Win Spy Software Part2(the battle goes on)

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Well guys it's been a battle. I keep noticing that my floppy drive would
activate when I'd go to log onto the computer or turn it off. I disabled the
A drive and since then things are kind of going the way it was when I first
bought this computer. I did manage to check the areas that were mentioned
before. I found nothing that came close to what was mentioned to look for.
Did I manage to contain this thing in the floppy? I still want it off of my
computer. Like I said earlier, my wife didn't put there and I sure in the
hell didn't. To gls858 and pcbutts1, thank you for all of the help you both
offered. I'm going to keep looking for the way to remove this. If anybody
out there has ever been successful in removing this "spyware" off of their
computer, step by step instructions would be greatly appreciated.

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What happened when you ran the unlocker program? Or did you run it?

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"rislab@hotmail.com" <rislabhotmailcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:2F720139-4F5A-434E-A81E-7BB366D552FE@microsoft.com...
> Well guys it's been a battle. I keep noticing that my floppy drive would
> activate when I'd go to log onto the computer or turn it off. I disabled
> the
> A drive and since then things are kind of going the way it was when I
> first
> bought this computer. I did manage to check the areas that were mentioned
> before. I found nothing that came close to what was mentioned to look
> for.
> Did I manage to contain this thing in the floppy? I still want it off of
> my
> computer. Like I said earlier, my wife didn't put there and I sure in the
> hell didn't. To gls858 and pcbutts1, thank you for all of the help you
> both
> offered. I'm going to keep looking for the way to remove this. If
> anybody
> out there has ever been successful in removing this "spyware" off of their
> computer, step by step instructions would be greatly appreciated.

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rislab@hotmail.com wrote:
> McAfee is the antivirus program I'm running and it's up to date. I'm having
> trouble with Microsoft antispyware program now. Won't let me update it. I
> run a scan and it tells me a scan needs to be ran. It's like what ever is on
> this computer won't let me get help. I having trouble just trying to answer
> the questions you both just posted. Microsoft antispyware tells me to update
> it, then it says there is not internet connections. I'm on DSL. pcbutts1, I
> tried to run the unlocker program but once again. The computer wouldn't let
> me. I could not keep it hooked up to the site long enough for it to update
> itself before I ran it. Like I said, it's almost like this win spy is
> blocking every attempt at removing it. Will keep you posted as long as I'm
> able. If you don't hear from me again. I'm fighting to get back on. any
> way Win Spy part3 will be the next Subject if I get completely block from the
> internet.
>
> "pcbutts1" wrote:
>
>
>>What happened when you ran the unlocker program? Or did you run it?
>>
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>>
>>
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>>See it all at http://www.seedsv.com/products.htm
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>>
>>
>>
>>"rislab@hotmail.com" <rislabhotmailcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>message news:2F720139-4F5A-434E-A81E-7BB366D552FE@microsoft.com...
>>
>>>Well guys it's been a battle. I keep noticing that my floppy drive would
>>>activate when I'd go to log onto the computer or turn it off. I disabled
>>>the
>>>A drive and since then things are kind of going the way it was when I
>>>first
>>>bought this computer. I did manage to check the areas that were mentioned
>>>before. I found nothing that came close to what was mentioned to look
>>>for.
>>>Did I manage to contain this thing in the floppy? I still want it off of
>>>my
>>>computer. Like I said earlier, my wife didn't put there and I sure in the
>>>hell didn't. To gls858 and pcbutts1, thank you for all of the help you
>>>both
>>>offered. I'm going to keep looking for the way to remove this. If
>>>anybody
>>>out there has ever been successful in removing this "spyware" off of their
>>>computer, step by step instructions would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
The MS Anti spyware is, in fact, only beta software. I believe
there was a problem with the update function at one point and the
solution was to uninstall, download new version and install. I
would not depend on it exclusively.

I also remember a virus, actually a worm that put an entries in
the host file that blocked all access to the anti virus
website. You might check to see if your host file contains
entries for those websites. Host file should be located at

Windows XP = C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC

The host file is what Spybot uses to block unwanted sites. so you
may have a large number of entries if you use it. Otherwise, for
the normal home user it would be empty.

Check this site to see more about the host file.

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

gls858

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Will check out the info offered and post what I find out. I greatly
appreciate all the help offered. I'll get rid of the Microsoft AntiSpyware
and download Spybot or Spyware Doc.

"DanS" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?cmlzbGFiQGhvdG1haWwuY29t?=
> <rislabhotmailcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:2F720139-4F5A-
> 434E-A81E-7BB366D552FE@microsoft.com:
>
> >
> >
>
> so i've been reading this thread and was wondering if you googled for info
> on this, like below:
>
> http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor [...] =453094267
> http://www.securemost.com/articles [...] in-spy.htm
>
>
>
>
> DanS
>

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"rislab@hotmail.com" <rislabhotmailcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:3903EFE4-99A4-43B5-9A96-78D12A642C29@microsoft.com
> Will check out the info offered and post what I find out. I greatly
> appreciate all the help offered. I'll get rid of the Microsoft
> AntiSpyware and download Spybot or Spyware Doc.

One anti-spyware program will never catch everything.

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