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Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
I got one or the other or both.
Its a work computer but we dont really have an I.T. dept. as such. So when i got this thing i ran all the the spyware removers and adware removers and virus scanners i could find but im still getting some stupid pop ups from gambling sites and other annoying crap.
Can anyone recommend some freeware that might do the job?
I got one or the other or both.
Its a work computer but we dont really have an I.T. dept. as such. So when i got this thing i ran all the the spyware removers and adware removers and virus scanners i could find but im still getting some stupid pop ups from gambling sites and other annoying crap.
Can anyone recommend some freeware that might do the job?
Love is the law.
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
In my opinion...
No no no.
I loathe, despise and detest Norton.
Their software locks down and restricts what you should be allowed to do anyway.
Not to mention the stupid amount of system resources it gobbles up, thus slowing your computer and turning it to jelly.
And furthermore, its the jelly with the bits in, not the smooth variety.
In my opinion...
No no no.
I loathe, despise and detest Norton.
Their software locks down and restricts what you should be allowed to do anyway.
Not to mention the stupid amount of system resources it gobbles up, thus slowing your computer and turning it to jelly.
And furthermore, its the jelly with the bits in, not the smooth variety.
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
I wouldn't use it, or wish it on anyone. In fact, I've fixed many problems just by uninstalling it.
I wouldn't use it, or wish it on anyone. In fact, I've fixed many problems just by uninstalling it.
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
The reason for that is that I am totally wrong.
It doesnt display correctly, I just didnt realise, as I could do perfectly everything that I needed to.
At least it still works though.
Written by: UraniumChipOxidationFacility
"Outlook web access for company email and it wont display correctly on firefox."
So do I... but Firefox works perfectly
What could be the reason for that?
The reason for that is that I am totally wrong.
It doesnt display correctly, I just didnt realise, as I could do perfectly everything that I needed to.
At least it still works though.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
6,207 posts
Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
6,207 posts
Location: "In your ear", United Kingdom
Posted:
can you say panda?
jon need to send this to you, rocks, go check out pandas site, and it covers your arse in so many ways
can you say panda?
jon need to send this to you, rocks, go check out pandas site, and it covers your arse in so many ways
Step (el-nombrie)
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Zebberdy and Jack Daniels
278 posts
Location: Swansea, south wales
Zebberdy and Jack Daniels
278 posts
Location: Swansea, south wales
Posted:
Right, firstly download the program Smitrem, then Ewido trail version, then Hijackthis. All these should be able to be downloaded from download.com.
Restart your computer and boot in safe mode, run all these programs (use Ewido last), and you should be virus, spyware, malware free. Restart again and boot regulary. should work fine now.
Right, firstly download the program Smitrem, then Ewido trail version, then Hijackthis. All these should be able to be downloaded from download.com.
Restart your computer and boot in safe mode, run all these programs (use Ewido last), and you should be virus, spyware, malware free. Restart again and boot regulary. should work fine now.
The only reason i'm scared of little kid's is because I know in ten year's time they'll be mugging me.....
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
*Bump*
Should we keep all the ad/spyware comments in the same place?
*Bump*
Should we keep all the ad/spyware comments in the same place?
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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Uncle Chop Chop
213 posts
Location: Time is the Fire in which we burn, United Kingdom
Uncle Chop Chop
213 posts
Location: Time is the Fire in which we burn, United Kingdom
Posted:
Anyone got any advice I have McAfee installed on my comp to block pop ups and this was working fine up until the other day. Since then a message has been popping up which is obviously and Ad but I can't get rid of it and McAfee won't stop it either. the message reads like this-->
Your Harddrive is corrupted please vist www.pcregfix.com and download reg fixer to fix this problem blah blah bllah blah.
Anyone any ideas It is popping up in a sort of system window and IT IS DRIVING ME INSANE as it pops up every 5 mins or so and when I'm playing World of Warcraft this is unacceptable
can anyone help me plz
Anyone got any advice I have McAfee installed on my comp to block pop ups and this was working fine up until the other day. Since then a message has been popping up which is obviously and Ad but I can't get rid of it and McAfee won't stop it either. the message reads like this-->
Your Harddrive is corrupted please vist www.pcregfix.com and download reg fixer to fix this problem blah blah bllah blah.
Anyone any ideas It is popping up in a sort of system window and IT IS DRIVING ME INSANE as it pops up every 5 mins or so and when I'm playing World of Warcraft this is unacceptable
can anyone help me plz
"Do you know what the Phantom is??"
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veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
Posted:
Sounds like you've got one of the adware things that have been discussed recently in [Old link] thread.
Try searching for pcregfix in google to see if someone's come up with a way to remove their adware.
Sounds like you've got one of the adware things that have been discussed recently in [Old link] thread.
Try searching for pcregfix in google to see if someone's come up with a way to remove their adware.
You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.
Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Aye, its the Messenger service pop up.
honestly.. that is your problem.
You dont need to download anything that anyone PMs you (
)
Follow Syms suggestion and see what happens
Aye, its the Messenger service pop up.
Written by: Sym from the other thread
Right click My Computer > go to manage > services and applications > services then double click messanger and change the start up type to disabled. Then stop it.
That should stop it - if it's already disabled then I guess it is a virus / spyware...
honestly.. that is your problem.
You dont need to download anything that anyone PMs you (
)Follow Syms suggestion and see what happens
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with added berries
1,365 posts
Location: Manchester, England (UK)
with added berries
1,365 posts
Location: Manchester, England (UK)
Posted:
Perfect !
Just got my computer fixed (whole new motherboard and harddrive - don't know why they didn't just give me a new one in the first place!) and so having to install all these programs again, this was at the top, saved me doing a huge long search for them like last time my computer broke. yey!
Perfect !
Just got my computer fixed (whole new motherboard and harddrive - don't know why they didn't just give me a new one in the first place!) and so having to install all these programs again, this was at the top, saved me doing a huge long search for them like last time my computer broke. yey!
Live like there is no tomorrow,
dance like nobody is watching
and hula hoop like wiggling will save the world.
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
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Uncle Chop Chop
213 posts
Location: Time is the Fire in which we burn, United Kingdom
Uncle Chop Chop
213 posts
Location: Time is the Fire in which we burn, United Kingdom
Posted:
Thanks guys you were right Polarity it was that nmessenger thingy. and thanks for the advice UCOF the pop up has now stopped
you have both saved my computers life as it was popping up that much I was getting to the point where attacking the computer was my only option.
Thanks guys you were right Polarity it was that nmessenger thingy. and thanks for the advice UCOF the pop up has now stopped
you have both saved my computers life as it was popping up that much I was getting to the point where attacking the computer was my only option. "Do you know what the Phantom is??"
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SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Try telling Brit Joe that...
Try telling Brit Joe that...
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
This is quite a good read: It's from an ex-worker for 180SA - something anyone who has cleaned adware of a few computers will know well. It's worth a read.
https://www.revenews.com/jimmydaniels/2006/03/180_from_the_inside_out.html
This is quite a good read: It's from an ex-worker for 180SA - something anyone who has cleaned adware of a few computers will know well. It's worth a read.
https://www.revenews.com/jimmydaniels/2006/03/180_from_the_inside_out.html
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
At last, someone gets a good kicking for doing this to PC users:
https://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2006/04/20/fined_for_selling_fake_spyware.html
At last, someone gets a good kicking for doing this to PC users:
https://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2006/04/20/fined_for_selling_fake_spyware.html
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Suddenly feels better
Suddenly feels better
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
YEAH! Go Geeks
It's like revenge of the nerds...
YEAH! Go Geeks
It's like revenge of the nerds...
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
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wandering thru the woods of WI
3,556 posts
Location: Wisconsin, USA
wandering thru the woods of WI
3,556 posts
Location: Wisconsin, USA
Posted:
you know what else i found out about them...
forget a cowboy, ride a nerd
you know what else i found out about them...
forget a cowboy, ride a nerd
Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
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newbie
44 posts
Location: South Florida, USA
newbie
44 posts
Location: South Florida, USA
Posted:
Here's a Tip that I use and works -- yes i use Firefox but it helps to put this in IE as well --
if you run the Ad-aware program -it'll tell you the sites that the cookies/etc are coming from usually (which is where our probs with spyware are originating) -- point them to the local loopback in your hosts file which is better. (for those that dont know.. the loopback is 127.0.0.1 (and some of those spyware/adware do the same to some legit sites like mcafee.com & symantec.com --
Here's a Tip that I use and works -- yes i use Firefox but it helps to put this in IE as well --
if you run the Ad-aware program -it'll tell you the sites that the cookies/etc are coming from usually (which is where our probs with spyware are originating) -- point them to the local loopback in your hosts file which is better. (for those that dont know.. the loopback is 127.0.0.1 (and some of those spyware/adware do the same to some legit sites like mcafee.com & symantec.com --
Every Day I add another name to the list of people who piss me off
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Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Posted:
Has anyone heard of SystemDoctor 2006? I assume it is something to do with me updating windows xp, but to fix the many errors I apparently have, I need to pay
Has anyone heard of SystemDoctor 2006? I assume it is something to do with me updating windows xp, but to fix the many errors I apparently have, I need to pay
Never assume
Always Acknowledge
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Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Geek-enviro-hippy priest
1,858 posts
Location: Diss, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Posted:
zamirii, cookies arn't bad. The only problem people have with them is to do with privacy, not spyware or adware.
That said, changing the host file to make bad or ad redirect to the local call back is a great idea, i've done it using a big list I downloaded. I'll post it here when i'm on my PC.
Jem, as has been said here before, you shouldn't ever need to pay for anti-spyware. whatever SystemDoctor is, you don't need it. Use firefox, download adaware or spybot and a good anti-virus and you'll be fine.
zamirii, cookies arn't bad. The only problem people have with them is to do with privacy, not spyware or adware.
That said, changing the host file to make bad or ad redirect to the local call back is a great idea, i've done it using a big list I downloaded. I'll post it here when i'm on my PC.
Jem, as has been said here before, you shouldn't ever need to pay for anti-spyware. whatever SystemDoctor is, you don't need it. Use firefox, download adaware or spybot and a good anti-virus and you'll be fine.
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Useful site for checking if a process on taskmanager is safe or not:
https://www.processlibrary.com/
Useful site for checking if a process on taskmanager is safe or not:
https://www.processlibrary.com/
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Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Pooh-Bah
1,750 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom
Posted:
Thanks Sym
Thanks Sym
Never assume
Always Acknowledge
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Useful
Useful
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Flying Water Muppet
5,276 posts
Location: Edin-borrow., United Kingdom
Flying Water Muppet
5,276 posts
Location: Edin-borrow., United Kingdom
Posted:
Amen!
Windows is your biggest bit of spyware.
Written by: {anthrax}
Delete windows... install linux
Amen!
Windows is your biggest bit of spyware.
"the now legendary" - Kaskade
"the still legendary" - Kaskade
I spunked in my friend's aquarium and the fish ate it. I love all fish. Especially the pink ones. They are my bitches. - Anon.
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veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
veteran
1,228 posts
Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hence me having an OpenBSD firewall that blocks access to microsoft servers
Hence me having an OpenBSD firewall that blocks access to microsoft servers
You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.
Green peppers, lime pickle and whole-grain mustard = best sandwich filling.
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
This may be interesting to some people.
I found it a good read anyway
This may be interesting to some people.
I found it a good read anyway
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Are you up for it??
349 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Are you up for it??
349 posts
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posted:
very interesting, thanks for the link
very interesting, thanks for the link
Are you up for it?;)
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
How to flirt - for geeks.
Some of it is utter shite.
How to flirt - for geeks.
Some of it is utter shite.
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What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
Spyware on me a-go-go...
So I've tried Search and Destroy... doesnt seem to budge it, windows defender, which is apparently the latest version of windows anti spyware, but the stupid thing is still there.
AVG also says nout. Yet my Homepage keeps getting changed to "about:blank"... I get pop ups everywhere, new windows and an MSN type slide up thing in the right corner, plus my computer has been raped for speed
Oh and to add to it all, I think i part removed some of it, as an error message continually pops up now, titled "Project1" with a windows butterfly symbol next to it. The Message itself reads "Run-time error '13': Type mismatch", All I can do is click 'OK' which closes that one and up pops another error message.
I thought it would be a battle of wills, like, it would eventually go away... but noooooooo....
So, advice? Best spyware stuff? Thanks!
Spyware on me a-go-go...
So I've tried Search and Destroy... doesnt seem to budge it, windows defender, which is apparently the latest version of windows anti spyware, but the stupid thing is still there.
AVG also says nout. Yet my Homepage keeps getting changed to "about:blank"... I get pop ups everywhere, new windows and an MSN type slide up thing in the right corner, plus my computer has been raped for speed
Oh and to add to it all, I think i part removed some of it, as an error message continually pops up now, titled "Project1" with a windows butterfly symbol next to it. The Message itself reads "Run-time error '13': Type mismatch", All I can do is click 'OK' which closes that one and up pops another error message.
I thought it would be a battle of wills, like, it would eventually go away... but noooooooo....
So, advice? Best spyware stuff? Thanks!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
*commander JonCof jumps to the rescue, wearing his girlfreinds clothing*
Get on emessen.
*commander JonCof jumps to the rescue, wearing his girlfreinds clothing*
Get on emessen.
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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