No place like home!!!!!!!!!

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: No place like home!!!!!!!!!

okie dokie.

 

[Homerr]

Re: No place like home!!!!!!!!!

Malibu...<br /><br />Don't forget one of the best computer fixin' tools right under your fingertips.... GOOGLE<br /><br />I've had lots of questions answered about computer problems using Google.<br />Simply type in your error, or keyword of your problem, and you can usually get an answer.<br /><br />If you're running Windows, then it's a good bet someone else has had the same problem as you.<br /><br />And if I may suggest an excellent anti-virus program? Try Trend Micro Internet Security.<br />I use to run Norton and Zone Alarm, but I found Trend to work much better (although Zone Alarm has a better interface...imo)<br /><br />You can run a free virus check at Trend's site:<br /><br /> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ <br /><br />It will have to download a pattern file and then run.<br /><br />Trend found stuff that Norton left behind, so I was sold on it and purchased a full version which you can get at www.newegg.com. They sell both a cd and download version.<br /><br />I also use Spybot S&D and Adaware.<br /><br />H.

 

[malibu4u]

Re: No place like home!!!!!!!!!

Tks Homerr but my mind is blank now so I am going to stop and retry tomorrow<br /><br />SBN...Tried what you said about running then rebooting and running again but I still come up with one trojan. Nowhere can I find once when it tells you you have a trojan, how you get rid of it. I must be missing something so I will stop for now and try when my feeble brain is in gear tomorrow. Will let you know what happens.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: No place like home!!!!!!!!!

Did it look like this one?<br />Found Trojan Horse: Trojan-Downloader-Stubby, version 1, c:\windows\inf\farmmext.inf<br /><br />Whatever you find, you have to quarantine it first and then delete it.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: No place like home!!!!!!!!!

Homerr, I too have Trend Micro, ZA, Norton, adawareSE, spybot along with others and none of them could find this trojan except the Webroot Spy Sweeper.<br /><br />This boy would put 5 or 6 pop-ups while you had IE open, did not matter if it was up or down. You could leave for 30 minutes or so and come back and there would be 5 or 6 pop-up windows up.<br /><br />Nothing porno or anything, just different advertisements.<br /><br />Run the Spy Sweeper and found it and got rid of it and no pop-ups since.<br /><br />None of the rest of them found it.<br /><br />Malibu, run spy sweep, then click next, then either click remove or quarantine, I don't remember which now, I just run it again to see if it would find anything so I could tell you right, but nothing.<br /><br />I keep it running all the time and it keeps stuff out also.

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: No place like home!!!!!!!!!

I have had the same results as SBN. Spybot & adawareSE found some bugs but my problems persisted, spysweeper fixed the rest. Some of the fixes could only be performed at reboot.<br /><br />Aldo

 

[malibu4u]

Re: No place like home!!!!!!!!!

Homerr! I sure like that housecalls and I will do some looking into it and will probably end up purchasing it. I liked the results it gives you and the complete details afterwards. At least you have something to work with running that scan. I have always felt I didn't have any trojans in my computer as I am confident with my anti virus program and ZA firewall. Tks for putting me on to it.

 

[malibu4u]

Re: No place like home!!!!!!!!!

Dunaruna....When you say spysweeper fixed the rest at reboot do you mean you purchased spysweeper then ran it and it work. I have run the check with spysweeper but now where can I correct what it finds wrong so that means it is telling me I have a problem but must buy it before it can correct. Am I right in thinking this? I hope so cause I am confused. <br />

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: No place like home!!!!!!!!!

I haven't bought it, I'm using the free trial version from 'download.com'.<br /><br />It found about 14 nasties that spybot & adaware missed but it only fixed 13. The last (and the most troublesome) bug was fixed at the next reboot, spysweeper brought up a message box saying - "##### will be deleted at next reboot, do you want to reboot now?".<br /><br />I have no idea how or why it did it that way but my problems are solved (for now ). 'Download.com' is a great site to get different anti-spyware, if one doesn't work simply try another. I'm sick & tired of computer problems and constantly battling with spyware, I'll never pay money for a full version of anything.<br /><br />Aldo

 

[malibu4u]

Re: No place like home!!!!!!!!!

I will try download.com Aldo and see if it isn't a different way of downloading spysweeper than what I was doing. I seem to think I am the only one than can't download it.

 

[malibu4u]

Re: No place like home!!!!!!!!!

Tks Dunaruna for the download site. It actually work, downloaded it and got rid of what it found. Now I know why you and SBN like it. Works real good! Wouldn't download on the other site for me and I was getting #$%^&*. It's good for 30 days so I will wait to see if I buy or not. Thanks!

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: No place like home!!!!!!!!!

You're welcome