for all you pervs out there this THREAD IS NOT ABOUT how to spy on your spouse/significant other !!!

its a question for you knowledgeable computer people !!! .... this computer i am on has some kinda "spyware" in it ... where it keeps changing my home page ... and pop ups come up ... and say "spyware detected --- go to this site to eliminate spyware forever ! "

so ... any suggestions ....

it was gettin really bad the other week ... i thought it had died ... and someone in my office downloaded some anti-virus stuff ... and it removed alot ... but this spyware stuff must still be there !!!! ... any suggestions ???

thanks ... in advance ... one learns so much on this site !

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Download Ad-Aware 6. Install it. Check for updates, install them if there are, then run it.

Actually for that paticular problem you need to download something called cwshredder to fix the problem. I will see if I can find the location of the download.

Try downloading the program with this link.

http://spywarewarrior.com...redder.exe


This tool will find and destroy all traces of the
CoolWebSearch (CWS) hijacker on your system. This
includes:

* Redirections to CoolWebSearch related pages
* Redirections when mistyping URLs
* Redirections when visiting Google
* Enormous IE slowdowns when typing
* IE start page/search page changing on reboot
* Sites in the IE Trusted Zone you didn't add
* Popups in Google and Yahoo when searching
* Errors at startup mentioning WIN.INI or IEDLL.EXE
* Unable to access antispyware tools or sites

thanks guys for the aid ... not sure if it helped at all ....

i had adaware downloaded ... thats what we used to get resusitate it the other week ... but the spyware problems still remained ... even tho the computer was slowwwww and still did the pop up and changing the home page ....

the new one ... spyware warrior seemed to run ok ... said it was clean ... but ... no clean ...

maybe the updates need to be done alittle different ... for instance ... when i push the update thing ... it says ... undable to connect ... and pauses .....
and pauses
and pauses ... so i bi passed that ... ugh ... let me try again then .... when i have some time ... ty for the help !

http://www.download.com/S...ag=lst-0-3
i use spybot search and destroy which seems to work ok

thank you for your heartfelt help ... i tried ... A B AND C ...

A - ad a ware like i said ... did a sweep ... helped for a while ....

B- did that yesterday --- didnt seem to do the "update" .... and the homepage was back again as some messed up "res - jowehroahf" thing ...

C- just did that now .... thanks Raine ... not sure it did anything worth while ... but lets see ....

on a side note ... it seems like .... no matter what i do .... "apply " a new home page , etc ... it just changes it .... even after i "sweep it " .... etc ....

also the windows explorer seems like it has a "delay " ....

we shall see ...

what about LDOKF.EXE, what the hell is that? I always get a window popping up says it has to shut down.

What anti virus are you running?

MisterMan38 said:

My computer does this often... I can't rid it of spyware either. I have two different programs running always and sweep the computer daily with both, both saying they've removed all of them, yet, it's always still there and constantly changing my homepage... as well as making my computer run slow... among other things.

If you find any solution, pass it my way, please!

Ad aware with all the updates rox all your sox

Zogmuffin said:

Doesn't work. Ad-aware is one of the programs I have installed and it sweeps and says it's clean, and I have it running in the background, yet my computer still becomes infested with the junk.

Some forms of spyware and adware will integrate into the Windows shell and reinstall themselves after they have been removed. In other words, even though a program like AdAware may detect the spyware and remove it, as soon as you reboot, it will reinstall itself and start all over again.

In many cases, some of the files associated with it will be running in the background and windows will not let you delete them. You may have to disable various services and programs running on your system to finally be able to delete the necessary files.

One really nasty program I had a hell of a time removing from someones computer was Look2Me. More information on it can be found at http://www.pchell.com/sup...2me.shtml.

Try running a few different spyware removal tools such as SpySweeper, Spybot, AdAware, PetPatrol, etc... Make note of what spyware they detect. Reboot your system and immediately scan it again and see if any particular spyware reapppears. Jot down what they are and do a google search for manual removal of them.

Tom said:

Great advice... going to do that later today. It's becoming more than annoying.

AzureStarr said:

CWShredder worked best for me when my system was hijacked. Have you tried that?

Indeed Ad Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy should do the trick. Personally I think people should format their drive at least twice a year. I know people who have been running the same configuration for years and have enormous amounts of spyware/adware running.

AzureStarr said:

Edit your settings to scan more of your harddrive (Custom Scan)

--- wow i leave ... and come back ...and there is a plethora of info on the prince.org thread !!!!

thanks for the imput ... not i am actually "excited " to try to play doctor with the damn computer !!!

MisterMan38 said:

U damn well shud be, release the geek inside you.

---dayum i hate computers ...

lovemachine said:

The CWS hijacker is the worst thing ever created. I hate it more than anything.

Try this! http://www.microsoft.com/spyware

There are two downloads on that page that you can download, 1 for adware and 1 for spyware. I assure you that your pc will run better. Any questions? Send me an org note.