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Name: aluminumriot
Date: April 30, 2005 at 11:12:18 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Pro 2600
CPU/Ram: AMD XP 3200\ Corsair 512
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i've had this spyware/adware or whatever the hell it is for a week now and i can't get rid of it. i did virus scans, adware program scans blah blah. they did all they could and still no luck with getting rid of this damn adware. i this its that adware.coolwebsearch thing. It keeps changing my homepage to about:blank with some stupid search screen. I'll give you my hijack in a reply.
so what's wrong here? how can i get rid of this?
thanx

Asus A7N8X-X
AMD XP 3200+
Corsair PC3200 512
Geforce 6800 OC



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Name: aluminumriot
Date: April 30, 2005 at 13:19:02 Pacific
Reply:

when i run my computer in safe mode and scan for viruses with norton, everything is all good. when i get into normal windows, everything is back to crap.

Asus A7N8X-X
AMD XP 3200+
Corsair PC3200 512
Geforce 6800 OC


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Response Number 2
Name: tamtam
Date: April 30, 2005 at 13:23:46 Pacific
Reply:

Hi,
if you think it's a coolwebsearch, download and run CWShredder from following link http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

tamtam


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Response Number 3
Name: aluminumriot
Date: April 30, 2005 at 14:12:45 Pacific
Reply:

yeah i tryed that.
im good i figured it out, finally.
i ran in safe mode. used hijackthis and fixed all the stuff that the site said was "nasty". then when going into windows and realizing that it didn't come back, i ran spy sweeper 3.5 and took out all the excess crap. then i just reset my home page through that program and everything is honkie dorie.
thanx anyways!

Asus A7N8X-X
AMD XP 3200+
Corsair PC3200 512
Geforce 6800 OC


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