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HacheMan

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I've attained a few trojans/viruses that Norton, Ad~aware, or Spybot will not rid of. I think these things have gotten so advanced that one or more of them will not allow me to do a free scan at TrendMicro.com. Every time I attempt the free scan there an error page comes up and I have to close. Any ideas guys..........?
Thanks.......

 

michael777

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did you try running hijackthis ? http://tomcoyote.com/hjt

 

HacheMan

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No MIchael, is it pretty good at removing the tougher ones?

 

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Use system restore on your computer. You can send your computer back to a date when it was running properly.

 

michael777

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it finds stuff on mine,i'm no expert but it has helped me,you can run it for free and see what it finds,then it will give you an explanation on what the items are and you can decide if it should be deleted

 

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You have to know what the fvck your doing with Hijack this. Or send the log info to knowledged people. You can fvck your computer up.

 

IDENTITY

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CHOPTALK -

HOW DO YOU DO A "SYSTEM RESTORE" TO A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, AND NOT TO THE BEGINNING?

 

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have you used spy sweeper that helped me

http://www.webroot.com/products/spysweeper/



hache did you try downloading microsoft's new security pack.

i hope not that put me in a world of trouble about 3 weeks ago..

 

HacheMan

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choptalk said:

Use system restore on your computer. You can send your computer back to a date when it was running properly.

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Can you believe that my system restore was turned off?!?
This is what I mean about these things getting worse. I cannot access trendmicro which works well, and my stystem restore just mysteriously is turned off when it used to be on........

 

HacheMan

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KIDSLICK said:

have you used spy sweeper that helped me

http://www.webroot.com/products/spysweeper/

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Will it rid of those tough ones you sometimes have to remove manually? This is my key questions guys. I hate to pay for something that is similar to adaware or spybot, that gets some things but not the tough ones.

 

kidslick

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it helped me and its free for 30 days


my 30 days is up tomorrow

and i will make my first purchase of something like this has been very helpful for me getting some crazy stuff off my computer

 

michael777

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spysweeper is real good and you get a free 30 day trial

 

CHOPTALK

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Wow man, thats a serious bug. Turning your system restore off.

When you use internet explorer, does it hijack your start page? I need to know this, it might help identify the problem.

 

HacheMan

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Im on that page now guys. Where do you find, or how do you get the 30 day free trial>?

 

HacheMan

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choptalk said:

Wow man, thats a serious bug. Turning your system restore off.

When you use internet explorer, does it hijack your start page? I need to know this, it might help identify the problem.

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Yes........

 

CHOPTALK

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What does the URL say when you click internet explore. I think I had this problem before.

 

HacheMan

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choptalk said:

What does the URL say when you click internet explore. I think I had this problem before.

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about:blank


But there's a couple more that are popping up adds that ad-aware or spybot wont get......

 

CHOPTALK

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Yes man, I had that exact same hijacker, its the worst one on the internet. It took me 3 weeks to find a program that would get rid if it. I tried hijack this, spybot and others. The only one I had success with was adware away. Its very simple to use, its not free though. It cost me 20 bucks. They have a solution for every hijacker know. If you download it, look under the remove hijacker tab, click it and then find the about blank hijacker. click on it and it will instantly remove it.

 

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You can even go to the web site www.adwareaway.com and they even have an article on the front page of the site talking about the aboutblank hijacker.

 

HacheMan

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I see that choptalk, they claim it's the toughest one just as you said. So there isnt a trial for this one?