Spy Axe 3.0

My PC ^ | 12/6/05 | Me

[Carling]

I hate vanity posts, but I am wondering if anyone in FR land knows anything about the Spy Axe 3.0 virus. It has set up shop in my toolbar and has hijacked my home page.

eTrust isn't touching it. Help?!?!

[GeronL]

Ooh cooties.... stay away.

just kidding

This computer has a lot of spyware too, and I hate them all..

[sauron]

My son managed to get my machine infected with Spy Axe 3.0, and I was able to remove it.

Get yourself a copy of Smitfraud/SpyAxe fix. You will also want ewido (the fellow in another post suggest it)--it's very helpful.

GO HERE ---> http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_hijack&message.id=24197

This helped rid me of it.


Possible better way: http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-spyaxe.html?gclid=CNTHtL6s6IECFQRuOAod6SOWjQ

Follow instructions precisely, and you'll be rid of it as I now am. Best of luck!

Sauron

[HAL9000]

"There's nothing wrong with Windows or IE if you know what your doing."

O-kay.

[NoCmpromiz]

zone alarm pro does a real good job on spyware, way above ad aware

And that's the difference between a free program and one that costs you $30! (Of course, if you are like me, you didn't pay $30 for ZAP... EBay is a wonderful thing...)

[AmeriBrit]

"There's nothing wrong with Windows or IE if you know what you're doing."


Please except my most humble apology for making a slip after being up almost 38 hours straight.
I'll do my utmost to mend my ways and never commit such a crime again.

[HAL9000]

"Please except my most humble apology for making a slip after being up almost 38 hours straight."

Apology "excepted".

[backhoe]

"I'm finding more of these that are not detected by Spybot or Ad-aware."

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I've noticed the same thing.

Here's an online scanner ( use at your own risk ) that found things other missed:

http://www.ewido.net/en/onlinescan/
Ewido

[B4Ranch]

The #1 'trick' that I know of when removing bugs, trojans and spyware is to shutdown your Restore Program before starting any removals.