Adware, bloody adware

[Wrathchild]

I have a new addition to my list of program files in a folder called "clen". This contains an .exe file known as "saea", which I'm told also moonlights as a nasty little thing called Iwar.

Get rid of it, you say? Not so easy. Neither Spybot nor AVG will pick it up when I do a scan, and I have no idea what to do about it. Tips please?

W

 

[The Amazer]

I fucking HATE spyware. Had to format my computer when I got spyware on it last time - I couldn't even start up. Every time I deleted it using Spybot or Adaware it would just come back when I restarted.

I have no advice - I had to restart

 

[Sydo]

Um, what thread is this...?

Oh right..

Try Lavasoft Ad-Aware.. It'll probably find it. Then, if you have the same problem that ceydn has (where it keeps coming back), I'm sure find that you have a virus downloader thingy that downloads new adware everytime you connect to the net.

 

[KoichCPA]

I don't get virus's on my computer because I am smart enough not to.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I have current problems also. Ad-Aware and AVG have never failed me until now.

I keep getting pop ups and other annoying shit from WinFixer 2005. Does anyone know how to get rid of that shit?

 

[KoichCPA]

press alt f4 to get the windows running processes tab up, and find it, then delete.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Alt F4 eh?

 

[KoichCPA]

Yeah, it beats fucking around in control panel.

 

[Winmar]

Spyware Doctor gets good ratings, but they seem to be a bit tight with updates now if you don't get the paid-for version.

 

[Wrathchild]

Right. The little bugger is gone, hopefully never to return.

After Symantec never sent me the instructions about how to enter my subscription key (despite my having parted with $46 for the privilege) I told them to bugger off and got my money back.

Security wise, I'm now running:

AVG 7.1 (registered for the next 106 years after a bit of semi-legal jiggery pokery)

Zone Alarm 6.1

SpyBot Search and Destroy

Adaware SE Personal

Is that enough to keep me more or less safe once I join the broadband club or do I need even more protective gadgets?

W

 

[MeKaChrOme]

Thats pretty much what i'm running, but i'm running Mcaffee firewall/antivirus (it';s not great, but i got it free). From what I've read, Spybot + Adware are generally the recommended anti-spyware.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I just downloaded and ran SpyBot Search and Destroy, and it seems to have found my WinFixer problem. Rock.

 

[MeKaChrOme]

Yeah it has issues with Winfixer, I'm not sure if they are actually real issues or whether it just thinks Winfixer is bad.......

 

[Winmar]

I've also read that Spybot have been left behind a bit by other programs, but then I've read a few conflicting reviews.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Well it seems to have fixed a problem for me that nothing else could, so good on it.