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Posted:
Sorry
Erm
Right.
My dad's computer picked up some spyware. I happily downloaded Search and Destroy and Adaware, and this got rid of most of the problems.
Unfortunatly, it hasn't done the proper trick. In the system tray, there is a big yellow exclmation mark. Which very so often makes a popping noise and up comes a speech bubble saying:
"System Alert: Adware and Spyware
Your computer performance slowed down. Your internet connection speed had decreased. You recive more spam emails than ever. Use spyware scan to find out the reason"
Obviously not an official microsoft warning. I'm thinking its a false advert for a spyware removal tool that makes things worse... or maybe its just bogus.
Either way its annoying.
Not only does this exclamation mark make popping noises every 60 secs and tells me stuff that isn't really true, it has also changed my homepage to https://www.needupdate.com/
Even when I change it in "Internet Options" it keeps going to this site.
Having googled W32.Sinnaka.A@mm I discovred that its a worm virus.
So now I'm horribly confused...
Help, suggestions anything is welcome
Sorry
Erm
Right.
My dad's computer picked up some spyware. I happily downloaded Search and Destroy and Adaware, and this got rid of most of the problems.
Unfortunatly, it hasn't done the proper trick. In the system tray, there is a big yellow exclmation mark. Which very so often makes a popping noise and up comes a speech bubble saying:
"System Alert: Adware and Spyware
Your computer performance slowed down. Your internet connection speed had decreased. You recive more spam emails than ever. Use spyware scan to find out the reason"
Obviously not an official microsoft warning. I'm thinking its a false advert for a spyware removal tool that makes things worse... or maybe its just bogus.
Either way its annoying.
Not only does this exclamation mark make popping noises every 60 secs and tells me stuff that isn't really true, it has also changed my homepage to https://www.needupdate.com/
Even when I change it in "Internet Options" it keeps going to this site.
Written by: The Site
Your private info is collected by W32.Sinnaka.A@mm
Your IP address: 86.136.227.44
Your Country: GB, United Kingdom
They know you're using: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
Operation System: OS Windows
Risk status for futher investigation: VERY HIGH RISK
Time of investigation: Fri Dec 16 11:54:24 PST 2005
Having googled W32.Sinnaka.A@mm I discovred that its a worm virus.
So now I'm horribly confused...
Help, suggestions anything is welcome
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,172 posts
Location: Hastings, United Kingdom
Posted:
Give your dad a slap on the wrist and tell him to stop looking at unmentional sites...
Other than that, I have no idea
Give your dad a slap on the wrist and tell him to stop looking at unmentional sites...
Other than that, I have no idea
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Have you seen the other spyware threads?
[Obi Wan]They contain all the information you could ever possibly need..[/Obi Wan]
[Old link]
Have you seen the other spyware threads?
[Obi Wan]They contain all the information you could ever possibly need..[/Obi Wan]
[Old link]
Internet Hate Machine
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Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
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Posted:
Saw all them already.
Tried all of them.
Nothing.
So I started a new thread. Hence the apology.
S'all fixed now though... no more popping exclamation marks...
Saw all them already.
Tried all of them.
Nothing.
So I started a new thread. Hence the apology.
S'all fixed now though... no more popping exclamation marks...
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
so the problem was......?
so the problem was......?
Internet Hate Machine
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Posted:
Figuring out how to fix it...
Which I eventually did.... after a few hours of swearing loudly at the screen.
Lots of nasty spyware had been put onto my computer
But yeah... obviously this thread is quite useless...
*sigh*
Guess I should go ask a mod to delete it or sumink...
*hipthrust*
EDITED_BY: Fine_Rabid_Dog (1134845914)
Figuring out how to fix it...
Which I eventually did.... after a few hours of swearing loudly at the screen.
Lots of nasty spyware had been put onto my computer
But yeah... obviously this thread is quite useless...
*sigh*
Guess I should go ask a mod to delete it or sumink...
*hipthrust*
EDITED_BY: Fine_Rabid_Dog (1134845914)
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
[mutters]talk about getting blood out of a stone[/mutters]
So how did you fix it?
And what was causing it?
Oh, oh, oh and oh; did you only download search and destroy and adaware, or did you get all the other programs too? (Microsoft Anti Spyware, Grisoft Anti virus, SpyBot etc)
Im suprised if you downloaded all of them and none of them worked....
[mutters]talk about getting blood out of a stone[/mutters]
So how did you fix it?
And what was causing it?
Oh, oh, oh and oh; did you only download search and destroy and adaware, or did you get all the other programs too? (Microsoft Anti Spyware, Grisoft Anti virus, SpyBot etc)
Im suprised if you downloaded all of them and none of them worked....
Internet Hate Machine
10,530 posts
Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
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Location: They seek him here, they seek him there...
Posted:
Right..
erm...
I discovered that this was a bogus spyware thingy.
So, remembering some advice I hear from someone on here, I did a search on google, on "Spyaxe removal".
Lo and behold, up came a nice site with instructions ( https://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=78572
) which I followed.
Sorted.
Better?
Right..
erm...
I discovered that this was a bogus spyware thingy.
So, remembering some advice I hear from someone on here, I did a search on google, on "Spyaxe removal".
Lo and behold, up came a nice site with instructions ( https://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=78572
) which I followed.
Sorted.
Better?
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Ta
Just thought it would help explaining it if someone else ever has the same problem.
Ta
Just thought it would help explaining it if someone else ever has the same problem.
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Momma Bear
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Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
Damn!
I missed a geeky thread!
Damn!
I missed a geeky thread!
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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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:
*cough* oops - that last post was really from me...
*cough* oops - that last post was really from me...
There's too many home fires burning and not enough trees
Internet Hate Machine
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Posted:
Pffft... some geek you are
Pffft... some geek you are
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
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HOP librarian
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Location: Prague, Czech. Republic
HOP librarian
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Location: Prague, Czech. Republic
Posted:
Did you know that if you want to ""uninstall" this all removal software its sometime very difficult? Im pointing that after a
while you find removing warez very boring and than its right
time for firewall.
:R
Did you know that if you want to ""uninstall" this all removal software its sometime very difficult? Im pointing that after a
while you find removing warez very boring and than its right
time for firewall.
:R
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Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
Self-Flagellation Expert
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Location: Bogged at CG, Australia
Posted:
*remembers the days of deleting malware by having to sift through the registry, msconfig and program files*
someties, i still find that the most effective way of killing stuff, because you know its gone, then.
*remembers the days of deleting malware by having to sift through the registry, msconfig and program files*
someties, i still find that the most effective way of killing stuff, because you know its gone, then.
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--Rougie
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