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Epoman

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THIS is why when ever I do a format/re-install I install the basic programs I love,

Winrar
CuteFTP
Mirc
Nero Burning Rom
Alcohol 120%
Azureus
Ad-aware
AVG anti-virus
Spybot S&D
CDex
Adobe Photoshop
Picture Publisher
MS Publisher
MS Word
SnagIT
Quicken
ALL Audio/Video Codecs
TMPGEnc
Bitpim
GrabIT
WinDVD
IE Privacy Keeper
CDdisplay
Mozilla Firefox
Norton Ghost 2003

Then I "Ghost" that sum-ma-ma-b!tch onto a DVD and VIOLA if I ever have to re-install or format. instead of spending 6-8 hours installing everything, I spend 30 minutes and get a fresh install.

"I LOVE NORTON GHOST!!!!!!!!"


 
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MAME

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Originally posted by: Thurgo0dy
try spybot search and destroy and the microsoft anti spyware beta.
see if they detect anything
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did you even read the op?
 
OREOSpeedwagon

OREOSpeedwagon

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I've done that before too. was looking for a keygen to a game I lost my cd key to... It's rough, it automatically created pr0n folders and shortcuts on my desktop and as soon as I deleted them it created them again. I finally got rid of all of (couldn't format/reinstall, I had too much stuff I wanted to keep and I don't have an extra HDD or DVD burner), after about 3 months of messing with it.
 
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KeyserSoze

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Oct 11, 2000
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Originally posted by: sharkeeper
Giant is good but won't work in safe mode. You can only run it in unsafe mode. Boot into another OS that can read NTFS partitions and get rid of the bogeys in the usual manner.
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I thought you just couldn't install it in Safe Mode, but once installed and updated, you could still run it.




KeyserSoze
 
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MAME

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Sep 19, 2003
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Originally posted by: Thurgo0dy
Originally posted by: MAME
Originally posted by: Thurgo0dy
try spybot search and destroy and the microsoft anti spyware beta.
see if they detect anything
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did you even read the op?
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nope. so back off I don't care
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if you won't take 20 seconds to read the OP, why will you spend 20 seconds to reply to it? :consfused;
 
rudeguy

rudeguy

Lifer
Dec 27, 2001
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Originally posted by: MAME
Originally posted by: Thurgo0dy
Originally posted by: MAME
Originally posted by: Thurgo0dy
try spybot search and destroy and the microsoft anti spyware beta.
see if they detect anything
Click to expand...

did you even read the op?
Click to expand...

nope. so back off I don't care
Click to expand...

if you won't take 20 seconds to read the OP, why will you spend 20 seconds to reply to it? :consfused;
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because he is like me and is laughing at you for downloading stuff and paying the price. You did it and got what you deserved.

Deal with it.

Better yet, beat your computer to pieces with a large hammer. That should fix the problem.
 
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MAME

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Sep 19, 2003
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Originally posted by: rudeguy
Originally posted by: MAME
Originally posted by: Thurgo0dy
Originally posted by: MAME
Originally posted by: Thurgo0dy
try spybot search and destroy and the microsoft anti spyware beta.
see if they detect anything
Click to expand...

did you even read the op?
Click to expand...

nope. so back off I don't care
Click to expand...

if you won't take 20 seconds to read the OP, why will you spend 20 seconds to reply to it? :consfused;
Click to expand...

because he is like me and is laughing at you for downloading stuff and paying the price. You did it and got what you deserved.

Deal with it.

Better yet, beat your computer to pieces with a large hammer. That should fix the problem.
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if he's laughing, why did he try to help?

I fixed the problem, at least from what I can tell.
 
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Indolent

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am I the only one that doesn't like Microsoft's antispyware? The scanning works fine but it has too many little annoyances with it. For instance, I have the Hide Icon in system tray checked but when the program scans every night the stupid icon shows up again.
 
OREOSpeedwagon

OREOSpeedwagon

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May 30, 2001
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Originally posted by: Indolent
am I the only one that doesn't like Microsoft's antispyware? The scanning works fine but it has too many little annoyances with it. For instance, I have the Hide Icon in system tray checked but when the program scans every night the stupid icon shows up again.
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isn't it by far the best spyware removal tool?
 
RelaxTheMind

RelaxTheMind

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I only use one... Giant anti spyware... the BEST ani spyware program.... which is why microsoft worked with them to develop microsoft antispyware.
 
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Zee

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Nov 27, 1999
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ok mame, you might be missing the obvious. try scanning with an AV. I've had things that norton categorized as Adware that MS antispyware and ad-aware both would not pick up (winlog0n.exe). Norton picked it up and cleaned it out.
 
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MAME

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Originally posted by: Lazee
ok mame, you might be missing the obvious. try scanning with an AV. I've had things that norton categorized as Adware that MS antispyware and ad-aware both would not pick up (winlog0n.exe). Norton picked it up and cleaned it out.
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I used trend micro and it did pick up a few things
 
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JW310

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Oct 30, 1999
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I ran into this same bit of spyware on 2 of the systems that came into the shop where I work. The executable files didn't show up at all in the file list of the WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 directory in normal mode, but they were there after booting into safe mode (though I had to tell Windows to display hidden files, I believe). Was able to delete the executable files from within safe mode, and also get rid of the registry entry that kept coming back. That seemed to take care of the problem on both of those systems.
 
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MAME

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Originally posted by: JW310
I ran into this same bit of spyware on 2 of the systems that came into the shop where I work. The executable files didn't show up at all in the file list of the WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 directory in normal mode, but they were there after booting into safe mode (though I had to tell Windows to display hidden files, I believe). Was able to delete the executable files from within safe mode, and also get rid of the registry entry that kept coming back. That seemed to take care of the problem on both of those systems.
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interesting, I will check that out. Thanks
 
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wyvrn

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Feb 15, 2000
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I ran into the same problem, but not from downloading. I was just surfing links from MSN search, and WHAMMO I get hit with spyware city. I tried every tool known to man, and every manual removal instruction I could find, but to no avail :( I had to reformat.
 
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sharkeeper

Lifer
Jan 13, 2001
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The (MS Anti Spyware) icon looks like some worm they chopped a piece off of. You would think they could be more creative than that!
 
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Jamie571

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I got the same damn spyware package about 3 weeks ago. I downloaded what I thought was crack to some software. Yeah I probably deserved it.

Anyways I took the easy way out and fdisk. It wasn't so bad, I have 6 different partitions with my pictures, music, movies, and My Documents in them.

It had been 3 years since I did a format and my computer has run a whole lot smoother since I did it.
 
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