Re: Potwbar -spyware

From: Mike Burgess (winhelp2002_at_spamthis.com)
Date: 12/11/03 

Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 23:20:07 -0500

Margarita,
Go to: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")

Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.
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Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 12-08-03]
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"Margarita" <lynnvu@cox.net> wrote in message
news:dca98587.0312100958.77193984@posting.google.com...
> Today while unsubcribing from a scam email, a window automatically
> popup saying that 'down load is beginning and....'.  I closed this
> window download (don't know what is it?) before it is finsihed.  Now I
> got PotwBar appears on my IE.  I down load the lastest version of
> Ad-aware and scan my harddrive with Ad-aware.  I followed through with
> Ad-aware instructions, it found 47 files and objects in my window
> register.  Ad-aware quarantine all objects for me.  I reboot system
> and open IE (version6).  The damn Potwbars is still appears on my IE.
> I manually remove potwbar (the offender) from \Program Files\Dynamic
> Toolbar\potwbar.  Reboot system but that damn Potwbar still reappears.
>  It doesn't matter what I did and tried to remove it, it reappears
> over and over on \Program Files\Dynamic Toolbar\potwbar and on IE.
> The toolbar is called "Fun and Games" and has the extension
> potwbar.dll.
>
> Is anyone run into this spyware?  How can I get rid of this
> godforsaken damn thing?
>
> Any advice is appreciated.
>
> Best Regards,
> Lynn Vu