Unbelievable...annoyance at its finest

[Spooner]

Was surfing at some link where a ton of popups came out of nowhere... in my effort to close all the windows, I accidently "accepted" some stupid download.

I've been scannign with different pieces of software for hours. Computer still has popups and crap all over the place.

What's the best software to rid of spyware/virus?

Ugh. I need a beer

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Spooner
Was surfing at some link where a ton of popups came out of nowhere... in my effort to close all the windows, I accidently "accepted" some stupid download.

I've been scannign with different pieces of software for hours. Computer still has popups and crap all over the place.

What's the best software to rid of spyware/virus?

Ugh. I need a beer

fdisk and reinstall.

 

[her209]

Use a user account next time.

 

[Spooner]

Originally posted by: her209
Use a user account next time.

it wasn't even porn.. that's what's even more frustrating

 

[Sundog]

Panda

 

[dderidex]

Originally posted by: her209
Use a user account next time.

I sure here that a lot, but DAMN, it's such a PITA to get everything working normally from a use-level account. Device drivers, especially (thinking Creative Labs apps and such).

 

[Platypus]

you suck at computers

 

[Spooner]

Adaware, SpyDoctor, HouseCall, and AVG antivirus all multiple scans and I still have infestation.

Help!

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Sundog
Panda

Spyware makes you a sad Panda?

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Spooner
Adaware, SpyDoctor, HouseCall, and AVG antivirus all multiple scans and I still have infestation.

Help!

Um format and reinstall, why are you even bothering?

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Spooner
Adaware, SpyDoctor, HouseCall, and AVG antivirus all multiple scans and I still have infestation.

Help!

Sounds like you need a new computer. Dell has some good deals.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: dderidex

Originally posted by: her209
Use a user account next time.

I sure here that a lot, but DAMN, it's such a PITA to get everything working normally from a use-level account. Device drivers, especially (thinking Creative Labs apps and such).

The second option is to set the IE security settings to high.

 

[Sundog]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Sundog
Panda

Spyware makes you a sad Panda?

Yes damnit!!!!

Panda for anti-virus.

 

[cjgallen]

Format
FireFox
AdBlock Filters
Modified HOSTS File

 

[Maetryx]

Ugh, this happened to me once. You probably need hijackthis.exe too. I had to run SpyBot, Adaware, HijackThis, and some other utility recommeded by the HiJackThis program.

 

[Juno]

Format C:

 

[Steve]

CounterSpy.

 

[Flashram]

Send me your computer I'll fix it.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Spooner
Was surfing at some link where a ton of popups came out of nowhere... in my effort to close all the windows, I accidently "accepted" some stupid download.

I've been scannign with different pieces of software for hours. Computer still has popups and crap all over the place.

What's the best software to rid of spyware/virus?

Ugh. I need a beer

best advice:

counterspy
some decent antivirus: avast! is free
make sure you block windows messenger service
disable system restore while cleaning, or you'll be cleaning all the time.
uninstall any installed apps that look suspect.
get a good registry tool like Regclean - made by Jouni Vuorio - its free.

 

[Shlong]

Friend had spyware, he got rid of all of em with:

Booting in safe mode
Ad-aware
HiJack This
Panda Online checker

But I would just backup data, format.

 

[Spooner]

Stop telling me to reformat!!! I can't go to that extreme

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: cjgallen
Format
FireFox
AdBlock Filters
Modified HOSTS File

Power switch OFF.

 

[Ionizer86]

System restore. It's actually quicker/cleaner than running a gazillion engines.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Spooner
Stop telling me to reformat!!! I can't go to that extreme

How is formatting extreme?

Your system was compromised on an admin level account, are you really considering any other option but formatting?

 

[silverpig]

You probably could have reformatted, reinstalled, and reloaded everything by now. But have fun trying to install 10 more apps that still won't quite get it all.