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Spyware Hell (pls help!!!)

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Name: mrsamlowry
Date: April 1, 2005 at 10:13:43 Pacific
OS: Win XP
CPU/Ram: PIII 512
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Hi Guys,

I am helping a friend remove spyware, specifically, igetnet, and have not been able to get rid of the damned thing. I ran both uninstalls, looked for familiar keys in the registry, and looked for the dlls listed when doing google searches. Yet, no matter what i do, the host file gets rewritten. Is there anyone who can help me out? This is the most sophisticated spyware I have ever run into....

Thanks for any help.

J



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Response Number 1
Name: El Klandero
Date: April 1, 2005 at 10:17:20 Pacific
Reply:

You may find more help here...

Computing.Net - Security and Virus Forum

No time for love, Dr. Jones!


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Response Number 2
Name: yankanuk
Date: April 1, 2005 at 10:23:48 Pacific
Reply:

give this free on-line scan a shot

On-line Spyware Scan

It's hard to do a good job
When you have a monkey on your back


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Response Number 3
Name: Chuck 2
Date: April 1, 2005 at 10:44:21 Pacific
Reply:

This will do it:
at most computer stores,
including Office Depot, Office Max:
Spyware X-terminator

I have check Pest Info in it, and several
IGetNet
pests are listed.


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Response Number 4
Name: lurkswithin
Date: April 1, 2005 at 11:55:10 Pacific
Reply:

You need to turn off system restore and then go to

http://www.trendmicro.com

use their free online spyware/virus scanner.
it will remove it for you


IN THE MATTERS OF STYLE,
swim with the current;
in matters of principle,
STAND LIKE A ROCK


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Response Number 5
Name: woodsbobby
Date: April 1, 2005 at 13:29:09 Pacific
Reply:

download spyware doctor it is the best program to get rid or spyware for good


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Response Number 6
Name: trvlr
Date: April 1, 2005 at 23:10:07 Pacific
Reply:

You may find the M$ Bets utils at:

http://www.download.com/Microsoft-Anti-Spyware-Beta/3000-8022_4-10353597.html

will do all that's neeeded.

Likewise the standard utils:

AdAware (be sure you get the util that is the freebie - there is one very similarly named that is NOT free and it's not as good);

cwshredder;

ccleaner

may also resolve it?

Turning off system restore during any clean out routines is also wise...


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Response Number 7
Name: andyhargreaves
Date: April 2, 2005 at 01:09:00 Pacific
Reply:

Hi

Just as an aside, try running your spyware removal
application (I use AdAware and SpyBot on Windows
machines) with Windows in safe mode. If the spyware is
loading when the machine starts up, it can be very difficult
to remove in normal operation mode.

Also, install startupcpl and startup monitor (use google -
the author is Mike Lin). These give you full control over
what programs are run when Windows loads.

Oh, and finally, get a mac. Or linux. ;-)

Good luck

Andy


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