spyware problem help needed :(

alirob12

Hi, only just found out that my firewall was turned off ( not sure how that happened but i now have results:mad: when i search for something in google, and click on what i want instead of showing the site i want it is redirected to some other rubbish. any idea how i can sort it out?? i dont really wanna format the disk, so would appreciate any advice - gd anti spyware program just to get rid of it?? thank you in advance!!:beer:

Browntoa

follow posts 1 to 4

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=133269

isofa

3 to start with:

Spywareblaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

AdAware: http://www.lavasoft.com/

Spyware Doctor: http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/

Browntoa

you need to run stuff in safe mode for it to work, hence the instructions in that thread I posted

alirob12

thanks guys ... what do yo mean in safe mode?

gaming_guy

alirob12 wrote: »

thanks guys ... what do yo mean in safe mode?

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx
http://www.pchell.com/support/safemode.shtml

sheedatali

That sounds like either browser hijacking or your hosts files (C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\ ) has been modified. The best thing to do would be to enable windows firewall, get a free browser such as Firefox or Opera (which ever is not your current one).

1 - Download Spybot Search and Destroy (Free)
2 - Get Avast Anti Virus (Free)

3- Get CCLeaner (Free)

Go offline (Pull the Network cable). Install these softwares, and run in following order.

Spybot
CCleaner
Avast

That should get rid of 95% of the crap. Then go online, and update all of them and run them regularly. You can also get Zonealarm Firewall (Free Version) as a replacement for windows firewall because it is better.