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Zeropaid Regular
 
Posts: 22
Join Date: Mar 2003
Reputation Power: 83
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Help!!! can't get rid of spyware/adware -
February 14th, 2004, 12:22 PM
Every so often I get a message from wondows messanger saying some stuff about spyware and porn. They point me to a website called spw9.com
I ran ad-aware, spybot S&D, and spysweeper and I still get the poups. Please help!!! Can you identify the spyware/adware and if so can you tell me how to reomove it? Thanks, paul |
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(#2)
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Transmission Intermittent
 
Posts: 2,468
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Donnie Darko's room
Age: 21
Reputation Power: 209
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February 14th, 2004, 12:58 PM
it's a fake site, that probably installs ad/spy ware itself...there are many places that refer to the messenger fake messages...google the exact message and you'll see some fixes for it. OK? ok...
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File Sharing Giant
Posts: 731
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Space Needle
Reputation Power: 119
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February 14th, 2004, 12:59 PM
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Change startup type of Messenger service to Disabled. Problem solved. |
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Zeropaid Regular
Posts: 836
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Coral Springs, Florida, US
Age: 24
Reputation Power: 117
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February 14th, 2004, 01:40 PM
Darn he beat me to it.
ZP really needs a section dedicated to removing all of that stuff :] |
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Zeropaid Regular
Posts: 145
Join Date: Feb 2004
Reputation Power: 78
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ad aware -
February 19th, 2004, 04:12 PM
Ad aware 6 and no adware got rid of spyware that spybot missed
hope that helps |
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