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DeadHearts
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How do you get rid of adware and or spyware??
#15831516 - 02/19/12 10:13 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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Im guessing its one of the two because when I try to search things on google (seemingly google only) I get redirected when clicking on the links.
So far I have tried all scans for AVG, Norton and Windows security essentials as well as a system restore.
What gives!?!?!
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abltsandwich
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: DeadHearts]
#15831520 - 02/19/12 10:14 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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Malwarebytes is what I use.
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Locky
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: abltsandwich]
#15831525 - 02/19/12 10:16 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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abltsandwich said: Malwarebytes is what I use.
same here. And its free
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DeadHearts
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: Locky]
#15831538 - 02/19/12 10:19 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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Is it one of thos online scan thangs??
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abltsandwich
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: DeadHearts]
#15831541 - 02/19/12 10:19 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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No you download it and run it on your system.
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DeadHearts
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: abltsandwich]
#15831543 - 02/19/12 10:20 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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ALright well Ill give it a shot.
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psi
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: DeadHearts] 1
#15831651 - 02/19/12 10:46 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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My tendency is to just reinstall the OS when this kind of thing happens, kind of a sledgehammer approach but it doesn't take all that long and I like a clean start.
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DeadHearts
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: psi]
#15831659 - 02/19/12 10:48 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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Well did a quick scan and found all kinds of shit in which I just deleted apparently.
Still have the virus as I am being redirected via google. Full scan now in progress...
Fuck.
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psi said: My tendency is to just reinstall the OS when this kind of thing happens, kind of a sledgehammer approach but it doesn't take all that long and I like a clean start.
I want to do that but I lost the fucking disc that came with my computer. Im pissed as my computer is only a few months old
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Locky
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: DeadHearts]
#15831741 - 02/19/12 11:13 AM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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DeadHearts said:
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psi said: My tendency is to just reinstall the OS when this kind of thing happens, kind of a sledgehammer approach but it doesn't take all that long and I like a clean start.
I want to do that but I lost the fucking disc that came with my computer. Im pissed as my computer is only a few months old
same here. I want a fresh start, virus free.. But i lost the disk
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: Locky]
#15831948 - 02/19/12 12:14 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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I just torrent the ISO's, but with that you are kind of at the mercy of whoever put it up there.
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DeadHearts
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: psi]
#15832057 - 02/19/12 12:45 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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psi said: I just torrent the ISO's, but with that you are kind of at the mercy of whoever put it up there.
Yeah I would deff not go that route myself.
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abltsandwich
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: DeadHearts]
#15832114 - 02/19/12 12:54 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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If Malwarebytes didn't work try SUPERAntiSpyware, it's common that some anti-malware programs will catch things others won't. Though MWB seems to get the most stuff most often.
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: abltsandwich]
#15832135 - 02/19/12 01:00 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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spybot - search & destroy ad-aware
two progs keep me nice and safe.
-------------------- My fake plants died because I didn’t pretend to water them
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: abltsandwich]
#15832148 - 02/19/12 01:02 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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abltsandwich said: If Malwarebytes didn't work try SUPERAntiSpyware, it's common that some anti-malware programs will catch things others won't. Though MWB seems to get the most stuff most often.
SuperAntiSpyware will catch things that Malwarebytes won't even recognize.
I hardly ever even scan with Malwarebytes anymore, because it rarely picks up on anything.
SuperAntiSpyware rocks.
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abltsandwich
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: AmazonianGuru]
#15832182 - 02/19/12 01:09 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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UniversalShaman said:
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abltsandwich said: If Malwarebytes didn't work try SUPERAntiSpyware, it's common that some anti-malware programs will catch things others won't. Though MWB seems to get the most stuff most often.
SuperAntiSpyware will catch things that Malwarebytes won't even recognize.
I hardly ever even scan with Malwarebytes anymore, because it rarely picks up on anything.
SuperAntiSpyware rocks.
Yeah I pretty much read exactly what you wrote all the time, but with program X Y or Z instead. Everyone swears by different anti-malware progs because their favorite caught something another one didn't. Bottom line is use at least two different ones for maximum effectiveness. For a while I was using three, the two above and Spybot S&D. Now I surf smart and use a range of Firefox plugins that leave hardly anything for my anti-malware software to do when they scan.
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: DeadHearts]
#15832206 - 02/19/12 01:16 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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You need to find one that runs outside of the windows environment from it's own bootable CD. That way no malware is running in RAM and it gets it all 100%. Spybot and Adaware were great 10 years ago but they're junk now. They're RAM hogs and kill startup time. You're better just running Norton Internet Security. I've put it to the test on junk computers TRYING to get infected and was not successful.
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Locky
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Re: How do you get rid of adware and or spyware?? [Re: Newbie]
#15832309 - 02/19/12 01:40 PM (12 years, 1 month ago) |
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Microsoft secruity essentials - nothing spybot s'n'd - nothing Malwarebytes - nothing
SuperAntiSpyware - a shit ton of virus and Trojans.
wow, S-A-SW is good.
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