I am trying to fix my friends computer and her kids have downloaded a bunch of horse shit on it.

7/29/2007 6:46:50 PM

haha I tried to do that this weekend. I ended up just giving up and reinstalling windows. Good luck to ya, I did have pretty good luck with avg antivirus and spybot

7/29/2007 6:54:33 PM

Spybot Search & Destroy
Adaware 2007 Free
SpySweeper
Microsoft Defender

are the top picks, i'd install them all because they all have different databases and different protection techniques

also use HiJackThis to search for any "specific" malware running that may need a custom removal tool

also a good AntiVirus would help, the top free ones are:
Active Virus Shield
AVG

best places to look for malware/spyware would be the registry under the following locations:
HKCU->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run (also RunOnce)
AND
HKLM->Software->Microsoft->Windows->CurrentVersion->Run (also RunOnce)

[Edited on July 29, 2007 at 7:54 PM. Reason : .]

7/29/2007 7:51:52 PM

her virus definitions were expired, so I had to take norton off and install the free one from nc state

then i put windows defender on there

its about 20 minutes in to the virus scan and hit a jackpot of like 10 things, after that a full windows defender scan and i guess if that does not work i will install some of the other ones.

her kids blamed it on their friend who they say looks at porn on this computer

7/29/2007 8:32:35 PM

holy craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap

7/29/2007 9:04:13 PM

Tell'em to stay away from myspace codes and AIM smilies too.



my sisters are forever contracting internet herpes from those kinds of searches.

7/29/2007 9:12:33 PM

the problem with hijackthis is that if you dont know what you are doing you can delete some important shit

7/29/2007 9:18:59 PM

Installed Adaware, MS defender, and Symantec Anti-Virus.

All 3 found a bunch of things and deleted them. There is still BS popping up like crazy.

I purged the cache in internet explorer and installed firefox.

I don't know what else to do. I told her to start looking for her restore disks.

7/29/2007 10:53:37 PM

download ccleaner

and download spybot search and destroy

7/30/2007 12:07:34 AM

also be sure to run these scans in safe mode w/out networking

also be sure to run the 'on startup' option w/ S&D

you could also find a live cd w/ AV on it and run it that was as well

7/30/2007 12:52:37 AM

go through this site, and you can remove just about any and all spyware that you'll come across

http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Introduction

7/30/2007 10:17:37 AM

^not finished yet, but so far that hasnt been too informative...the only thing was, was the options for adaware(uncheck one and check another)

[Edited on July 30, 2007 at 10:32 PM. Reason : oh and a setting for ccleaner that cleaned up more of my shit than normal]

7/30/2007 10:31:49 PM

Try this one:

Mac OS X

7/30/2007 10:45:27 PM

^ dont't be too metro/homo

thx

7/31/2007 1:03:34 AM

^^newb

[Edited on July 31, 2007 at 1:29 AM. Reason : .]

7/31/2007 1:29:38 AM

Ashampoo, Trend Micro HouseCall and XoftSpy work for me whenever everything else fails.

7/31/2007 4:45:34 AM

^haha actually using that right now

[Edited on July 31, 2007 at 4:46 AM. Reason : housecall...clicked this thread to read and u had just posted]

7/31/2007 4:46:16 AM

1.) SAV provided free from the university
2.) spybot s&d
3.) adaware

i have never ever EVER had any problems with spyware or viruses with just these 3 things running

and when friends have problems, add ccleaner and hijackthis (somewhat advanced, of course) to the mix and i have never failed to clean up a computer

7/31/2007 5:21:14 AM

^I'll vouch for 2 and 3, between the random spyware slowdowns (pr0n) on my computer and my ex's AIM and myspace viruses, they taken care of all the problems.

7/31/2007 9:46:04 AM

SAV is the only thing i have installed and only because they offered a 64bit vista version. Haven't really needed anything else. Never really gotten any viruses/spyware before on any of my computers. One time freshman year i think i got some type of adware, but i don't remember what it was. That's the only incident i can remember. Mainly because i usually don't let people use my computers w/o my supervision.

7/31/2007 10:04:29 AM

Lavasoft Adware
http://www.lavasoft.de/download_and_buy/product_comparison_chart.php

Windows Defender
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Spybot
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

CA eTrust Spyware
http://shop.ca.com/spyware/anti_spyware.aspx

AVG Antivirus
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5

Hijack This
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html


Free online spyware/virus scanners/removers
These are pretty helpful when you think your security programs have been comprimised.

Bitdefender Very nice scanner, catches alot.
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

TrendMicro Housecall
http://housecall.trendmicro.com

eTrust Antivirus
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

7/31/2007 11:31:41 AM

Active Virus Shield (Free Kaspersky)
http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp?

7/31/2007 12:40:00 PM

I use Spyware Doctor alot at work, I really like it, it seems to find alot more stuff than most of the other tools I use.

7/31/2007 1:54:25 PM

Man how do you guys get so many viruses/spyware. You CAN find safe porn out there. Is it just other people using your computers?

7/31/2007 2:00:13 PM

cant go wrong with a format and reinstall

it removed like 50 million adware and about 5 virus

a week or two later it crapped out to where it could not boot

i am downloading all the security updates after teh clean install right now

9/30/2007 2:09:00 AM