Re: Need help with spyware/adware

From: Rob Pelletier (rrpellet_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/27/04 

Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 09:28:11 -0400

Great post, Kaylene!

Rob P.

"Kaylene aka Taurarian" <taurarian@REMOVE_CAPS_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OCWRCR9QEHA.1892@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> In this posting are spyware program links, anti virus online scans and
> information about messenger pop ups.
>
>
> Spyware Programs links:-
> www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware
> www.security.kolla.de Spybot
>
> SpywareBlaster
> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>
> CWShredder
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
>
> Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
>
> Home Page Setting Changes Unexpectedly, or You Cannot Change Your Home
Page
> Setting
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320159
>
> Downloadable McAfee AVERT Stinger:
> Stinger: http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
> stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not
a
> substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist
> administrators and users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger
utilizes
> next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning,
digitally
> signed DAT files, and scan performance optimizations.
>
> Perhaps an online security/virus check
> Symantec
> http://security.norton.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym
> Trend Micro House Call:
> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
> Panda ActiveScan;
> http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
> McAfee FreeScan:
> http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
> Kaspersky Labs On-line Virus Checker:
> http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html
> BitDefender Online Scan:
> http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
>
>
> Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904
>
> Enable or Disable Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;283673
> NB: AOL is not compatible with Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
(ICF)
> If you have AOL, you should contact AOL and/or get a 3rd party firewall.
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp
> Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles
>
> Windows Messenger - stopping spam and pop ups
> The issue is that currently ANYONE can actually send you a message through
the
> .NET Messenger network without being on YOUR contact list!
> You can change this so that people will have to add you to their contact
lists
> before they can send you a message (which will have the effect of blocking
these
> Spam messages in the future).
> Open up the main Messenger window, click Tools, then Options, then the
Privacy
> tab, click All users and then click the Block >> button.
> This way you can manually add who you want to receive messages from and
block
> all others.
>
>
>
> "mcginni" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9132B121-8424-4BAE-9812-025C2FF0AE24@microsoft.com...
> > I think I may have a problem with spyware/adware. A couple of weeks
ago, my
> finance button that had been set to my bank's web site started coming up
some
> tax preparers page. Our computer is slower than it was and we get pop-ups
> fairly often about "you may have spyware on your computer" wanting to sell
us
> spyware/adware protection. Our sons have been downloading a good many
free
> games from the internet. Could this have caused the problem? Is it
probably
> spyware/adware? Will a system restore help? (The computer was so slow
that
> you couldn't really do anything. We did run a defragmenter and tried the
disc
> cleanup, but it would not run. We turned the computer off for about 24
hours
> afterwards, and it started performing better. Still not great though, and
still
> the problems with the spyware pop-ups and my finance page.) My husband
did a
> scan through one of those free scan things and it said we had 47 infected
files
> or so. But our Norton anti-virus isn't showing anything. Please help.
>