yeah.com (spyware)

[smartcap]

Lately, I've been hit with some sort of spyware....I don't know the name for it...but every so often when I type in hotmail / yahoo.com...it redirects me to yeah.com. The only way to get rid of it is by restarting the system. I've ran adware...but it didn't pick up anything.. It doesnt happen all the time...only every so often...

Has any1 here been hit with this annoying spyware...? And if s....do u know what is causing it...?

 

[Sid59]

adaware
spybot
cwshredder
fix host file

if that doesn't work .. you're SOL

try the 1st three in that order, google for the programs.

 

[KeyserSoze]

Originally posted by: Sid59
adaware
spybot
cwshredder
fix host file

if that doesn't work .. you're SOL

try the 1st three in that order, google for the programs.

Make sure you update before you run the first two. (Never used the others.)



KeyserSoze

 

[smartcap]

Have tried all of those...and it's not picking it up for some reason....

Been searching the newgroup and google for the past few days...and apparently there are other peeps infected with this annoying spyware , as well...but haven't found a solution yet...

 

[Sid59]

i doubt you tried all of them .. but ok.

 

[bsobel]

Have tried all of those

Originally posted by: Sid59
i doubt you tried all of them .. but ok.

Going for the worst response to a post ever prize?
Bill

 

[Schadenfroh]

1st Run LSP-Fix
2nd Run CWS smartkiller removal tool
3rd Run CWShredder check for updates and run
4th Run Spybot search and destroy
check for updates and install them then Check for problems and fix problems, Reboot if prompted at the end and fix problems after it scans on boot up, then go into immunize and immunize it, block bad pages silently and check the boxes down on the bottom to prevent hijacking
5th Run Adaware
update it, scan and delete the problems found
6th Run Spyware blaster and keep spyware from being installed, update first then apply the new ones
NOTE: if spyware blaster fails to start, install this and this

7th for even more protection, try spyware guard, it functions much like zonealarm, except for spybots, with an item in your tray, and will help in real-time spyware protection.
NOTE: if spyware guard fails to start, install this and this

8th Make sure your AntiVirus is up to date and do a full system scan. if you have no antivirus, you need to get AVG, a freeware antivirus that some people say rivals NAV.

9th make sure your firewall is up to date (to test your firewall, go here and run shields up!) and if you have no firewall, you need to get zonealarm

10th check your IE explorer settings (Tools>internet options>privacy) to make sure privacy is set on at least medium and security setting (Tools>internet options>security) is likewise

Note: rember to keep all of these programs updated and run spybotsearch and destroy and adaware scans once a month at least. [/b]

 

[Pretty Cool]

DSLReports PacBell Forum - "DNS Issues"

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Have tried all of those

Originally posted by: Sid59
i doubt you tried all of them .. but ok.

Going for the worst response to a post ever prize?
Bill

no i think that was his cop out answer. obviously it isn't a DNS resolving to a mistyped URL. it's something eating his system.

adware / spybot take care of 1 part
cwshredder is very specific about removing certain spyware
host file fixing is left over to check if things are getting routed 'locally'.
all 3 fix a majority of issues that deal with IE and security of it.

 

[noxxic]

It's burried somewhere in that Pacbell DNS thread, but the answer was something like: "com.org" and "yeah.com" are owned by the same company. Because of the way IE attempts to fix URLs when DNS queries fail, "www.yahoo.com" becomes "www.yahoo.COM.ORG" which gets redirected to "yeah.com."

The fix: IE, Tools, Internet Options, Do Not Search From The Address Bar.

 

[iwillhelp]

Try out the free ones but pay for the ones that work.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: iwillhelp
Try out the free ones but pay for the ones that work.

Patrick Kolla, javacool, merijn, and countless others produce excellent software that, when used in the correct conjunction and manner, provide just as good of protection (if not more so) than nonfreeware utilities. these are great men who have spent long hours making these programs great. if i did not know better, from the looks of the recent resurrections of old topics, i would say the spammers of those who charge money for spyware removal tools are lurking here. hell, some of those ones that people pay for use stolen code from Kolla.

 

[rbV5]

Try out the free ones but pay for the ones that work.

Free ones work for me.