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1 posted on 06/16/2004 10:42:23 AM PDT by Born Conservative
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Get your son his own computer, then when he's "stuck" by his "really cool" junk he will learn ............


2 posted on 06/16/2004 10:45:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Semper Fidelis.......To God, Corps and Country..........................)
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Bump for later. I may be able to help when I get home tonight.

I had a similar problem a few weeks ago, and I ended up re-installing some components of Windows 2000. There's a great website I came across where you can post your registry file directory, and someone will provide advice on how to deal with your problem.

3 posted on 06/16/2004 10:45:38 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium . . . sed ego sum homo indomitus")
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Try running your anti-spyware with system restore off.


4 posted on 06/16/2004 10:46:16 AM PDT by Bluntpoint
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Are you sure that you have the latest version of SpyBot? Also, SpyBot has a spot where you can set it so that your homepage can no longer be hijacked.


5 posted on 06/16/2004 10:46:23 AM PDT by Clara Lou
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btttttt


6 posted on 06/16/2004 10:47:17 AM PDT by dennisw ("Allah FUBAR!")
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btttttt


7 posted on 06/16/2004 10:47:23 AM PDT by dennisw ("Allah FUBAR!")
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I am going through the same crap right now. Post your log file.


8 posted on 06/16/2004 10:47:55 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (Integrity is Doing the Right Thing When Nobody is Looking)
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CWShredder usually works for my friends. Havn't used it myself. I just did a clean wipe on my OS system yesterday. Just took me 2hrs. I do this once a year. If you havn't done it in a while you might consider this.


9 posted on 06/16/2004 10:48:26 AM PDT by mlbford2 (Sorry for spelling errors, I'm a product of a state university)
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I can't help much, but I can tell you that if you get rid of those files you listed, it will help. Also, did you make sure that you had the most recent version of Adaware? Don't forget to run your virus scanner program, too.


10 posted on 06/16/2004 10:49:12 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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There's a program called Spyware Blaster. It prevents spyware from being installed on your PC in the first place. Get it going, then try another spyware scan. If the spyware scanners get rid of the spyware, Spyware Blaster should prevent them from coming back.

Spybot has a feature like this, called Inoculation, but it's not as extensive as Spyware Blaster's. It's definitely worth using, however.


11 posted on 06/16/2004 10:49:22 AM PDT by Terpfen (Re-elect Bush; kill terrorists now, fix Medicare later.)
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It could be one of those "Messenger ads", which are really annoying because they don't appear as spyware. Try this advisory:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/stopspamv45.mspx


12 posted on 06/16/2004 10:49:46 AM PDT by Martijn Janssen
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Post the results of Hijack This! here so we can see it.


13 posted on 06/16/2004 10:49:57 AM PDT by Freemeorkillme (Strike at the heart of the enemy! Support your conservative media now by picking up the pen!)
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Sounds like you need to do system restore to a prior point. Many times the spyware programs are the worst. I'd get a good anti-virus program (Norton, Trendmicro, etc) and download the recent patches from microsoft. In the end once everything is stripped it often gets into the registry and you may have to restore your whole system to a known safe earlier date. Some people have to wipe the whole system clean and startup disc from the beginning.

Sometimes the cure is worse than the fix with spyware.


14 posted on 06/16/2004 10:50:01 AM PDT by Liberals are Evil Socialists!
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Oops-- I have both SpyBot and Spyware Blaster. It's Spyware Blaster that has the ability for you to lock your homepage setting so that it can't be hijacked.
By the way, I found this morning that my Internet Explorer homepage had been hijacked to MSN. I can't figure out how it happened-- and I didn't have it protected from hijack, either. It is now, though.


17 posted on 06/16/2004 10:51:11 AM PDT by Clara Lou
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Turn off the system restore do your corrections then. Reboot and run the hijackthis software.see if the registry changes have taken place.

btttttt
19 posted on 06/16/2004 10:51:52 AM PDT by jokar (On line data base http://www.trackingthethreat.com/db/index.htm)
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Try downloading Spyware Zapper. It is good for only 5 days but at least it will clean up what ever is currently infesting your machine. I used it to remove some spyware that Ad-Aware and Spybot wouldn't find. After that, I paid for a copy and haven't had a spyware problem since.

I would also run a full virus scan and make sure your anti-virus program is up to date as well.

20 posted on 06/16/2004 10:52:02 AM PDT by COEXERJ145
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"since my browser was hijacked to a different home page (msn.com). "

Same problem here, Bump for solutions.

21 posted on 06/16/2004 10:52:14 AM PDT by No Blue States
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Try running AdAware with the "Deep Scan" option activated (or something like that). It takes alot longer because it goes through 120,000+ files instead of 35,000 or so, but I do this every couple of weeks and I haven't had a problem since my last disaster in early May.


22 posted on 06/16/2004 10:52:27 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium . . . sed ego sum homo indomitus")
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Went through the same thing with my wife's PC. We had it loaded with Norton AntiVirus, Ad-Aware, Spybot, et. all. Nothing worked. Many of these invasive lines of code hit your registry and make it next to impossible to remove without professional help. I ended up installing Windows XP Home Edition on her PC, formatting the entire hard drive to get a fresh start. Since then, it's been fine.

Someone else suggested getting your child his (her) own PC.. a good idea. Keep them off your unit! Good luck!


27 posted on 06/16/2004 10:56:31 AM PDT by Spottys Spurs
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bump for later


28 posted on 06/16/2004 10:57:20 AM PDT by Snardius
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