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Old 16-01-2005, 03:34 PM   #1
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Default Spyware is driving me nuts

Ok, ive hit a brick wall with this so i hope someone can help.

I have no idea how i got it on here in the first place, but my computer is seemingly laced with spyware, in particular some stuff called 'iSearch'. Ive used Adaware, Norton and Spybot, as well as one called 'Webroot Spy Sweeper', and it kills it off ok, the trouble is it keeps on bloody coming back.

This iSearch stuff keeps on redirecting any website i open to its own page, and im finding about 10 applications that i didnt run wanting to connect to the Internet (luckily ZoneAlarm is stopping them though). Im also getting links appearing in just words on the forum (i.e. someone's posts contains links in it which i know are not supposed to be there).

Norton is up to date as of 10 minutes ago and is not finding anything, so does anyone have any suggestions as to what i can do to kill this crap off once and for all? I think ive used just about every adware killer known to man and its just not budging.
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Old 16-01-2005, 03:41 PM   #2
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http://www.google.com.au/search?sour...search+removal
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Old 16-01-2005, 03:51 PM   #3
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.. and once you've cleaned it up, stop going to those left handed web sites .....
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Old 16-01-2005, 04:02 PM   #4
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no left handed websites here. think it came through kazaa actually, needless to say that's been ****ed off as well.
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Old 16-01-2005, 04:06 PM   #5
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a) go to "run" in your windows start menu, type "msconfig". on the window which appears go to the "startup" tab, and make sure everything on the list is unticked.
b) restart computer
d) download ad-aware from lavasoftusa.com
e) make sure when you scan with it that it's set to "full system scan"

then when it's finished scanning tick everyone on the list it finds and select continue so it deletes them. to be safe restart your computer and then scan it again.

f) use mozilla firefox instead of internet explorer, you wont believe how much safer it is!

follow this and it should go sweet, goodluck!

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Old 16-01-2005, 04:17 PM   #6
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found a great site today i had some of the same problems...

http://www.spywareguide.com/index.php

you can download a free scanner which seems to remove things that adaware doesnt from this link.. its called x-cleaner.. works great.. http://www.xblock.com/download-freeware.shtml

hope it helps..
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Old 16-01-2005, 04:48 PM   #7
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I use spywareblaster and it seems to work.

Kazaa is the problem there, they are known to be infested.
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I just got sick of it all and went to firefox and have never looked back.
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Old 16-01-2005, 05:18 PM   #9
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Deffenetly get firefox if you dont already have it, and do as seano14 said and run msconfig then the spyware program.
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Old 16-01-2005, 05:45 PM   #10
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try limewire rather that kazzar as well.
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