I need something to get rid of this spyware that seems to have integrated itself into IE. It's changed the homepage, made my PC want to connect at startup and every now and them pops up random IE windows telling me "Warning! Your ISP is watching you. Buy our cleanup software now!". It won't let me change the homepage (it changes it straight back) and it's right pissing me off. Neither Adaware or Spybot could find or get rid of it.
I think it's the CoolWebSearch spyware, and it's a nightmare. Help!
You need CWS Shredder.
See attachment.
Its worth using the update function too, mine is a few weeks old :0)
Cheers. I got that off of the web site mentioned earlier, just in case I had to save the log file to put on their forum. It had a few entries that it fixed, but then they came straight back again. That proggie Mike put up here fixed it all though (at least I hope it did).
Does the built-in XP firewall protect you from spyway/adware attacks like this, or not?
And some of them do a bad job of it. A good example being Ad-aware trying to remove the sponsor that is optionally installed with Messenger Plus! 2.
Ad-aware doesn't actually get rid of it all, and so some shit is still left over and popups still occur. However, it removes enough to fuck-over the uninstall program, so even if you uninstall Messenger Plus! 2 (which genuinely removes the sponsor when you uninstall) the nasty stuff will still be there.
Yeah, Ad-Aware screwed up the removal of new.net scum, forcing a OS reinstall.
I find Spybot to be a lot safer in removal, but I find that I need to run run both so that nothing is missed.
That's weird, I swear by Spybot. I've got everyone at work using it now, too. Can't believe it missed something so obvious.
You got the *real* Spybot, right? The one with the thumbprint icon? There's a faker commercial-y venture out there that manages to make itself come up first on Google when you search "spybot"
Edit: If I was ALLOWED to go to work, which I'm not...
AARRGGHH!!!!!
on leaving the house last night I said to the babysitter 'fell free to use the internet'
today I have had to run adaware, spybot, hijack, system mechanic & delete 3 folders manually - it's taken over 30 mins to remove all the crap (including a 'helpfull' toolbar).
babysitter will NOT be invited to 'use the internet' next time.