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Offline royee

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Spyware problems
« on: August 24, 2006, 04:51:30 PM »
Hi Everybody, this is my first time here. Pls I have a challenge on spyware issues. My question goes:

1. A friend of mine used my laptop over the night and this morning I noticed 2 new icons on my desktop one is Online Security Guide the other one is Security Troubleshooting. I checked both properties and they both have addresses here they are Testonsecurity.com and Thesecuritypages.com. I sure know they are spyware because I have been receiving "Security Alert: Spyware found" message on my system tray.

2.Can the Windows Defender (Beta 2) help provide antispyware and removal of this spyware from system. Or is there a better tool to use, pls advice.

I will appreciate any help on this issue as i have been receiving a lot of funny pop up windows.

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Re: Spyware problems
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2006, 09:17:47 AM »
royee,
As a starting point can you please can you make sure that you are using
Ad-aware SE Build 106
[if not Uninstall your old Ad-aware first then install SE]
Then use the WebUpDate
to get the latest Definition file
SE1R120 24.08.2006
To do this Open Ad-aware
Click the WebUpDate
button at the top right hand side of the Ad-aware screen (The world globe).
Click "Connect"
Ad-aware will then download the latest  Definition file for you.
To make sure it is updated , look at the main
Ad-aware screen, and look under "Initialization Status"
It should say the Latest Definition file.
then scan  doing a  "Full Scan" and then post your logfile here by using the Add-Reply Feature .
As Logs are stored in :
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Lavasoft\Ad-aware\Logs\.
An easy way to get there is to
click Start,
click Run
And type in and press ENTER: %appdata%
then click  Lavasoft
then Ad-Aware
and then Logs.
scroll down to find the latest one that you have
(by date & time)
and open it right Click select all
copy and then paste the contents of it here.
(Make sure that all of your Logfile has been posted, sometimes it will require two post's to get it all)
I recommend that you use the WebUpDate just before you scan that way you will always be up to date.

(note The Application Data is a hidden folder, so you will need to show hidden files and folders
and for Windows 98/ME users your logs are stored in
 C:\WINDOWS\All Users\Application Data\ ) by default.

GR@PH;<'S   :Hammys pint:
press Enter then have a Brandy then if the problem is still there have another Brandy
Q: does it work
A: It does seem to for a few hours at least.