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"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@h0tmail.c0m> wrote in message
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> Kriss wrote:
>> So, ok, I´ve got this problem right. IT´s this programcalled Click me.
>> Cant get rid of it, and even if I do it comes back after restart. I´ve
>> run norton, ad-aware and microsoft antispyware so I dont know.
>> before runnig norton etc. I was told there were new installations on
>> windows and that I should put in a cd too take care of this. I couldn´t
>> it find so I said no. Maybe that enabled somebody access to my
>> computer??? How do I know det rid of click me and how can I know if I
>> still have spyware in my computer. 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
My daughter's PC got infected a few months ago with some sort of browser
toolbar adder. AdAware and Spybot were not enough to remove it. I ended up
downloading Spysweeper http://www.webroot.com/ to get the last of it off of
her machine. Each product is designed to detect different things so adding
this 3rd program to my list of programs seemed to do the trick. It also took
multiple passes at her machine to get everything off. Yeah, it was really
infected. She was also directed to stop using IE and now uses Netscape.