Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Dana
I got a really bad case of spyware a couple of months ago. Every time I went into internet explorer a naked girl wanted my credit card number. I second the housecall.antivirus.com but if you are still having problems after all that, I found the forums at spywareinfo.com to be extremely helpful. Da

Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Ray Champagne
No problem. I actually found that both of them caught things the other didn't. I run these on a weekly basis too Ray At 05:57 PM 1/25/2005, you wrote: >Thanks for the Panda link. It seems to be finding things Norton missed. > > >On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:16:01 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PRO

Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Raymond Camden
Thanks for the Panda link. It seems to be finding things Norton missed. On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:16:01 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a real problem with a virus/spyware a couple of months ago, and the > IT guy we hired to figure out the problem pointed me to these two site

RE: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Angel Stewart
X-Block is another one you could try? www.spywareguide.com has a link to it I believe. -Gel -Original Message- From: Raymond Camden My wife's machine got infected by some -very- bad spyware. I've used ad-aware, spybot, and the MS spyware removal, and my system is still not clean. I t

Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Raymond Camden
I definitely checked my HOSTS file. It is clean. :( On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:08:03 -0500, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, but they provide a redirect for alternate browsers. > >Thank you for your interest in Windows Update >Windows Update is the online extension of Windows t

Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Aaron Rouse
My problem is with IE the windows update loads but presents some error from MS. I do not recall the exact wording right now and am not near the machine to try it. I have had this problem ever since some spyware got on the machine and used some program that was recommended on one of the spyware he

Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Ray Champagne
I had a real problem with a virus/spyware a couple of months ago, and the IT guy we hired to figure out the problem pointed me to these two sites: http://www.pandasoftware.com use the "activescan" link at the left-bottom of the page. FREE, and will get stuff that others miss. http://housecall

Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Jerry Johnson
No, but they provide a redirect for alternate browsers. Thank you for your interest in Windows Update Windows Update is the online extension of Windows that helps you get the most out of your computer. You need to be running a version of Internet Explorer 5 or higher in order to use Win

Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Todd Ashworth
Doesn't look like it. Check your HOSTS file and see if there is an entry in there for microsoft's domain. Getting rid of that could let you get to the windowsupdate page. On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:07:08 -0600, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can either of those load the windows update pag

Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Ben Doom
Try checking the hosts file. --Ben Raymond Camden wrote: > My wife's machine got infected by some -very- bad spyware. I've used > ad-aware, spybot, and the MS spyware removal, and my system is still > not clean. I thought everything was fine, but requests for the Windows > Update site return a br

Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Aaron Rouse
Can either of those load the windows update page correctly? On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:48:05 -0500, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Netscape or Firefox? > > I have never been able to get IE back to a clean state once it gets that bad. > > Jerry Johnson > Web Developer > Dolan Media Compa

Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Robyn
Raymond Camden wrote: >My wife's machine got infected by some -very- bad spyware. I've used >ad-aware, spybot, and the MS spyware removal, and my system is still >not clean. I thought everything was fine, but requests for the Windows >Update site return a broken page and a pop up ad. When I can't

Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Todd Ashworth
My Mcafee AV software now scans for "potentialy unwanted programs". It does pick up stuff that spybot and ad-aware miss from time to time. Grisoft's AVG might do this as well. AVG is free and Mcafee used to have a 2 week demo version that you could download. I don't know if they still do. On

Re: spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Jerry Johnson
Netscape or Firefox? I have never been able to get IE back to a clean state once it gets that bad. Jerry Johnson Web Developer Dolan Media Company >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/25/05 04:51PM >>> My wife's machine got infected by some -very- bad spyware. I've used ad-aware, spybot, and the MS spyware

spyware help needed

2005-01-25 Thread Raymond Camden
My wife's machine got infected by some -very- bad spyware. I've used ad-aware, spybot, and the MS spyware removal, and my system is still not clean. I thought everything was fine, but requests for the Windows Update site return a broken page and a pop up ad. When I can't connect to the net, I'm sti