I have done everything I know to get rid of this spyware that is plagueing me. Elite ToolBar and WWWCoolSearch just will not die! I have deleted them with NAV, I have deleted them with Spybot, I have used CWShredder. I have deleted the bad files from where they are. I have deleted them from the registry, and I have used HijackThis. At one point I was 100% I had it clean, but I had to get on another computer and download WinsockXPFix because getting rid of the spyware had made it to where I couldn't get online. After I ran that I could get back online, but the spyware came back. Obviously I'm missing something, or I keep going to the same bad places when I get online. What do I need to do? Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Jump to PostI don't know if this will help you but I launched a big anti-crapware assault on my computer and hardly anything gets past me anymore.
I would run AntiVi XP. It seems to …
Jump to PostI have done everything I know to get rid of this spyware that is plagueing me. Elite ToolBar and WWWCoolSearch just will not die! I have deleted them with NAV, I have deleted them with Spybot, I have used CWShredder. I have deleted the bad files from where they are. …
Jump to PostYour copy of HijackThis needs to be in a folder of it's own. When HJT fixes anything, it makes backups of the original files in the folder it is in. Since Temporary folders are emptied now and then (the files are DELETED), it would not be a good idea to …
Jump to PostWow, a lot happened while I was posting this! :eek:
Do you have a firewall (and is it enabled)? That should be your first line of defense (a hardware firewall is better, but a software firewall at least -- both is best!).
Next would be an up-to-date anti-virus …
Jump to PostVIrtualBouncer malware from Spyware Labs. It is distributed by the same bundling and drive-by download techniques as the parasites it claims to remove, so definitely qualifies as unsolicited commercial software in itself. It also has an update feature that can download and execute arbitrary code. Warning - choose "custom" uninstall …
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