Help, I can't get rid of Spybots!

Oerdin · May 13, 2003, 00:35

After following a link to an internet quizie I found that my copy of IE has picked up a couple of parasites. I downloaded Spybot 1.2 and it got rid of most of them but I still have four parasites which Spybot can't seem to remove from my machine. Can anyone recomend another program to remove these die-hard parasites?

DRoseDARs · May 13, 2003, 00:53

AdAware v6.0 was released (after several months of non-communicado from the developers). I use both SpyBot S&D and AdAware to get pretty much everything the other misses. There might still be a thing or two that BOTH miss, but less likely than using only one program.

Oerdin · May 13, 2003, 01:11

Ok, I'll try adaware. Thanks

Oerdin · May 13, 2003, 01:25

Ad-Aware solved the problem. Thanks alot.

Dis · May 13, 2003, 02:02

how did you know you had a spy-bot?

Oerdin · May 13, 2003, 02:03

Stupid ads kept popping up on my desktop for one and the front page of poly told me was the second hint.

Dis · May 13, 2003, 02:04

front page of poly ehh. let me check that out

Dis · May 13, 2003, 02:05

but I'm thinking spy bots aren't the proper word for that.

They aren't very good spies if they are discovered that easily

Oerdin · May 13, 2003, 02:08

There are passive spybots and then there are the ones that pop-up a bunch of crap ads. I had a half dozen different ones which I suspect all got installed when I stupidly downloaded a plug in from the Gator Corp.

I'll never trust those clowns again.

Dis · May 13, 2003, 02:11

gator corp. yep, those guys are bad.

I only trust material from microsoft- even in that case I'm hesitant.

Oerdin · May 13, 2003, 02:12

I think I'd trust a few more companies besides MS but not many.

Dis · May 13, 2003, 02:16

well this is weird. After viewing this thread I just had a whole bunch of pop ups come up.

I also had a cnn.com window open. Perhaps CNN is getting desperate and doing a whole bunch of pop-up.

What are the odds I get a spy-bot after reading this thread?

Oerdin · May 13, 2003, 02:33

I hope you don't because they can be hard to get rid of.

The Mad Monk · May 13, 2003, 03:13

Trust no one.

Keep your laser handy.

The computer is your friend.

orange · May 13, 2003, 04:17

ixnay recommended "Spybot Search and Destroy" a few months ago, and it worked wonders on my computer...got rid of Gator, Xupiter, and more! I

ixnay

Dis · May 13, 2003, 04:19

I should have used that for Xupiter. I was a moron to accidently download that. It came up when I was trying to get a chat room to work, I thought it was something I had to download to get the chatroom to work

I got rid of Xupiter the hard way. Full hard drive reformat.

alva · May 13, 2003, 04:43

For some reason I have a hard time updating spybot, something with proxies or something.

/me awaits for Panag to post 2 links

Oerdin · May 13, 2003, 16:25

Arghhh! They're back! I'm still getting those stupid pop up ads, I run both Spybot & Ad-ware, they both say I have several parasites, they both say the computer is now clean, I reboot, and the Parasites are back again!!!

What the heck can I do to get rid of this thing? I don't want it reporting to some marketer about the websites I visit and I don't want it force feeding me ads. These bastards are worse then Spammers.

Skanky Burns · May 13, 2003, 16:45

msconfig (start->run->msconfig)

That will at least let you know what your computer is loading every time it starts. Also check your start->programs->startup for links you don't want. It may well be reinstalling automatically from there.

Willem · May 13, 2003, 16:57

Quote:

Originally posted by Oerdin
There are passive spybots and then there are the ones that pop-up a bunch of crap ads. I had a half dozen different ones which I suspect all got installed when I stupidly downloaded a plug in from the Gator Corp.

I'll never trust those clowns again.

No, no, no, never trust anything from Gator.

Oerdin · May 13, 2003, 17:03

The startup folder had something called "download plus" in it which I promptly deleted (and emptied from the trash can).

I'll see if that helps at all.

Skanky Burns · May 13, 2003, 17:42

That sounds very spyware-ish. Good move killing it.

Oerdin · May 13, 2003, 17:44

Two scans and two reboots latter the devil has yet to show his face again. I'm thinking "download plus" was the culprate.

Hueij · May 13, 2003, 18:01

Quote:

Two scans and two reboots latter the devil has yet to show his face again. I'm thinking "download plus" was the culprate.

But the stuff is still somewhere on your machine, hiding in the deep recesses of your hard drive... You better do a Google search on how to totally get rid of it.

Panag · May 13, 2003, 18:03

Quote:

Originally posted by Oerdin
After following a link to an internet quizie I found that my copy of IE has picked up a couple of parasites. I downloaded Spybot 1.2 and it got rid of most of them but I still have four parasites which Spybot can't seem to remove from my machine. Can anyone recomend another program to remove these die-hard parasites?

hi ,

go to http://grc.com

get cyberscrub from www.cyberscrub.com

and get at least the free zonealarm at www.zonelabs.com ( the pro works better )

and finjan surfinguard , www.finjan.com to keep them out and to stop them from sending something , .....

just type in spyware+removal at yahoo or so , .....

have a nice day

SlowwHand · May 13, 2003, 18:05

HELL yes. My damned brother. Surfing ****ing porn sites.
I'm sick of this.

Oh. Sorry, but I am.
Download plus, I bet.

Willem · May 13, 2003, 18:05

Quote:

Originally posted by alva
For some reason I have a hard time updating spybot, something with proxies or something.

* alva awaits for Panag to post 2 links

Well you were partially right, he provided 4.

Panag · May 13, 2003, 18:08

Quote:

Originally posted by Willem

Well you were partially right, he provided 4.

hi ,

huh you want more , ....?

the above ones are the easy to understand ones , there are some program's out on the net , but they are only for people with an IQ of 2500 or so , .....

actually try a combination of several programs after one and another , spybot and adware , .....

have a nice day

SlowwHand · May 13, 2003, 19:01

panang, from your first reference;
I tested with Shields Up!
Cool. I'll do some more looking around. Thanks.

Attempting connection to your computer. . .
Shields UP! is now attempting to contact the Hidden Internet Server within your PC. It is likely that no one has told you that your own personal computer may now be functioning as an Internet Server with neither your knowledge nor your permission. And that it may be serving up all or many of your personal files for reading, writing, modification and even deletion by anyone, anywhere, on the Internet!
Your Internet port 139 does not appear to exist!
One or more ports on this system are operating in FULL STEALTH MODE! Standard Internet behavior requires port connection attempts to be answered with a success or refusal response. Therefore, only an attempt to connect to a nonexistent computer results in no response of either kind. But YOUR computer has DELIBERATELY CHOSEN NOT TO RESPOND (that's very cool!) which represents advanced computer and port stealthing capabilities. A machine configured in this fashion is well hardened to Internet NetBIOS attack and intrusion.
Unable to connect with NetBIOS to your computer.
All attempts to get any information from your computer have FAILED. (This is very uncommon for a Windows networking-based PC.) Relative to vulnerabilities from Windows networking, this computer appears to be VERY SECURE since it is NOT exposing ANY of its internal NetBIOS networking protocol over the Internet.

SlowwHand · May 13, 2003, 19:03

Port Check:

Stealth! There is NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that a port (or even any computer) exists at this IP address!