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Thread: spyware WTF???

  1. #1
    mike37
    who the hell are thees assholes that there only fun in life is to jack up some ones PC
    my kid got this about:blank thing on his PC
    AVG blocks it but the fockers tricked him a screen pops up and tels him he has a virus and to click scan button
    but it wasn't are scanning software it was a trick that let the focking thing in and jacked up his browser and some other shit to
    the guys that do this shit deserve to be shot in the focking head
    focking ass holes
    OK Im better now

  2. #2
    H20Advantage
    I here you. My daughter got a Trojan.Vundo virus on her computer and I had to back everything up and start from fresh again. Even the symantec fix could not seem to uninstall it.
    I guess it was some type of malware/adware that slows the whole computer down. I think she downloaded somthing from MySpace.... :cry:

  3. #3
    Phat Matt
    Try these programs out to help protect you.
    Microsoft Antispyware (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx)
    Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/)
    Spybot (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html)
    They are all free.

  4. #4
    MagicMtnDan
    I'm with Matt on his suggestions but like the last two best.
    I had about:blank on a couple of our computers over the last few years and it was the most frustrating experience of my online life Good luck!

  5. #5
    ddevore
    Spyware is a major pain in the ass... The easiest free program that I've found is microsoft's beta version of Windows Defender, just install it and it pretty much works... It's not the most powerful spyware removal in the world, but it does a good job of removal, it's free and runs in the background like antivirus - and it's EASY as hell to install/use.
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

  6. #6
    AZJD
    What anti-virus are you using? If you have Norton, update to the 2006 and it has a pretty good spyware zapper on it. Also Ad-aware and spybot are great ideas to run about once a week or so.

  7. #7
    SmokinLowriderSS
    About:blank is a MF'er to get rid of. Had it once, took most of a day to get it off my wife's machine (she lets the kids on it sometimes when they have hamstrung theirs so bad it needs my attention, and I am deliberately slow).
    Am running Windows Defender Beta on 2 of ours (not mine) and it seems to work well, no issues, they got to be the guinea pigs for once LOL. I still keep Adaware6, Spybot S&D, and a couple others arround for good measure. No 1 anti-spyware seems to remove everything, but the 3 most comon ones seem to cover all the bases.
    All running Macaffee Anit-virus, current, updated, and set to "near paranoia" setting, as is my & wife's firewalls. They watch what LEAVES the machines as well as what comes in and flag on any strangeness.

  8. #8
    SmokinLowriderSS
    You have GOT to keep windows itself updated with all the security patches too, otherwise you're trying to keep the wind out of a block of swiss cheese.
    http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/

  9. #9
    mike37
    I'm ruining AVG and it works well on virus stuff
    and I have windows defender and it let this about:blank thing in
    went to staples and bought spayware Doctor for 30 bucks and I think it got
    things fixt will see in a day or so if the dam thing comes back
    thanks for the input guys

  10. #10
    gqchris
    Let me know how it goes Mike, I can have you run a HiJackThis report and I can try to manually clean it if you dont have luck..I had one here like that and I changed profiles with system restore that seemed to nip it. Its a major PIA.
    Chris

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