Guest cronic nightmares Posted September 11, 2004 Report Posted September 11, 2004 Ok I recently god some bad spyware somehow off a site that i need help getting rid of. I am running window xp home edition service pack 1. I run adware 6.0 personal edition and spybot search and destroy. The pop ups I keep getting are from xlime.com and are a vx2/f, DSO exploit and something with IE plugins. Anyone that might be able to help me I would greatly appriciate it. I can screen shot things if you need in order to help. Quote
MasterDrake Posted September 11, 2004 Report Posted September 11, 2004 First use the remove programs application that windows has usually if you see something you don't recognize and think is spyware is just what it is. Second some spyware wont list them selfs in the Add/Remove App so you should go through your programs files manually and delete any folders that you are not fimiliar with make sure to check whats inside first so you are positive. Third I would recommend updating to SP2 which has a new fire wall, Antivirus, and popup blocker all built in including the lastest security updates. Thats usuaully the process I take to do it if it becomes a problem but since I have had my new computer I have had zero problems just don't go to any crap sites and don't download applications like Kazaa and BearShare there is always Kazaa Lite++ if you need it. Sorry for bad grammer and spelling its 2:30am :\ Quote
The Maurauder Posted September 11, 2004 Report Posted September 11, 2004 Eliminate IE plugin problems entirely. Use Mozilla Firefox. Not only is it more functional and expandable, it has none of teh security hioles that Internet Explorer does. It is free tyo download and I personally prefer it over IE. You can download it Here Quote
Dav Posted September 12, 2004 Report Posted September 12, 2004 go to download.com and search for: Adaware and Spybot search and destroy Download both and run them. These programs will remove the spyware and adware on your system with ease. Quote
MasterDrake Posted September 12, 2004 Report Posted September 12, 2004 read the whole thing dav hes has them both Quote
»i88gerbils Posted September 12, 2004 Report Posted September 12, 2004 If he stops using Windows he can no longer play SubSpace >.< Quote
The Maurauder Posted September 13, 2004 Report Posted September 13, 2004 He could, but... He would have to run windows as an emulator from inside mac,linux,or whatever o/s he changed to. Quote
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