Re: Pop-up Ad-ware/Spyware

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 10/21/03 

Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:52:55 -0600

Greetings --

  To deal with pop-ups caused by any sort of "adware" and/or
"spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Xupiter, Bonzai Buddy, or
KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately (but without
understanding the consequences) installed, two products that are
quite effective (at finding and removing this type of scumware) are
Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search & Destroy from
http://security.kolla.de/. Both have free versions. It's even
possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your system
against most future intrusions. I use both and generally perform
manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc.

Bruce Chambers 

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"Jeff Gruetzmacher" <admin@clearcreekmedia.com> wrote in message
news:u5%23WSO0lDHA.976@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Ok, I run the latest Norton antivirus w/uptodate definitions, and
run Win XP
> Pro Firewall.  Somehow, when visiting a 'nasty' website, I caught
some
> spyware that has propogated itself in my machine.  I can't get rid
of it
> with Ad-Aware.  It installed a new toolbar on IE, and installed
programs
> like cloclsync, bargainbuddy, ebater, purityscan, lycossearch,
> orbitexplorer, and a couple registry keys.  No matter is I uninstall
that
> stuff, try to kill it w/ AdAware, there's something Im missing
'cause the
> pops continue to appear even with my google toolbar pop-up blocker
> supposedly enabled.  its hi-jacked my system.  Any help is
appreciated.  Im
> pretty consciencious with auto-updates from MS, but I am missing
something.
>
>

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