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! spyware symbol on my home screen!
I am unable to get a notice off my computer, it reads WARNING, your computer
may be infected with spyware, and wants me to click on the link. I have been reluctant to do so. The screen is black except for this yellow warning, but otherwise I can carry out my business on the computer. I have run McAfee, AOL Spyzapper, and LavaLoft, all to no avail. There is also a yellow ! sign on my toolbar, which I can't get rid of. Every once in a while a balloon pops up to remind me that I need to get spyware. Any help would be appreciated! |
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! spyware symbol on my home screen!
1) Download the following item...
Adaware SE http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ 2) Disable System Restore http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDoc...SysRestore.htm 3) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode 4) Using Adaware SE, perform a Full Scan of your platform and clean/delete any parasites found. 5) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your platform using Adaware 6) Re-enable System Restore and re-apply any System Restore preferences, (e.g. HD space to use suggested 400 ~ 600MB), 7) Reboot your PC. 8) Create a new Restore point 9) Please report back your results -- Dave "Hola" wrote in message ... | I am unable to get a notice off my computer, it reads WARNING, your computer | may be infected with spyware, and wants me to click on the link. I have been | reluctant to do so. The screen is black except for this yellow warning, but | otherwise I can carry out my business on the computer. I have run McAfee, | AOL Spyzapper, and LavaLoft, all to no avail. There is also a yellow ! sign | on my toolbar, which I can't get rid of. Every once in a while a balloon | pops up to remind me that I need to get spyware. Any help would be | appreciated! |
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! spyware symbol on my home screen!
Hola wrote:
I am unable to get a notice off my computer, it reads WARNING, your computer may be infected with spyware, and wants me to click on the link. I have been reluctant to do so. The screen is black except for this yellow warning, but otherwise I can carry out my business on the computer. I have run McAfee, AOL Spyzapper, and LavaLoft, all to no avail. There is also a yellow ! sign on my toolbar, which I can't get rid of. Every once in a while a balloon pops up to remind me that I need to get spyware. Any help would be appreciated! In addition to the excellent advice you got from Dave, here's how to get rid of the desktop warning. Go to the Display applet in Control Panel and look on the Desktop tab. Click on Customize Desktop, and then click on the Web tab. You will see that there are checkmarks next to "My Current Home Page" and probably "Lock Desktop Items". Uncheck these. By highlighting the "My Current Home Page" and clicking on the Properties button, you will be able to determine the name of the file that is the message. It might be called something like "security.html" or the like. Of course you want to click Apply and OK out when you've made your changes. You want to find that file and delete it. I hate to say this, but the search function in XP is pretty lame. The absolutely easiest way to ferret out this file is to get and install the free search app AgentRansack from he http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/ which will make finding this file a breeze. Good luck, Malke -- MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" |
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! spyware symbol on my home screen!
Hola wrote:
I am unable to get a notice off my computer, it reads WARNING, your computer may be infected with spyware, and wants me to click on the link. I have been reluctant to do so. The screen is black except for this yellow warning, but otherwise I can carry out my business on the computer. I have run McAfee, AOL Spyzapper, and LavaLoft, all to no avail. There is also a yellow ! sign on my toolbar, which I can't get rid of. Every once in a while a balloon pops up to remind me that I need to get spyware. Any help would be appreciated! To deal with issues caused by any sort of "adware" and/or "spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Smiley Central, Xupiter, Bonzai Buddy, or KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately (but without understanding the consequences) installed, two products that are quite effective (at finding and removing this type of scumware) are Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search & Destroy from www.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions. It's even possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your system against most future intrusions. I use both and generally perform manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc. Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most common varieties of scumware are available he PC Hell Spyware and Adware Removal Help http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH |
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