Re: Need help about this SPyware/Adware

Ben: thanks.

It is my understanding that if Ad-Aware SE Personal is run in Safe Mode
and the type of scan is: Full System Scan
it will remove spyware in registry entries (it will report "deep scanning
registry). Also Ad-Aware has settings: (under Tweak Settings)
Scan Registry for all users which if checked will scan the registry
for all users (from an user with Admin privileges). Likewise under
Scan Settings there are two options to Scan Registry and Deep Scan
Registry. These should be set on.

Finally, There are settings for Ad-Aware SE Plus (and above) which
(by setting Ad=Watch on and configuring it properly)will prevent
registry modifications in the first place.
The cost for Ad-Aware SE Plus is modest ($27).

Skip


On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 18:49:00 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote:

-|Running Ad-Aware and Spybot in safe mode will do a good job of removing FILES
-|which are causing the damage, but parts of the registry are definitely left
-|untouched in safe mode. Whether the system is booted in safe mode or not, the
-|result is sort of a "working" registry. I do not know what else to call it.
-|Windows boots up and builds a different working registry every time, merging in
-|the HKCU entries for whomever logged onto the system.
-|
-|I have had to de-louse infected systems by repeatedly logging off and logging on
-|as a different user of a computer used by five different family members. With
-|each login, I ran Spybot and Ad-Aware to remove the infected registry entries
-|for each HKCU... Ben Myers
-|
-|On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:20:24 -0500, Herman D. Knoble
-|<SkipKnobleLESS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
-|
-|>Dewaine: Did you do an up-to-date scan while in SAFE MODE?
-|>Did you do a Full System Scan with Ad-Aware?
-|>
-|>When starting in Safe Mode only basic services are started,
-|>and no startup modules (e.g.,
-|>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run)
-|>are not started.
-|>
-|>Skip
-|>
-|>On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:10:44 GMT, Dewaine Chan <"dchanNOSPAM"@NOSPAM PLZZZnc.rr.com>
-|>wrote:
-|>
-|>-|Herman:
-|>-|
-|>-|Thanks. Still no goes. Back in the hunt again.
-|>-|
-|>-|Dewaine
-|>-|
-|>-|"Herman D. Knoble" wrote:
-|>-|
-|>-|> Dewaine:
-|>-|>
-|>-|> If you really want to remove the maleware I suggest taking
-|>-|> the following steps:
-|>-|>
-|>-|> 1) Get latest Ad-Aware spyware definition file from:
-|>-|> http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
-|>-|> I suggest that you download this defs.zip file on an uninfected computer;
-|>-|> then copy it to a 1.44M floppy diskette or a CD-R.
-|>-|>
-|>-|> 2) Reboot your infected computer and tap F8 once per second during restart
-|>-|> and when the menu appears select: Safe Mode without networking.
-|>-|>
-|>-|> 3) Unzip and insert the downlaoded file, defs.ref, in file location:
-|>

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