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Clay Pigeon Registered User
Joined: 29 May 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 1049
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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If you tweak adaware 6.0 settings it works a lot better. Also, check your windows directory for rather large files that look out of place with strange extensions. Those usually are disguised cabinet files that contain adware ready to be reinstalled if you delete the existing installation. |
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Twisted29 Registered User
Joined: 12 Aug 2001 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1321
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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If you're still having problems, go download the latest version of HijackThis.exe
Its a great app to help remove adware |
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Mike Registered User
Joined: 23 Nov 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1759
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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use firefox, and this would of never happened in the first place
oh and if you still wana use IE u might wana try AdWatch it stops web installiations and regestry changes and some popups you have to pay for it but its ok, u can get it at the lavasoft site _________________ R.I.P. Blue |
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Stevo Ville Supporter
Joined: 08 Dec 2002 Location: Orange County Guild: TVR Posts: 9514
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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My computer is always running around 50 processes. Is that too many?
Oh and has anyone heard of something that puts a ConfigSys folder in you Windows folder? I had it on my computer and it was making things pop up on my computer. When I deleted it, it just came back with more popups. I just replaced the folder with a blank file called ConfigSys to block it, but does anyone know how to get rid of this? _________________
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[HALO]MasterChief Registered User
Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Location: Burninating all the people Posts: 2292
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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i use ie and dont get much. i have adaware, spybot, and pest patrol. i also have the symantec anti virues stuff.
but then again i also dont visit many sites that seem like they would have that bad stuff. _________________
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Clay Pigeon Registered User
Joined: 29 May 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 1049
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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I get rid of everthing myself using adaware, trend micro's housecall, and a keen eye for file creation and modification dates. That is really all you need. |
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Speaker's Xeno Registered User
Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Location: chaos Posts: 3307
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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ok well i fixed the comp problem for the most part its was mainly a virus that i didnt catch....but i got it and now my comp is being nice again. thanks for your help but so far no good on my mouse it still randomly goes out so i have no clue whats going on with it.... but so far one down one to go _________________ [img]http://users.tvr-guild.org/speaker/speakersays.php[/img]
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Paradise Lost Registered User
Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Location: Poland ........ Ohio! Posts: 88
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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Usually ad-aware programs look for different things, I use three different ones, plus Maxthon www.maxthon.com, which my buddy and I think is a WHOLE lot better than Firefox (this could just be our general opinion).
Even though we use it, and it has its own pop-up blocker built in, you still get those crazy adware popups, and I use:
Ad-Aware 6.0 build 181 (the newest)
Spybot Search and Destroy 1.3 (newest)
Webroot Spysweeper 4.0
All of these can be found at www.download.com. They all seem to pick up on different things. But, son of a bitch, I still get pop-ups when I play Day of Defeat that lag the hell out of me till they finally do pop-up and take me out of the game. _________________ Spawn camper since: Dod Beta 1.0
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