Empire spyware...ARGH! - Page 2

Baulucky · #11 03-11-2005, 07:43 PM

WHO is in your backside taking the photo?.

grouchie · #12 03-11-2005, 08:04 PM

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Nothing beats a disk reformat and XP reload.

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It's like a clensing of the soul, only not as messy.
I've been itching to do one myself.

vindikation · #13 03-11-2005, 09:13 PM

Serious question though, how do I delete the Party and Empire links from Internet Explorer's "Tools" menu?

nnoobi · #14 03-11-2005, 09:35 PM

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Serious question though, how do I delete the Party and Empire links from Internet Explorer's "Tools" menu?

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It's a regedit thing:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions

From here

rabbit

Reef · #15 03-11-2005, 10:27 PM

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Yeah, we'll need a screen shot to even start to figure it out

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A screen shot of what? The porn site his wife visits or the anti spywhare message? (Too easy to pass up)

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both

tripdad · #16 03-12-2005, 01:15 AM

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Serious question though, how do I delete the Party and Empire links from Internet Explorer's "Tools" menu?

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ditch internet explorer for mozilla firefox.

cheers!

papa_georgio · #17 03-12-2005, 01:24 AM

go to download.com and get spybot. you probably have some other kind of spyware you need to get rid of. it's a free software and works really well.
spybot

tinga81 · #18 03-12-2005, 02:33 AM

If spyware is the issue, you should also know about these utilities:

Ad-Aware
AdsGone
Hijack This (Direct Download Link)

AngryCola · #19 03-12-2005, 02:51 AM

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Hijack This (Direct Download Link)

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This is a great little utility, but it isn't for those who don't know what they are doing.

If you use it, make sure you understand what you are removing and changing.

vindikation · #20 03-12-2005, 03:52 PM

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Serious question though, how do I delete the Party and Empire links from Internet Explorer's "Tools" menu?

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It's a regedit thing:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions

From here

rabbit

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EXCELLENT THANKS!

btw I currently use AdAware, Spybot and Spysweeper as well as Norton Antivirus, Microsoft Software firewall and a Netgear hardware firewall so I feel pretty comfortable about the protection of my system.

I can't get into Firefox though. I'm currently using Netcaptor and Avant (multitabbed IE based browsers) as my main web browsers.

Thanks again!!!