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Bada Bing · Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 2:43 am Post subject: SOne of a ..... :(

Well stupid me instead of using pop up stopper like I usually do when I enter theville website I decided to install the Free Scratchers thing that alwasy pops up.I figured shit now I won't have to put up with it anymore right ? Wrong now pop ups pop up all the time no matter where I go on the internet

Worse yet I have tried the Find option and Add/Remove Programs and I can't seem to find the damn program to remove it

Anyone have any ideas how I can find and remove this SOB ? It would be much appreciated thank you

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YourPowersAreWeakOldMan · Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 2:47 am Post subject:

program called adaware might do it.

you could always backup everything and reinstall windows, its good to do it once and a while as sort of a spring cleaning...gets all the old dusty registry entires and stuff cleaned out and your system will be happy fresh and new, and run faster again.
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`RaphX · Registered User Joined: 24 Mar 2002 Posts: 1556

You need Spybot - Search & Destroy (http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download)

and Adaware 6 (http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/) (but see if you can find the Plus or Professional editions somewhere)

If a program you run contains spyware, then it may not work after using either of the above programs to remove the spyware components. So be sure that every result that appears is worth Buleeting. They always are for me, because I don't use rotten programs

Bada Bing · Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 6:55 am Post subject:

Thank God I clicked on help and it had a downloadable uninstall that was the biggest piece of shit I have ever run into in my computer days

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powdermilkman · Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 9:07 am Post subject:

oh my god

that program worked wonders...i have had a serious problem with pop ups in the last month that are directly associated with the gator program or spyware programs and this Search and Destroy did the job. Thanks a bunch for posting the link.

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Bright Red Nipples · Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 7:53 pm Post subject:

I've tried both of the spyware programs already. I still use the ad-aware though. Spy Bot was just a bit too complicated for my taste. Ad-aware usually does a fine job of keeping my machine clean.
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Stevo · Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 8:34 pm Post subject:

I downloaded it, too, but it didn't work so now I have a "Can't download application, try again." error every time I start my computer. I'll try the adaware program and maybe the other one and see if it makes a difference.....
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`RaphX · Registered User Joined: 24 Mar 2002 Posts: 1556

It's still worthwhile to have both programs on your machine. Spybot, for example, can check out any registry inconsistencies, and is also good for temporarily disabling any start-up entries.
It also tells you of all usage tracks that remain on your machine, so if you don't want others using the same computer to know what you're up to, then this is very useful (e.g. Pug won't want his father to catch him surfing teh pr0n).

Stevo · Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 11:02 am Post subject:

I downloaded and ran both of the programs and they found 72 things, so I guess they worked...

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SpeCies · Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 11:01 pm Post subject:

Well it looks as if I got bit by the same (Non-Cleanable) piece of spyware.
Forgetful me lowered my window security settings for a virus scan and forgot to raise it back before coming here

"Free Scratch Cards" is the program. I formatted my drive to put it mildly since the socalled Removal program from the site is just a ploy and doesn't do crap to resolve the issue. I believe that it's just another spy within itself

http://www.free-scratch-cards.com is the site... Robert Please remove this Ad.
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Replica · Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 11:19 pm Post subject:

with the spy bot descriptions, gator dindt jsut say spyware, it said annoyign spyware and amn is that right
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SpeCies · Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 5:36 pm Post subject:

Well ever since I installed "Silencer" I have yet had that dang Scratch Card ad pop-up yet.

JuVaNiLe · Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 2:43 pm Post subject:

well i used adware found over four hundred files cleaned them up then i went on net and everyting was meesed up and i tryed to connect to msn and it said something about behind firewall so now i am on my grandmas piss of shit

SpeCies · Posted: Sun May 11, 2003 3:22 pm Post subject:

I doubt that Adware would decipher needed operating system files as being spyware .. Have you altered your systems security settings that would reject cookies ?