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    spybot, weird problem with spyware

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by halperin, Jun 22, 2006.

  1. halperin

    halperin Notebook Consultant

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    I run spybot search and destroy and it finds some bugs, i fix them, then run it right after and it comes up with sometimes more and sometimes less bugs then what it had before. i keep fixing these problems but new things and sometimes the same things come back the next second i run the scan. whats going on?
     
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  2. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    You may need to do a deeper research on what is showing up. I do know on a few items related to MS windows flag you need to edit with regedit to correct it. Or you may have something in startup that keeps putting it backin. May need to use startuplist to see if its being loaded on startup.
     
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  3. Lil Mayz

    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    maybe your computer is totally littered with spyware...have you got a good firewall to stop the spyware to kepp on coming.

    Try using a different spyware program also.
     
    Lil Mayz, Jun 22, 2006
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    dragonesse Notebook Deity

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    try doing the scan in safe mode, this usually applies more to viruses than spyware, but some things just cannot be removed in regular windows, the way they're running or whatever. security task manager is also a good program to kill offensive running spyware sometimes.
     
    dragonesse, Jun 22, 2006
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  5. Elminst

    Elminst Some Network Guy

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    no single piece of anti-spyware software catches everything.
    download Adaware (the free one) and run a full scan with that also.
    Then get the Microsoft program, i think it's called Defender now, which is actually pretty good. Run a full scan with that too.
    You could also grab hijackthis (depsite its ominous name, is an anti hijack tool) and run that to see what's in your startup, autorun and services.
     
    Elminst, Jun 22, 2006
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