Marky_D Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 for some reason when i log into my yahoo or hotmail accounts it goes to a spyware page and a pop up appears telling me my pc is infected! then it gives all these spyware programs i could buy!anyone know where i can get rid of this without the cost!?thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydoll Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky_D Posted February 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 i downloaded one program and it got rid of many problems but not the problem im trying to fix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 try "hijack this" if it is a search engine hijack it can be pretty nasty put pop up should easily be removed by "ad-aware" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reptile Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Use both "Ad-Aware" and "SpyBot Search and Destroy"If you run both you get get rid of all spywarePsydoll has given you both linksAlso delete all cookies and files in your "temporary internet files" folder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cowboy Dan Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 try "hijack this" if it is a search engine hijack it can be pretty nasty put pop up should easily be removed by "ad-aware"Yes, but hijackthis isn't as easy as that, you need to know specifically which registry files need deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky_D Posted February 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 cheers for the help! preoblem appears to have gone away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Yes' date=' but hijackthis isn't as easy as that, you need to know specifically which registry files need deleted.[/quote']you do but as long as you do a search on them first its all good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 you do but as long as you do a search on them first its all goodOr you could sign up to a forum like pcanswers.co.uk and get one of the people there to check it and tell you what to delete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydoll Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 cheers for the help! preoblem appears to have gone away! Scene points for everyone! We're saving the scene! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky_D Posted February 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 im afraid the problem seems to have reappeared!! ive downloaded both spybot and ad ware but it keeps doing it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve corps Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 im afraid the problem seems to have reappeared!! ive downloaded both spybot and ad ware but it keeps doing it!! switch off the pc, go to the pub.wheh you get home, thump the side of the moniter.easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scorge Spike Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 The best thing to do is manually scour the registry for shite - but without wanting to sound disrespectful, I suspect that's way beyond your skill level. Try a registry checker, run the spyware checker again, and if that fails you're going to have to reinstall. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Jack Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 im afraid the problem seems to have reappeared!! ive downloaded both spybot and ad ware but it keeps doing it!! daft question maybe, but you have actually run searches with both programs, not just downloaded them?try googling the name of the home page you're being sent to, chances are you'll find a site with advice on fixing the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 go here or here (preferably using IE), let the program run, let it delete anything it finds. Restart machine, go back to the website and run again to check. Now once that is done search google for AVG anti-virus and zone alarm or go out and buy some other type of anti-virus and firewall software. That will stop this happening if set up right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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