, websweeper, nothing gets it out... spyhunter needs to be paid for *rolleyes*

    and spybot, of course, stalls when it hits adgoblin..


    ugh <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Har_Har_the_PirateHar_Har_the_Pirate Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19388Members, Constellation
    btw i use windows and never get pop ups or spyware... ever... well since ive started useing protection.

    first thing. get the google pop up blocker
    2nd thing. disable windows messanger, its a king spyware shooter.(not microsofts instant messanger though, there is a difference)
    3rd thing. dont download **** from some random site
    4th thing. get adware etc for back up
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  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    what happened was, i clicked a seemingly innocent link about some military statistical information..

    and my computer froze as it was loaded with a cubic f*kton of malware <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    so i've gotten most of it... adgoblin is just a bastard <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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