How To Find A Spyware On The Computer?

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hello,

i am having a problem here...theres a box appears on my computer it says
Edow.exe has encountered an error and needs to close i always do it on "Send"
and it says Wintools Spyware.Huntbar

please let me know if you can help me....

thanks,

 

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It is likely that you have even more malware than what is identified by your post.
Have you run Ad-Aware yet? Done an anti-virus scan with updated signature files?

Re: Edow.exe, see here:
eTrust Spyware Encyclopedia - DealHelper --
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453083037
There are manual removal instructions if you scroll down the page.

You apparently also have a WinTools Huntbar variant...have a look here --
PC Hell: How to Remove WinTools (Huntbar variant):
http://www.pchell.com/support/wintools.shtml

My Basic Instructions for WinTools-

Restart in Safe Mode:
-Start the computer and hold down the CTRL key till the Windows 98 Startup menu
(boot menu) appears.
-Use the arrow keys to select "Safe Mode" and press Enter.

Click Start> Settings> Folder Options> View tab, and click to enable "Show All
Files" and click OK.

Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete, and End Task on these processes, if they appear:
WToolsA.exe
Wsup.exe

Then delete the Wintools folder, run Hijack This in Safe Mode, and use it to remove
these entries:

R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) -
{87766247-311C-43B4-8499-3D5FEC94A183} -C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\WinTools\WToolsB.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {87766247-311C-43B4-8499-3D5FEC94A183} -
C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\WinTools\WToolsB.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WinTools] C:\Program Files\Common Files\WinTools\WToolsA.exe

Also, see "YellowHammer's" procedure here, near the bottom of the thread:
http://castlecops.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=172295

Here is my standard response on how to download and use Hijack This:

Download, unzip, and run Hijack This from one of these locations:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3155.html
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/HijackThis.exe
Unzip to a folder other than your Desktop or the Temp folder, double-click
HijackThis.exe, and hit "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Press that, save the log somewhere you can find it (Desktop, My Documents, or
similar).
Most of what it lists will be harmless or even required, so do NOT fix anything yet.

Copy the log files and paste them into a new post at one of these forums:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=30
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/,
http://castlecops.com/forum67.html

In your post, please state your problem clearly and what you've done so far to fix
it.

The folks there will tell you what to remove.

See the "housekeeping" you should complete before you post your log:
http://aumha.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4075

A tutorial for using Hijack This is located here:
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/conduct/default.mspx


"leb_guy_4_life" <leb_guy_4_life@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BBB755CB-4452-4AD8-8500-8354FD9B74F6@microsoft.com...
> hello,
>
> i am having a problem here...theres a box appears on my computer it says
> Edow.exe has encountered an error and needs to close i always do it on "Send"
> and it says Wintools Spyware.Huntbar
>
> please let me know if you can help me....
>
> thanks,

 

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Do a check for Malware. Use all of these free sites.

http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html?source=appvisit





http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/





http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html





http://housecall.trendmicro.com/



http://www.webroot.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321CD7A2-6A57-4C57-A8BD-DBF62EDA9671&displaylang=en





"leb_guy_4_life" <leb_guy_4_life@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BBB755CB-4452-4AD8-8500-8354FD9B74F6@microsoft.com...
> hello,
>
> i am having a problem here...theres a box appears on my computer it says
> Edow.exe has encountered an error and needs to close i always do it on
> "Send"
> and it says Wintools Spyware.Huntbar
>
> please let me know if you can help me....
>
> thanks,

 

[Guest]

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leb_guy_4_life wrote:
> hello,
>
> i am having a problem here...theres a box appears on my computer it says
> Edow.exe has encountered an error and needs to close i always do it on "Send"
> and it says Wintools Spyware.Huntbar
>
> please let me know if you can help me....
>
> thanks,


To deal with issues caused by any sort of "adware" and/or
"spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Smiley Central, Xupiter, Bonzai
Buddy, or KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately (but
without understanding the consequences) installed, two products that
are quite effective (at finding and removing this type of scumware) are
Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search & Destroy from
www.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions. It's even possible
to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your system against most
future intrusions. I use both and generally perform manual scans every
week or so to clean out cookies, etc.

Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most common
varieties of scumware are available here:

PC Hell Spyware and Adware Removal Help
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml

More information and assistance is available at these sites:

Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

The Parasite Fight
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
both at once. - RAH

 

[Guest]

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Hi,

Here is a combination of utilities that I have found to work very well
in the removal and prevention of virus infection, spyware, parasites,
malware and the like.
http://home.earthlink.net/~mvp_bert/html/spyware.html

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/


leb_guy_4_life wrote:
> hello,
>
> i am having a problem here...theres a box appears on my
> computer it says Edow.exe has encountered an error and
> needs to close i always do it on "Send" and it says
> Wintools Spyware.Huntbar
>
> please let me know if you can help me....
>
> thanks,

 

[Guest]

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EDOW.EXE & Huntbar = eTrust Spyware Encyclopedia - DealHelper.com:
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453083037
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/HuntBar.html
http://sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/pf/adware.huntbar.html

Check for Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security


leb_guy_4_life wrote:
> hello,
>
> i am having a problem here...theres a box appears on my computer it says
> Edow.exe has encountered an error and needs to close i always do it on
> "Send" and it says Wintools Spyware.Huntbar
>
> please let me know if you can help me....
>
> thanks,