spyware !!

[rt1]

so, somehow today my computer got jacked by spyware. I was letting a friend use it and who knows what happened. I use firefox as my browser, but maybe he was running IE. Anyway, I just spent the last 2 hours scanning and playing with my settings. I think I got everything removed, but I would like to know if there is anything else I should do.

1) System start up scan of spy bot
2) system start up scan of ad-aware
3) played with msconfig and removed all startup items i didnt know
4) system scan with cwshredder
5) re scanned everything, nothing found.

am i good? anything else i should be doing?

[ChoicestHops]

Im running Windows XP.. and I use SpyBot, Ad-Aware SE, and the somewhat new Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta. Im always afraid that one of the programs will miss something.

The main thing you should be worrying about are trojans!

[BusterStacks]

use the new microsoft thing, its REALLY good. I hate M$ ... but it's the nuts.

[Freakin]

Save yourself some trouble...

First, make a system restore point of right now

Then, do a system restore from sometime before today. They don't always work, so keep picking dates until you get one that works. That how I kill all my spware after friends/family fux0r my machine. It's the cleanest way I've found.

Freakin

[Freakin]

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use the new microsoft thing, its REALLY good. I hate M$ ... but it's the nuts.

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And yeah, this is true too. If for some reason you can't find a working system restore point (or if it wasn't a particular instance that screwed you over) then this program kills everything, and has active protection.

Freakin

[rt1]

wow nice.. i am going to go search for this app,

umm... lets just say my windows xp sp2 version might not be legit... is this going to be a problem?

[ChoicestHops]

Most likely. You must verify your Windows Authentication when downloading the beta.. so it's up to you.

[rt1]

i just started DLing it without verification (gave me the option to skip). ill let you know if install works.

[rt1]

ok, i ran the MS tool and it found a few things... comp has been running strong with no problems. I think the reason this happened was because the partypoker app uses IE for its links, even thou i have firefox set as my browser.

does anyone know how to a) disable ie, or b) fix party to use ff.

Thanks!

[Mano]

I had a problem with some spyware that was redirecting me to carribeangold website whenever a site had "poker" or gambling related word in it. Had to go to the tools/Internet options tab in Internet Explorer, then select "Programs" tab and click on the "Manage Add-ons..." button and disable some stuff.