How do I get rid of spyware?

the best way to get rid of spyware is prevention. be smart about the sites you visit and always use a secure browser, like mozilla's firefox or Opera.

I've been using Trend Micro's free online scanner for years. It's called "Housecall". They have recently added a beta version that also scopes out Trojans and spyware. It takes awhile to scan the full hard drive, but they give you the option to delete anything and also have their usual high quality info/data/specs on most of the bad guy's stuff.

Here's the link for the beta:

http://housecall-beta.trendmicro.com/en/start_corp.asp

Their home page is http://www.trendmicro.com - home to PC_cillin anti-virus software.

just select a country and download the scan software and check the box for your drive. Then continue surfing while it scans.

Cool, huh!

wish I was, but not affiliated with this fine group.

Just wanted to pass on that Lavasoft's AdAware is by far the best spyware remover out. Even the military uses it and that should tell you something. Spybot is also good, but you need to be careful to look at the list of files closely to prevent removing a program that you might not want to remove example: files affiliated with your ISP. I am guilty of that. By the way great site Dave

The Google Adsense ads that appear, in this section, often include "antispyware" programs that are actually, just the opposite. Dave, it looks like you do a ton of good work on this site. I would hate for a visitor to pick up a "nasty" from an ad, here. I'm not suggesting that you remove the ads. I use them too, on my sites. They can be very beneficial to webmasters and to visitors of the site. I guess you should just consider what they, sometimes, promote.

I work for a very large company as a PC repair engineer. We have offices in almost every state, yet I can fix almost every software related pc problem remotely. We use Dameware Mini remote control to remotely access each PC, which are all connected via a large wide area network.

When a user calls me, I ask them for their IP address. If they do not know what that is, I explain to them, what it is, and how they can get it, via the “ipconfig� command.

Next I enter it into the “Dameware� program, and a few seconds later, I can see everything they see. Now there are some pc’s that are just infested with spy-ware, pop-ups, Trojans, viruses etc.

Sometimes this makes the PC not respond to my Dameware remote control request. So what do I do? Most of my coworkers give up at this point. Their solution is to re-image the entire PC. They send out PC Restore and Re-image Cd’s, to reformat the pc.

Basically they reformat the computer and reinstall windows and all the programs. But, I do not like to do this. I like to seek out and destroy the spy-ware. I do it, just like the Spybot program does. That is: “I search and destroy!�

So, here is my solution. I wrote a few batch files that map a network drive to the injured pc. The batch files also attempt to end as many unknown processes first. I made up a list of the most common ones, and I keep adding to the list, usually once a week. My batch file also cleans up the registry and other program files folders. I like to delete the entire run, and run once keys from the HK Local Machine/Software/Microsoft Windows/current version/local machine/run; run once keys.

I also clean the same under HK current user. Next I add back the run and run once keys. I also use the shutdown command to reboot the pc, and then once the batch file is finished, I am now able to remote control the computer and run some anti-spyware programs. I sometimes use the free ones, like Spybot and Ad-aware. But I also like to use Spy-sweeper and another program called Trojan hunter. From my experience those are the programs that I have found to work the best.

I rarely need to re-image any PC’s. I enjoy finding new types of viruses and spy-ware. And besides, I get to add them into my little batch files.

Dave Perry

I have been trying to find information on how to
get rid of, what we believe to be Spyware, called
Bulbster. We never downloaded this or gave anyone
permission to download any software, etc. to our
computer. We noticed this shortly after our daughter had been in a music website listening to
music and we kept having problems with our computer running extremely slow and even having
repeated disconnects from the Internet and then
it signing itself back online! We discovered this
NUISENCE when we could not get our computer to respond and so we would do Ctrl,Alt,Delete and it
would show us a list of programs running on our
computer. EVERY TIME we have a problem and we go through the Ctrl,Alt,Delete, process, and there it is running, Bulbster, and when we try to end it, it just seems to duplicate itself! It is extremely difficult to get it to end, and if we manage to get it to end, it, many times, it will kick us offline, only to "Re-sign" us back online! It seems to be a very aggressive form
of Spyware, or something else very bad! Any help you can offer us will be very much appreciated! Thanks.

Sincerely,

Danna Drury

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It so happened that a computer running Windows server 2003 got infected with spyware and virus. The desktop was getting washed out and Windows error reporting was coming up.It was not allowing to open any program either in safe mode or otherwise.Only the Norton anti virus could be stated, but could detect only one virus. It was quarantined but could not solve the problem. So I removed the Hard disk and installed to a Windows XP computer as slave and ran the antivirus and anti spyware. It detected several of these and destroyed those. This solved the problem.

sincerly yours,
kamlesh gorain

Please can you help me get rid of virus on my psp

i have this thing on my pc called PC SCREEN Spy Monitor. i cannot get rid of it. can you assist?

hi i have a bad pop up messege on my msn messenger it just says that ive got a virus withour me knowing i just want your help to fix the problem

I've got a bunch of spyware and viruses on this computer. Every minute or so, a bubble comes up claiming to be a Windows Security alert, but I don't think it is. I avoid it...I have Adaware AND Spybot, but they're both not working... I don't know WHAT to do. I'm an exchange student in Belgium from the USA, and I don't know how to tell my host family that their computer has Spyware and Viruses on it! I don't even know how it GOT there to begin with! Somebody PLEAAAAASE help me!!!

i want to sign out from my space

Yo dave i am absolutley positive that i ahve spyware on my computer. I was reccomended to use spybot search and destroy. but when i o to download it the window will freze up and not download. It WILL NOT LET ME DOWNLOAD IT!! but my computer will allow me to download anyother stuff when when ithas to do with spyware it wont work at all any suggestions?????????

I was online a few days ago and this annoying pop up, well it popped up. And now my computer says it is running this thing called antivirus 2008. Every few minutes a warning pops up and it says you have 40 virusus!!! And then gives me a list of tojan virusus i have. But After running my microsoft defender and McAfee it says my computer is fine. So After the thing did not go away I looked online to see if anyone else seemed to experience this same problem. And of what i saw it seems to be a troublesome little spyware. I have tryed so many different things including anti spyware programs. This thing will not go away.

iight, look. my computer is not acting horrible but it isn't acting GOOD either. i'm only a kidd so i need a FREE anti-virus, spy-ware, remover thingy. i really need some suggestions. oh and by the way. i have NO money! please, help me! i look for the free download thingy for spy-bot but i can't find it..
urgh! i'm begging please help me!
my computer has been through so much already!
thank you..-Brandy

how do i get rid of the wide page on msn? i like the narrow and the pull down no longer showsnarrow page

My girlfriend just found Dameware mini remote-control installed on her work computer. Her first response was to be concerned that the IT department did it and was spying on the employees, but no one else seems to have it. She checked the IP address and it comes back as somewhere in Africa. I think it may have been installed maliciously and that she needs to contact the IT department to warn them (it will also put them on notice if they're using it to spy!).

I'm well aware of the notorious Nigerian 419 scams, so the fact that it came back as coming from Africa raised my suspicions.

Are you aware of any scams like this using Dameware? If it is, in fact, a scam, what's the best way to remove it (the IT department is not always very responsive!)

Thanks in advance!

well, you didn't answer my question. i got into this free anti virus thing that ended up you have to buy. well, i didn't want to buy it. but it keeps popping up on everything i try to do and i can't get it deleted or off my computer. i don't know what to do but it is driving me crazy. thanks anyway.

Just yesterday when i turned on my computer a pop up appeared saying i had spyware
it was alot and i haven't downloaded any software and i have norton antivirus, i don't know how this happened but every time i open internet explorer it says that it's a virus attacking my pc
on the right bottom corner a pop up will pop up every few seconds showing me the spyware attacking me and stuff
i ran my norton antivirus and didn't find these things but i'm not sure how this happened
i was told that i'd have to reformat my pc by deleting everything from it and restarting from scratch which is something i don't want to do cause i have alot of things for my business and life in there

please help me

hi I am new to computers on the individual standpoint years ago I used them in the military but never on a personal stand point and I have a question, do some of the manufactures of anti-spyware send thes messages just to get you to purchase their product? the reason that I am asking is that I recently lost my job and I don't have the money to purchase these products when I scan my computer myself it shows no virus but when that shows up on my moniter it claims that I have a-lot how can I stop this? the computer that I use is not even mine it is borrowed until I can buy one.

alright, my computer is infected, and i accidently deleted macfree, i just want to wipe everything out completly. please help me, thanks,

how do I get rid spyware that is redirecting web sites. I use Norton and Spyware treminator and every scan comes up with nothing . there is something there but i can't detect any thing.
What can I try