immaculata Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 okay, so today I accidentally clicked on a pop-up link, and it installed some wacky thing on my computer. It went through my favorites and added a whole bunch of links. Now I'm getting pop-under ads that my blockers won't block. It changed my search bar on Internet Explorer, and even though I change it back, the next time I go to a new webpage, it changes the search bar back. I tried to go into Settings > Add/Remove Programs. I deleted the file that I thought was the bug, but it reinstalled itself. HOW DO I GET RID OF THIS THING?!?!?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 that happened to tina....ironmonk helped her, his great! your gonna have to restore i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLAZEr Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 you need adaware you can download it at www.download.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isidore Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Greetings, A couple more free programs to try... cwshredder, and hijackthis, just Google them, and run 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciana Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 (edited) Get Spybot-Search and Destroy for your computer. It'll get rid of the spyware or browser hijacker you have. A browser hijacker kind of takes over your internet browser, which is what your problem sounds like to me. You can use the program periodically to get rid of junk that builds up on your computer from ads and popups which slows your computer. It also blocks spyware from being installed on your computer.I like the program and use it often. You can also get SpywareBlaster or Ad-Aware, those are also good programs. I have SpywareBlaster, too; it prevents junk from getting on your computer. I'm nowhere near a computer geek (my bro. helped me find this stuff for my comp. My sister accidentally got us some stinky viruses and junk last year. now our computer is so much faster)so check out the virus and security message board there at computing.net for help: [url="http://computing.net/security/wwwboard/wwwboard.html"]http://computing.net/security/wwwboard/wwwboard.html[/url] Here's part of the board where they reccommend diff. programs for your computer and give links: [url="http://computing.net/windowsme/wwwboard/forum/41772.htm"]http://computing.net/windowsme/wwwboard/forum/41772.htm[/url] l Spybot-Search and Destroy: Got ot site click on download [url="http://www.safer-networking.org/"]http://www.safer-networking.org/[/url] Hope this helps! Edited April 13, 2004 by labrego Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immaculata Posted April 13, 2004 Author Share Posted April 13, 2004 Thanks so much labrego! I'll let you know if it works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovechrist Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Immaculata, follow labrego's advice, he beat me to it. Best Buy ended up installing Spy-Ware on our computer to shut down that carp, it was too out of hand for me to take care of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin D Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 You all beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 wow i might have to do this also... i have a yucky virus on my home pc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immaculata Posted April 13, 2004 Author Share Posted April 13, 2004 labrego, I installed and ran Spybot S&D and Ad-aware, and then rebooted my computer, but it didn't get rid of it. The darn bug's STILL THERE!! Now what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin D Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 [quote name='littleflower' date='JMJ+Apr 13 2004, 11:46 AM'] wow i might have to do this also... i have a yucky virus on my home pc! [/quote] Do you have Norton AntiVirus or McAfree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 um...no.. see what i did do is do a virus check from systemac or whatever its called and i had a virus called beagle.M@ or something like that. and well i thought i got rid of it......but now im not so sure..... and my sister thinks someone is trying to get into her hotmail account (it keeps telling her that she can't log in cuz of too many failed attempts and she hasn't even done it htat many time to get that) :ph34r: im skurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleflower+JMJ Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 [quote name='immaculata' date='Apr 13 2004, 10:51 AM'] labrego, I installed and ran Spybot S&D and Ad-aware, and then rebooted my computer, but it didn't get rid of it. The darn bug's STILL THERE!! Now what? [/quote] if the bug is still there...................SQUASH IT!! sorry couldn't resist! hmm... i hope your able to fix it soon kat....tina had that on hers and boy was it annoying! and we got such bad ads at that too! -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immaculata Posted April 13, 2004 Author Share Posted April 13, 2004 [quote name='littleflower' date='JMJ+Apr 13 2004, 11:05 AM'] hmm... i hope your able to fix it soon kat....tina had that on hers and boy was it annoying! and we got such bad ads at that too! -_- [/quote] Agreed. Though it's kind of ironic.. I keep getting ads for anti-virus software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagiDragon Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 [quote name='immaculata' date='Apr 13 2004, 12:40 PM'] Agreed. Though it's kind of ironic.. I keep getting ads for anti-virus software. [/quote] careful with those adds. they're prolly decoys to trick you into giving the permission to install something on your computer. (aka trojans) *never* give permission to anything you didn't specifically ask for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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