Yet hit by another spyware, helps!!

guitarman · fourth grade Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 728

Sigh... not long a go, my laptop was infected by spyware, until I reformat my laptop. And now, I got it again!! Anyone can helps remove all these notorious virus?

When I click on the above popup link, it shows me a website that sells anti virus software! Sic.

Currently, I have a Norton Systemwork 2000 and it can't detect a single thing. What's going now?

guitarman · fourth grade Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 728

okay! Decide to reformat my fujitsu once again ;>

indogo · fourth grade Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 223

Look in to alternative net software....

Use firefox or anything but Internet explorer......same goes for outlook and messenger....

Look into using 98lite/xplite to remove a lot of the windows software that lets spyware in..most windows security updates involve disabling active x controls...or use linux.

Basically the less your system resembles the standard windows setup the less likely you will suffer outside attacks....in fact you won't even need anti virus software.

The are some simple improvements to the network setup...google netbios/port 139.

There is a lot that can be done to improve the situation and a bonus is your machine will work better too Very Happy

regards

mike

triumph · second grade Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 94

I reccommend using hiack this! to get rid of really stubborn spyware. About two years ago I had some issues and had a ton of spyware. A combination of Hijacks this and adaware cleaned everything up. Then I installed ad-watch from ad-aware which prevents anything from accessing the registry without permission and I have not had a problem since. It is really good piece of mind.

There are other products out there similar to ad-watch from other companies as well. Just look for an active monitoring program.

anarch · first grade Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 28

I use adaware and adwatch, like the previous poster stated and, so far, it's worked really well for me. It catches all sorts of hidden programs and files. The only time I ever ran into problems was with the Gator program. Aside from that, It's very good!

angivodka · first grade Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 19

i use spysweeper and this seems to have solved my problems. it has made my computer faster and less viruses get through.

hope you sort it out.

JulieRuin · first grade Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 44 Location: Canada

Hijack this! really helped me too, but be careful with which files you remove. Some spywares can be extremely annoying and you'd need an expert to get rid of all the files.

But definitely stop using Internet Explorer. Firefox is pretty safe against spyware.

angivodka · first grade Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 19

Is Firefox another way of accessing the internet then? I have not heard of it. What are the differences between this and internet explorer?

indogo · fourth grade Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 223

Yes it is....and there are others like opera.

Firefox was originally started as a cut down version of netscape navigator but has become very popular because it is very secure lots of built in features like popup blocker and many addons/themes...(we have cat buttons Smile

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You can read about it here
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

I discovered it about 2 years ago and used it ever since..
I also removed internet explorer with software from here
http://www.litepc.com/

The 98 version is free....

have fun and enjoy your computor and the net

regards

mike

AvianParakeet · first grade Joined: 19 Nov 2006 Posts: 39

Definitely swithc to firefox. Also, use adaware. If you go into custom, you can set it to even delete any spyware files that are in the registry. This prevents them from coming back as easily.