Dave, Did you look at what Spybot found? It sometimes peels away too much, so it's a good idea to NOT run it on autopilot. Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 2:47 PM Subject: Really OT: More on spy/adware problems
> Sorry for the repeat OT.Looking for a little more guidance here. > > So i downloaded Ad Aware and it found a bunch of stuff which i quarintined. I then > downloaded > Spybot,it found a bunch more but quits 1/2 way through the removal part. > > Friday my shortcut to my internet connection would not work,so i had to make a new one(yup > i know > how to do that.lol) and when i brought up my IE 6 i had lost all my history and popups > came in faster > than i could close them. Its a nightmare i have never had to go through before on this > computer. > I checked and my conection is armed for MS firewall,but still getting through. > Loaded Googles popup tool,but it does not stop them just puts them in the bottom tool > bar,but it really > slows the connections down,which i'm sure you all know. > > I'm on XP home,clone PC, still running original SP but have ordered the SP 2 from MS. > > Anything i should be adding for security here. I have run virus scan(Norton)and am up to > date. I have > DLed several of the newer removal tools and nothing has been found. > > I'm going nuts here. > > Any help is app. > > Dave > > >
