[Carling]

This one is a bugger. I came home from work and had a pop-up for an on-line casino along with the virus alert bubble.

Things have gone downhill from there.

[NoCmpromiz]

Google 'spyaxe'... DON'T go to the 'spyaxe.com' site, they made the thing so who trusts them to get rid of it... Other places mention that the active part is called "svchosts.dll" (as differing from legitimate windows 'svchost.exe'). The popup seems to come from a file called "hpE951.tmp". Both reside in the windows/system32 folder. You might try to delete them as they sit, but if they are active, you won't be allowed. Try starting in safe mode and then see if they can be removed. Remember, DO NOT delete svchost.EXE or you won't even be able to get back online!

This is one of the sources for this information I found on Google:

Remove Spyaxe

Hope this is of some 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