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It's just registry keys.

When you have 100+ running processes I would be impressed.

I've seen those before. MSIE will load before you see everything on the desktop and a page called superchicken..com paints creative things on the screen.
 
Top 10 conversations overheard from OP's web browsing In-Laws:

1. "Honey! I punched the monkey!!! I think I just won something, let me see..."
2. "This Bonzi fellow is SO helpfull, and he's cute too!"
3. "Look! Free Screansavers! YES!"
4. "Honey, this Gator thing I downloaded can help us remember our AOL password..."
5. "Just open up Internet Explorer..."
6. Wife: "It says our computer may be at risk, dear. What should I do" Husband "Just click it and follow the instructions..."
7. "I just updated our Active X Controlls, maybe that will speed the computer back up..."
8. "I use CoolWebSearch instead of Google, I like it better"
9. "this program says it will get rid of those naughty pictures that keep popping up"
10. "I thought we were safe, we have a Windows firewall after all..."
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my personal max in AA was around 500....a tech i work with...his max was in 3000 i think....but this tops the charts...i dont know if i should congratulate or feel bad...
 
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
Originally posted by: Baked
You need to teach your in laws to clear the god damn cache and cookies, 'cause that's where all the crap's at.
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because we all know the registry is in the browser cache.
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Well, stop installing all the P2P spyware programs.
 
there was a spyware competition on overclockers.com last november, the winner had about 150,000 files identified and about 90 running processes.
 
Photoshop?

I doubt AdAware wouldn't be able to show the amount correctly. The screen would of grown to fit the bigger mark or just not show it.
 
Originally posted by: Wadded Beef
there was a spyware competition on overclockers lst november, the winner had about 150,000 files identified and about 90 running processes.
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So they tried to find the biggest moron?
 
I've seen 9,000 total objects. We ended up hosing that system and installing from scratch. Damned intarweb nublars...

The quickest infection I've seen was four hours for a few hundred items - brand new machine, as well. :roll:
 
Originally posted by: gabemcg
Top 10 conversations overheard from OP's web browsing In-Laws:

1. "Honey! I punched the monkey!!! I think I just won something, let me see..."
2. "This Bonzi fellow is SO helpfull, and he's cute too!"
3. "Look! Free Screansavers! YES!"
4. "Honey, this Gator thing I downloaded can help us remember our AOL password..."
5. "Just open up Internet Explorer..."
6. Wife: "It says our computer may be at risk, dear. What should I do" Husband "Just click it and follow the instructions..."
7. "I just updated our Active X Controlls, maybe that will speed the computer back up..."
8. "I use CoolWebSearch instead of Google, I like it better"
9. "this program says it will get rid of those naughty pictures that keep popping up"
10. "I thought we were safe, we have a Windows firewall after all..."
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lol
 
Originally posted by: Ryuson99
Photoshop?

I doubt AdAware wouldn't be able to show the amount correctly. The screen would of grown to fit the bigger mark or just not show it.
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I agree. Plus, I would think there would be a lot more negligible objects listed than that.
 
Amazing.
My sisterinlaw just brought her computer over last week for a cleanup.
After coaching the entire family on 5 or 6 occasions, they've managed to decrease the 6 month crop down to 271 processes and 4 viruses.
When the machine left here 6 months ago their antivirus protection was outdated. They left with instructions, links and phone numbers to choose from.
Guess which antivirus product they picked? That's right, none.
Next go-around I'm going to suggest AOL. They're the perfect fit.
 
LMAO, be sure to run spybot, spy sweeper, cw shredder, hijack this, ms anti-spyware, panda & trend online virus scans to clean up that dirty system.
 
I find this app useless...ran it didnt find nothing...installed spyware gold and found 190 objects, needless to say adware is now history
 
I see machines everyday with over 2000 hits found. You can't rely on one removal tool anymore, I have a fleet of 8-12 tools that I run on each and every machine.

I think the most I have come across is something in the vicinity of 6,000. I am calling shens on that screenshot.
 
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