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 Delyrium
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 Help! Something has taken over my desktop! 
#2677737 - 05/14/04 11:54 AM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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Okay so like a week or two ago I started getting this pop-up. It's what it looks like here. You can't close it!! You can't see your desktop. It opens up automatically and the only way you can open a program is by clicking on one of the link and THEN you can start working on your computer. This is ridiculous. Also - when I start up my computer - the System window opens up automatically and now these 1 inch by 1 inch windows pop up ... 1 says "Done" the other says "Done" then today one said "Ebb Criss" and you have to keep clicking "OK" in order for them to eventually stop popping up!!!
HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPpp!!! I have run Norton and Ad-aware and still no luck!! 
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 Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Delyrium]
#2677760 - 05/14/04 11:59 AM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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I dunno if this'll help or not...but it probably wouldn't hurt to give it a shot ---> Spybot
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 Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Delyrium]
#2677768 - 05/14/04 12:01 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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and when all else fails.. you can use the Full Scale Assault Method
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Muppet]
#2677772 - 05/14/04 12:02 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah spybot worked for me
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Delyrium]
#2677775 - 05/14/04 12:02 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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I strongly suggest ad-aware 6 
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Delyrium]
#2677783 - 05/14/04 12:04 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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if your under windoze then pop open task manager and kill the offending threads... then get spybot and run it at least weekly. get a real browser like opera or mozilla then enable the pop-up blocking and only allow cookies for specific sites. this will cut down on a whole lotta bullshit.
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Delyrium]
#2677795 - 05/14/04 12:08 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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basically you want to run ad-aware and spybot first.
then go to - www.spywarewarrior.com
go to "HijackThis Logs" forum
Download HijackThis directly from - http://spywarewarrior.com/files/hijackthis.zip
Important: Create a specific folder on your hard drive called HijackThis to keep its backups. Download and unzip HijackThis.exe into this folder.
GO ahead and run HijackThis.. and then paste a copy of the log when you get the results.. POST this log on the HijackThis Logs forum.. with a title explaining your problem.. and someone will tell you which things to "fix" from the HijackThis program.. do not delete anything on your own. Good luck.
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: debianlinux]
#2677800 - 05/14/04 12:09 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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tru dat
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Delyrium]
#2677803 - 05/14/04 12:10 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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Does it start whenever you start up Internet Explorer? If it is, download Hijack This.
Try looking at the installed programs on your computer, see if there's anything suspicious. Also, look inside your C:\Program Files\. If there's any folder that you don't know what it is, and looks suspicious, look into it, and find out what it is.
Finally, try and find the name of the popup, see if you can right click anywhere to click properties or something. If we could find the name, we could probably find something about it on a web site about how to remove it.
Edit: ah, Shroomism already has a link to Hijack This. 
Edited by HeavyToilet (05/14/04 12:11 PM)
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Delyrium]
#2677804 - 05/14/04 12:10 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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I use adaware 6 myself, just make sure you check for updates, then use a custom scan, and have it scan every damn file on your comp, nothing has yet escaped this combo for me.
Peace~
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Delyrium]
#2677806 - 05/14/04 12:10 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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No offense meant , but Norton sux .
I use AVG and love it , considering purchasing full version , but have had such great luck with freebie why spend money .
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: iluan]
#2677811 - 05/14/04 12:11 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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well, nothing you know of. maybe adware et al don't know about some things.... eh? 'tis a thought and a decent probability at that.
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: iluan]
#2677815 - 05/14/04 12:12 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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I have Ad-aware 6, and it didn't find Omegasearch. The most annoying hijack I've had.
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Shroomism
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: iluan]
#2677817 - 05/14/04 12:12 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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yes its important to go into settings in ad-aware and make sure you fully optimize it to scan everything.. then choose custom scan.
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: HeavyToilet]
#2677822 - 05/14/04 12:13 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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CWshredder and HijackThis will get rid of just about any broswer hijack 'search' bar or anything like that.
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Delyrium
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Shroomism]
#2677936 - 05/14/04 12:42 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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alrigt - i used Ad Aware and it found only 19 things - deleted it and still had the hijack. I then ran SpyBot and it found 111 things. I deleted the stuff and now (and im hoping) i think it's gone.
However I still get System32 popping up on startup (which i dont think is a hijack... maybe something i clicked by accident?) and I get these little windows that pop up in this order:
"dwn"
"dwn"
"done"
"done"
"ebn criss"
"ebn criss" (i think it's ebn or ebb...)
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Fuck Ted Nugent he?s a fucking jerk
I wish that he?d be gone
Chauvanistic republican
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Delyrium]
#2677955 - 05/14/04 12:46 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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I'd register at spywarewarrior.com and ask those guys
I am but an amateur at spyware genocide
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Delyrium
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Shroomism]
#2677978 - 05/14/04 12:53 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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hehe okay thanks - done deal. we'll see what happens. i really appreciate your help.
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Fuck Ted Nugent he?s a fucking jerk
I wish that he?d be gone
Chauvanistic republican
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Forgot how to write a song
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Delyrium]
#2678014 - 05/14/04 01:01 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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Yeah, you have to watch out what you're deleting... they could be system files. 
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Re: Help! Something has taken over my desktop! [Re: Delyrium]
#2678193 - 05/14/04 01:42 PM (19 years, 11 months ago) |
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if you go into "Control Panel"
then open up "Administrative Tools"
then open up "Services"
scroll down till you see "Messenger" (alphabetized)
double click it.
in the "startup type:"dropdown box, select "disabled"
right below that there is a button that says "stop"
click it. ( a small window will show it closing, then disappear) after that,
hit the "apply" button, then hit the "ok" button.
This is especially good if you use kazaa type progz.
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