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Name: getthomas
Date: September 30, 2006 at 19:32:47 Pacific
Subject: winantivirus popup
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: pentium 42.66GHz 512 mbra
Model/Manufacturer: dell dim 2400
Comment:

I have been overtaken by popup ads, mostly winantivirus. I have run spy bot but no luck in eliminating them.


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Response Number 1
Name: Abnormal
Date: September 30, 2006 at 19:47:13 Pacific
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Try this removal tool.
VundoFix by Atribune



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Response Number 2
Name: getthomas
Date: September 30, 2006 at 20:41:02 Pacific
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I just finished running it. It found no infected files


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Response Number 3
Name: Johnw
Date: September 30, 2006 at 22:57:22 Pacific
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Try this one ( it's different )
http://www.atribune.org/content/vie...


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Response Number 4
Name: getthomas
Date: October 1, 2006 at 07:06:08 Pacific
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I'm not for sure if the program worked, It said do I want to remove sysprotection now and it took about 1 second.


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Response Number 5
Name: murr
Date: October 1, 2006 at 07:27:58 Pacific
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Well, are you still getting popups?.


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Response Number 6
Name: getthomas
Date: October 1, 2006 at 08:55:16 Pacific
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yes...I just got one from czedo.net


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Response Number 7
Name: Johnw
Date: October 1, 2006 at 16:00:20 Pacific
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Did you reboot after using sysprotect.

Here is all the info needed to get your comp clean, no need to buy anything, stick to the free programs, just a matter of finding sites that suit your skill level & using a search engine like Google to research each problem file found.
Securing Your Computer: Temporarily Disable Real Time Monitoring Programs.
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Securing...
If Your PC is Infested w/ Spyware & Adware...
http://spywarewarrior.com/sww-help.htm
Trustworthy Anti-Spyware Products ( near the bottom of the page )
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue...
http://pandaman.my.contact.bg/Gen_M...
Note !!! Now, if you wasn’t able to clean your computer, perform the following, Special Clean instructions.
http://pandaman.my.contact.bg/speci...
http://www.malwarehelp.org/how-to-c...
http://spywarewarrior.com/sww-help.htm
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic...
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic...
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic...
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewforum...
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slow...
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sh...
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/show...
http://forums.techguy.org/security/...
Important: Create a specific folder on your hard drive called HijackThis to keep its backups.
You can do this by going to My Computer (Windows key+e) then double click on C: then right click and select New then Folder and name it HijackThis. Download and unzip HijackThis.exe into this folder.
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html Or, http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
If possible run HJT in Normal mode ( not Safe ) with all your normal startup's working.
HijackThis Tutorial - How to Analyse your own log
http://spywarewarrior.com/viewtopic...
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/jrmc137/h...
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tut...
http://www.malwarehelp.org/understa...
HijackThis log file analysis ( online )
http://hijackthis.de/index.php?lang...
Or,
http://startup.networktechs.com/pag...
http://hjt.iamnotageek.com


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