Having problems with spyware/pop-ups

Post by **Scarface** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:26 am

I keep getting window pop-ups even when i'm not on the net. Used ad-aware and spyware doctor, removed everything they detected, but it still happens.

Any ideas?

Post by **Bdw3** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:29 am

Add spybot S&D & MS's AntiSpyware to the list, and scan with them too.

Past that... Format /reinstall
and stop going to dodgy sites.

Post by **Scarface** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:33 am

didn't go to dodgy sites

Post by **Scarface** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 4:42 am

ooo, spybot seemed to work like a charm, thanks bud

Post by **Scarface** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:57 pm

hmm, still happening, wtf

Post by **Deathshroud** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:03 pm

Try MS's Anti-Spyware tool?

Post by **Bacon** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:33 pm

by the time you reformat it will have taken less time then trying to fix the problem, at least in my experience. (well for the uber spyware anyways)

Post by **axbaby** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 11:14 pm

is the windows messaging service turned off.
it's off by default with service pack 2.

not to be confused with windows messenger.

.upgrade to service pack2 if you haven't done so.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:07 am

Bacon wrote:by the time you reformat it will have taken less time then trying to fix the problem, at least in my experience. (well for the uber spyware anyways)

i agree, if it's rampant.

Post by **Scarface** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:16 am

I'll try upgrading to sp2, if it still persists, time for format. Just don't really want to go through it again, since i just upgraded

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:44 am

upgraded or reformatted? either way, going to SP2 won't magically solve your spyware problems, imo.

Post by **Scarface** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:22 am

didn't say it would. any whore and a pinch, time to format!

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:35 am

Scarface wrote:I'll try upgrading to sp2, if it still persists, time for format.

that, to me, sounds like you were hoping SP2 would solve your problems. hence my previous post.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:46 am

CRTL ALT DEL

See if theres a randomly named exe running.. like sohrse.exe or something random like that.. kill it, and see if it comes back as a new name.. if so, you got NAIL.EXE
You lose, format, it takes LONGER to get rid of it than it did to backup 500 GIGS of data and format.. :-|

Post by **axbaby** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:34 am

i mention sp2 because messenger is turned off by default in case you don't know how to do it in services control panel.

sp2 probably is a good idea anyway ..keeps you up to date.

Post by **Scarface** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 11:54 pm

re-formatted, upgraded to sp2, working great

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:41 am

:icon14:

Post by **Scarface** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:09 am