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Removing infections/cookies/homepage hijackers etc T-shirt 10-11-2005
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?VC1zaGlydA==?= on October 11, 2005, 9:22 am
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I have an old Compaq home pc which is infected with spyware, cookies,
homepage hijackers etc.
There is currently no software installed on the pc to enable the effective
removal of these damaging items.
Everytime the pc is booted up I am unable to use it.
Is it possible to remove these items and how do I go about it?


Posted by Malke on October 11, 2005, 11:31 am
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T-shirt wrote:

> I have an old Compaq home pc which is infected with spyware, cookies,
> homepage hijackers etc.
> There is currently no software installed on the pc to enable the
> effective removal of these damaging items.
> Everytime the pc is booted up I am unable to use it.
> Is it possible to remove these items and how do I go about it?

Here are general malware removal steps. You will need to get the tools
and updates from a known-clean computer with an Internet connection and
either a cd burner or have a usb thumbdrive with enough capacity to
transfer the files. Do everything in Safe Mode. If you can't even use
the computer in Safe Mode, then the only way to clean it would be
outside Windows with either a Bart's PE or something like ERD Commander
(very expensive). In that case unless you have a high level of computer
skills, you would be better off just formatting the computer and doing
a clean install.

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke
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www.elephantboycomputers.com
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MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Posted by Ian Kenefick on October 11, 2005, 3:53 pm
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:22:02 -0700, "T-shirt"

>I have an old Compaq home pc which is infected with spyware, cookies,
>homepage hijackers etc.
>There is currently no software installed on the pc to enable the effective
>removal of these damaging items.
>Everytime the pc is booted up I am unable to use it.
>Is it possible to remove these items and how do I go about it?

I find Kaspersky is excellent at removing malware of almost every kind
including cookies and hijackers. There is a tool available from our
website called Multi AV. It gives you the option of using multiple
scanning engines. Kaspersky and McAfee would be the most thorough ones
available there. You could also consider KASFX also available from the
same page.

The page is www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm We appreciate your feedback
:)

--
Regards,
Ian Kenefick
http://www.ik-cs.com

Posted by Ian Kenefick on October 11, 2005, 3:57 pm
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:53:48 +0100, Ian Kenefick

>On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 06:22:02 -0700, "T-shirt"
>
>>I have an old Compaq home pc which is infected with spyware, cookies,
>>homepage hijackers etc.
>>There is currently no software installed on the pc to enable the effective
>>removal of these damaging items.
>>Everytime the pc is booted up I am unable to use it.
>>Is it possible to remove these items and how do I go about it?
>
>I find Kaspersky is excellent at removing malware of almost every kind
>including cookies and hijackers. There is a tool available from our
>website called Multi AV. It gives you the option of using multiple
>scanning engines. Kaspersky and McAfee would be the most thorough ones
>available there. You could also consider KASFX also available from the
>same page.
>
>The page is www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm We appreciate your feedback
>:)

There is a typo here. I meant to say 'spyware and hijackers' NOT
'cookies' which are a threat dealt with by ad-aware or spybot.

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Regards,
Ian Kenefick
http://www.ik-cs.com

Posted by =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZGFfbWFu?= on October 12, 2005, 2:08 am
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"Ian Kenefick" wrote in part:

> There is a typo here. I meant to say 'spyware and hijackers' NOT
> 'cookies' which are a threat dealt with by ad-aware or spybot.


or cookies are threats dealt from every user who just Open Control
Panel-Internet Options and delete them because they are unnecessary.


And something to tell Mr/Ms T-shirt

When you clean that computer ,make sure you'll make it more secure than it
is now.

---        Useful pages          ---

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/downloads/default.mspx
different kinds of free or trial security software.

http://www.pandasoftware.com/about/resp_social/children_internet
Because of the campaign "Children and the Internet"
Panda Software offers 90 day free trial version of one of the best security
software
Panda Platininum Internet Security 2005 awarded with many prizes

http://www.pandasoftware.com/protected/tips.htm
useful tips for protecting computers

http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
Panda Software free Active Scan,where you can check your
PC for ALL TYPES of security threats and clean viruses and worms

http://housecall.trendmicro.com                        
Trend-Micro free online scanner HouseCall where you can scan for
Viruses and Spywares and clean them. CWShredder is also available here

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner
Kaspersky free online scanner
and checker for suspicious files.If you have issues with suspicious
file,here is the right place!

http://www.f-prot.com/virusinfo/submission_form.html
Send F-prot AV suspicious files for fast analyze and and it is all for FREE
                                        
http://www.microsoft.com/malwareremove        
Microsoft Windows Malware Removal Tool

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/russel_infectedpc.mspx
Microsoft MVP Charlie Russel's article about Dealing with malware
Really good and detailed

http://support.microsoft.com
Free Microsoft support and suggestions (for genuie clients)


        
        Microsoft
suggests 3 + 1 general steps how to protect
your PC and the infomation stored on it,
your privacy and your family
        1.Use an internet firewall
        2.Enable Automatic Updates for your PC
        3.Use an antivirus software
        4.Use antispyware software

Goto http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security and learn more
Check the Security Essentials for your OS and also have a look at all
sections!




Panda_man
" Let's beat malware black and blue"
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