Spyware/adware troubles - HELP!!!

[bodywerks]

Okay, there are only 3 popups that come up on my computer whenever I open Internet Explorer. They are from www.systemdoctor.com, www.winantivirus.com, and www.drivecleaner.com . They are extremely persistant pop-ups and they basically take over the window I am using, to the point that I have to close out IE to get rid of them and hope they don't come back when I open it again. I have Spybot, and have scanned my computer several times with no help. I also have Adaware, and it is no help. What can I do??? I have even tried going directly to the website to contact and threaten them, but they won't allow you to contact them unless you are a customer! PLEASE!!! Do they really think I would buy their crap after they have, on multiple occasions, invaded my privacy and taken over my computer??? Currently, I have popup blocker set to maximum and it keeps them from taking over my computer, but their windows are still there when I close out IE.
Anyway, what can I do to get rid of them and is there a legal course of action one can take? This can't be legal...

[bodywerks]

By the way, I don't know where they came from. I had a roomate that had a **** addiction (more than the normal) and belonged to match.com. The only sites I frequent are this site and a couple other R/C forums, and occasionally shop online, but no more until I figure out where this adware came from...

[fly boy]

hey
I just got over that problem the problem i had was a Trojan zlob virus which
took over my home page and always pop ups
hear a few links my sis gave me to fix it

http://www.securiteam.com/securityre...RP0L0UD5U.html
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/You_M...Log-t2852.html
http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-spya...FSCFCwod7xLnIA

hope thees work
o ya **** sites dont help to makes it wors

[fly boy]

o ya do not down load any thing that may look like a fixing program for your comp theirs about
20 diff things that are programs that look like a anti virus but their actually more spy wear and pop ups i forget the exact name of that crap tho.

[Spaz]

one of the best free ones is "Spybot search & destroy" it's found here
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

i think the 3rd download host down lets you download it without joining anything

[fly boy]

hears the list of bad crap

Messages propose a rogue anti-spyware product to clean up the infection from one of the websites listed below:

404dns.com

5starvideos.com

bestsafetyguide.com

bestsecurityguide.com

catsearches.com

dailyfreepass.com

digipassword.com

dns404.net

dnserror404.com

downldboost.com

fhgstr.com

freetestonline.net

Goforsearch.com

Gogates.net

Guardsoftware.net

guarduptodate.com

h00auth.net

hdnsservidce.com

Idrct.com

Igte.net

Interestsdirs.com

iqsearch.net

moviereality.com

moviestemptation.com

mshelpdesk.net

necessaryupdates.com

needupdate.com

newdumpsev.com

Newsearchs.com

notfound404.com

onlinesecurityhelp.com

onlinesecuritysolution.net

onlinesecuritytest.net

Onlyfavorite.com

p2pfiles.net

patchyoursystem.com

Pc2006.net

pcsecuritycheck.net

pcsecurityupdates.com

Perfectups.com

perfectedsecurity.com

personal404.com

Picsbomb.com

Popentertain.com

popfinder.net

Protectsystem.net

qfind.net

realsecurityonline.com

regdoor.com

Safesoftwareguide.com

safetyuptodate.com

safetyuptodate.net

Salesguides.net

search2k.net

Searchem.net

security2k.net

securitycaution.com

securitydownload.net

securityerror.com

securityerrors.com

securityfix2006.com

securityindex.net

securitylist.net

security-look.cc

security-toolbar.com

securityfeature.com

securityupdate.com

securityupdater.com

securityuptodate.com

securityuptodate.net

securitywarning.net

securitywarnings.net

SpywareStrike.com

syserrors.com

Sysprotect.net

sysprotectionpage.com

sysprotectionpage.net

syssecuritysite.com

syssecuritysite.net

systemsecurityindex.com

systemupdate.net

systemupdates.net

systemupdatecenter.com

systemupdatecenter.net

systemuptodate.com

systemwarning.com

testsecurityonline.com

theguardservices.com

todaywarnings.com

topsecuritysite.com

updatescenter.com

updatesearches.com

updatesystempage.com

updateyoursystem.com

uptodatesecurity.com

vcodec.com

vcodecdownload.com

Vidcodec.com

Videocodecupdate.com

videosgalleries.com

vidscodec.com

ware2006.com

warningmessage.com

webtopsecurity.com

welcomepage.net

Winprotections.com

yourfreevids.com

youronlinesecurity.com

yoursecuritysystem.com

yoursystemupdate.com
http://www.spynomore.com/trojan-zlob.htm

best of luck

[fly boy]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Spaz
	one of the best free ones is "Spybot search & destroy" it's found here http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html i think the 3rd download host down lets you download it without joining anything

i agree this is the vary best free one iv used

sorry to take over your thread I'm out cya

[notorious_benny]

When I first got highspeed internet I got hammered by all sorts of trojans when I did a search for hacker brushless lol!!

I didnt even have Windows XP Service pack two. I have since learnt my lesson. Download all the updates from microsoft and if you dont mind spending a little money buy a firewall/virus scanner.

I bought McAfee, its pretty cheap and since I have I have never had a single problem.

[bodywerks]

Thanks guys, I just did the windows update and the only thing needed was something like "genuine advance notification". I downloaded it. I already had that spybot-search and destroy and it couldn't fix it. So far I haven't had the popups in the past 10 minutes, but if I do I might try one of the above links.
Thanks

[jeff sterner]

Bodywerks,

I had the same exact problem. A virus took over my home page.

You can call a Microsoft Anti-spyware hotline at 1-866-pcsafety(727-2338). The call is totally FREE. Tell them your symptoms and they will put a GEEK(computer tech) on the line. The tech I spoke with spent 30+ minutes on the phone with me until he had my computer fixed. He refered me to download.com and advised me to download 3 or 4 fix-it programs.

Hope that helps you out.

Jeff

[Mike Bargman]

Hey guys...

You can go to www.trendmicro.com and run their home-scan for free on their site and that will tell you if you've got a virus. If no virus is found, download AdAware SE at www.download.com. Trend Micro is about the best Anti Virus that you can get. I run that on our main server here at work and we don't have any spyware or virus problems at all. It's great.

[goldenclan]

Another thing that you can do to get rid of the pop ups is to use a different web browser, I downloaded the mosilla firefox. www.mozilla.com It has worked great for me and others

[Dan767]

The fix that I'm using has been really simple: Windows Defender from Microsoft. It's been able to get rid of everything that Spybot and AdAware haven't been able to. Here's the link to the download page:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/S...displaylang=en. Download Windows Defender Beta 2 and run it.

[youngflyer]

what do you guys think about avg anti virus and webroot spysweer. do you think avg is better than norton anti-virus?

[bodywerks]

Well, guys, it might have been an easier fix. I will be the first to say I am no computer geek so I don't even know the basics of getting rid of this stuff. So I think someone on another site may have thought that and told me how to go into "documents and settings" and check my cookies. Sure enough, along with several other cookies, there were all three of these bastards in there! I have deleted all the cookies and so far am problem-free...