wwp8

anyone know to get rid of spyware?.
it just literally installed itself NOW.
and keep telling me to dl a file to get rid of it,
it is all over my desktop, in system32 folders etc etc

mcafee is not helping much,
i think it mentioned something about winsock.dll
i have to type this OFFLINE cos, its irritating me
theres a little icon on the taskbar which is a red circle with a cross in the middle.
this is the info when you click on it's warning bubble.

ps its from this site

don't click on it, as you might get it installed by accident

http://antispy.newgenlook.info/index...77&said=ad0271

btw i DO have 2 firewalls installed
mcafee AND systemsuite5

Detected SPYware! YOU ARE IN REAL DANGER!

Your IP address is 159.101.40.49. Using this address a remote computer '83.116.72.11' has gained an access to your computer and is collecting the information about the sites you've visited and the files contained in the folder 'My Documents'. Attention! Choose and download the software to kill this spyware.

Your private info is collected by winSock.cfg

ISP of trnsmission: CO
Your IP address: 159.101.40.49
They know you're using: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)
Your computer is: Windows XP
Referred URL: http://antispy.newgenlook.info/index...77&said=ad0271
Risk status for further investigation: VERY HIGH RISK
Time of investigation: 04/29/05 14:05:20 PDT

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messiah

get adaware & spybot. run both after checking they are both up to date. Might also be handy to run McAfee's Stinger too.

jowl

SpyBotS&D and Ad-aware are both good.

Also try CWShredder

And Install SpywareBlaster to prevent stuff being installed in the first place

finally, have a look here tell you which anti-spyware stuff is genuine

wwp8

well, just used ad-aware
and downloaded beta version of Microsofts anti spyware

and the damn thing is still there.

scanned in deep full, and in safe mode.

they are the pe_bagle.s
and a couple of trojan ones
oh yeah theres a dialer too. it tried to call

jowl

Try booting in to safe mode

and running anti-spyware etc from there

powerman1

adaware personal addition is available free from pcworld.com

powerman

iainmac

I dont think the site you visited is doing any detecting its just trying to get u to download the products listed (thats if the links are genuine, else may be attempted credit card spam).

G00ner

Spysweeper, run in safe mode, only £20ish at current exchange rate.

djuk

Yeah looks like a simple hoax to me, the site says exactly the same for me and I know for a fact our systems are all clean.

wwp8

yup did that already and so far have used the following

mcafee
systemsuite5
ms anti spyware
spybot SD
ad aware se personal
and none of them kills the *******

i have about 15 icons on desktop, that when i delete will come back

theres a popup telling me to buy a spyware killer cos theres a virus in my pc

ONLY SS 5 will tell me what virus i got, but can't clean it.
and i can't get any info on how to kill it.

jowl

Is it possible you can take the HDD our of the machine and put it an external caddy or as a 2nd drive in another machine?

I had to do that to a computer the other day because I could not get rid of the bloody viruses and spyware on it while it was the boot drive. Grrrrrr

wwp8

any one have any info on trend micro's pc cillin
got the link recomended by microsoft site
it wants to delete mcafee.
and suddenly ms anti spyware pops up to tell me its spyware

Mouser

Go to Google and type in " free computer virus scan " and Trend should be the third or so item down. Worth a try.

KeithRS

Have you by any chance installed msn plus on your system??

This is a well known cause of unwanted spyware which isnt easily removed.

pauld37

MSN is a well known pc enemy. Try AGV free, find it on google

wwp8

nope didn't download anything,
just clicked on a link which i subscribed on yahoo groups and it automatically installed

anyway its sorted now!!!! :angry:

how??

i had to format my HDD and reinstall windows AND everything else.
why??
the virus destroyed my internet connection. (thats why i haven't been on the last couple of days)there was no way i could set it back , i couldn't get the latest updates or dl anything to kill it.

Richard Curtis

I had a similar thing a month ago on the kids PC, sounds like the same site, putting pop-ups everywhere - probably from MSN.

I too despite trying with anti-spyware had to resort to a complete format and a complete day wasted trying to back up and re-install everything. :angry:

fast bloke

guys - if you get this kind of thing again, have a look at www.geekstogo.com

I have been able to resolve most of the spyware stuff myself, but anything that I am stuck with, a quick post there usually gets it sorted

Redkop

This site is superb for help and helpful advice

Go to the Cyber Safety forum.