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Okay no more porn for me for a while. Something I did got this spyware on my computer. It hijacked my homepage altering it to theirs. I ran a virus scan and Ad Aware scan in safe mode and, upon reboot, am being told every 7 seconds that my computer is infected (in the system tray). When I click the bubble that comes up, it takes me to a site to download Spy Axe which is apparently a removal program. I did research at Download.com which tells me it's junk. However I don't know how to effectively remove it and keep it off my system. Any help would be nice. I have to be at work in 5 minutes (I'm going to be late) so I'll be back home after midnight. Please, if anyone can help I'll love you forever.
Just not in that way sickos.
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This happened on my computer (which has in recent months coem to resemble a virus magnet of the highest magnitude). I'm not sure how to solve it shorta backing everything up and wiping the hard drive, but I'm looking into it.
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Are you running the Microsoft anti-spyware too? It often catches things that ad aware doesnt.. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...;displaylang=en
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Stop chatting with elisa.
that solved almost all my virus problems.
November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.
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November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.
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Also you should install Spyware Blaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.htmlIt blocks alot of these hijacking things before you get infected.
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Or....you could buy a Mac....
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Quote:
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Or....you could buy a Mac....
Jeremy is gay,not stupid!
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Oh...well then...enjoy your spyware.
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Quote:
Nowhereman said:
Quote:
klinton said:
Or....you could buy a Mac....
Jeremy is gay,not stupid!
Ah well, at least I was defended.
So here's the play by play:
After getting my internet explorer to actually come up, I did some hefty research. I updated ad-aware and my virus protection, both of which didn't catch a thing. It must be too new, therefore not in the definition files. Spybot was useless too. I googled SpyAxe and found boards with people having the same problems. They all agreed Spyaxe's removal tool was junk...don't use it (whew! Dodged a bullet there!). I tried using TrendMicro's Housecall service (always to be trusted) but, being on dial up, it took forever just to get started. Fuck that, I went to bed.
What I did do though was find the dll and exe files associated with SpyAxe, my googling helped with determining which were crap. Then, in safe mode, I deleted those folders and files. SpyAxe is now off my compy. It took me a while today to download, but Spy Sweeper (recommended by Download.com) got rid of a few things I didn't know were even on my machine.
The only problem I have now is my hijacked homepage. It redirects to updateyoursystem.com. The evil sons of bitches won't let me change it back to what I want. I used safe mode again to switch it, and I've deleted temp files, history, cookies, etc. about five or six times in this whole operation. I really think Housecall will fix things, but...yeah...dial up. I'll be calling in some friends who know what they're doing to help me.
Oh, I also sent them a nasty message. Anyone know who to report spyware to? 
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What's even funnier is that there are spelling errors on their website! Morons!
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I had a spyware problem just the other day. It let a virus onto my system, which froze my task manager, regedit, and prompt functions. It operated off of something called a "TNS" toolbar, which eventually let someone come into my computer and try to take my info. My virus detector gave me a blip message that said someone was downloading info from my hard drive to a remote computer. Scared the fuck outta me, so I pulled the plug. Unfortunately, in doing that, I somehow corrupted the boot process. Now the data on my other hard drive is unreachable.
I wanna kill whoever made that virus.
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So you're back to downloading massive amounts of porn?
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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