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Grokster killed my PC

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Name: Simon
Date: August 1, 2003 at 02:53:22 Pacific
OS: XP Home
CPU/Ram: P4 1.8GHZ 768MB
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Hi

I installed grokster today, and it also installed about 50,000 casinos and all manor of spyware and crap, that are seriously killing my computer.

I have tried removing it, but there just always seems to be the odd little thing popping up here and there, pissing me off and using up all my resources.

If anyone knows a good way to clear it all please let me know. (Unfortunately i didn't use system restore prior to install).

Thanks



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Response Number 1
Name: Tom41
Date: August 1, 2003 at 03:05:52 Pacific
Reply:

Download 'Hijack This!'. Unzip, doubleclick HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".
When the scan is finished, click "Save Log", and copy and paste it in a reply.

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Response Number 2
Name: RayMan
Date: August 1, 2003 at 07:36:16 Pacific
Reply:

and SpyBotSD


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Response Number 3
Name: Son Goten
Date: August 1, 2003 at 08:11:19 Pacific
Reply:

Why not use Kazaa lite? It has NO spyware.


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Response Number 4
Name: michael2
Date: August 1, 2003 at 10:23:46 Pacific
Reply:

Don't install any other file share prog 'till you get this sorted. Go with rayman and get Spybot. Only when you are clean should you read up on, and think about installing file share progs.

kazaalite is spyware free.
www.kazaalite.com


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Response Number 5
Name: Woof
Date: August 2, 2003 at 13:43:05 Pacific
Reply:

I use grokster but i made sure not to allow gator and stuff to install, i also use adware, cookiewall and pop up stopper which stops the nuisance ads, I had to use pop up stopper anyway. The tthing i find is when using Grokster my procresser usage is usually at 99% to 100% prolly cos i have norton set to scan incoming and outgoing. Worth it for the pece of mind it gives.

spy?adware/malware is a pain in the butt, I dont mind a little windo in the client application such as in icq and grokster as it usues minimal bandwidth, but i strenuously object to pop ups over which i have no control without 3rd party software. It`s all Microsoftsault too with active-x etc and my security settings are pretty tight, to the point they annoy me, and i`m consideruing ditching i explorer and moving to nutscrape or something else hat dpoenst have the same holes.

Sorry for the rant but its really beginning to annoy me the way some companies abuse peoples good will and trust in them

Woof


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Response Number 6
Name: Woof
Date: August 2, 2003 at 13:46:39 Pacific
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And another thing :P Ebay is npow in my hosts file, banned forever from my pc due to their pop up opoening full screen and REALLY bugging me so they have permanently lost potential customer.


Woof


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