Popup Makers Have Invaded My Comp

UnderDOGUnderDOG Join Date: 2003-04-05 Member: 15221Members
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Just while browsing the internet, i seem to have goten alot of ad programs onto my computer. Ive found about 4 of them, located in program files, i dont install things there so they were pretty easy to spot, but i cant get rif of them.

Most of them are just folders with single 200-300kb .dll files. When i try to delete them it says the are write-protected which they arnt, or in use, which my task managers says that i have only explorer and the required system things that i cant stop the process of.

Ive tried ad-aware 6.0 full registered eddtion, but it says that it cant do anything about these things while they are running.

So, does ayone know how to either trun these programs off so i can delete them, or just an easy way to delete them?
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  • MadCowMadCow Join Date: 2003-02-10 Member: 13398Members
    Run "msconfig" on the startup tab you can disable things that run at startup. Then you might be able to delete them. Barring that try booting up in safe mode? That usually disables all but the vital startup options. Strange, I thought Ad-aware killed adware processes before it tried to delete files.

    -MadCow
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  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    That sounds quite sinister... What OS you running? The safe mode boot up would be your best bet then run ad-aware to see if it clears it up, also do a virus scan while your at it.

    Take it from there and keep us posted.
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  • UnderDOGUnderDOG Join Date: 2003-04-05 Member: 15221Members
    edited November 2003
    ok, im running xp, ill reboot to safe mode and try that now

    ok i rebooted into safe mode, both ad-aware and a norton scan said there was nothing there, but i was able to go and just delete where i knew were some of them that it wouldnt let me delete before
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    First of all, get a firewall. I recommend ZoneAlarm, unless you can get a hardware one. Also, go to <a href='http://security.kolla.de' target='_blank'>http://security.kolla.de</a> and download Spyboy S&D. It's much better than Ad-Aware. (It detects more. Over 10000 malware types).
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  • ZERGZERG Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13132Members, Constellation
    I just take the easy way out and format my HD. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • zoddtheimmortalzoddtheimmortal Join Date: 2003-07-23 Member: 18363Members
    lol I remember going on my cousin's computer once,
    somehow there was this page called search.htm in his system32 folder.
    lol gess wat it did?

    It was set as IE's default webpage and I started up IE adn saw the page, standard looking search engine...
    I continued my search for podbots (for my other cousin, i dont play cs) and I typed:
    "pod bot 2.5 download" in the search field and pressed search, I go away for a while whilst the sites load and come back notice lots of dodgey sites filled with ummm, dodgey things...I also noticed this window that displayed his ip and said ISP tracking has began, Risk: VERY HIGH RISK, and lots of other stuff which looked like he was going to get tracked down and sued <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    well, yeah got ridda that ****.
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