http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11220070~mode=flat

Same method, only heres the third link displayed.

Joe - depending on what you've got popping up - you might want to check this out

http://www.grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm

It's one of Steve Gibson's Three Musketeers.

Thank you, Journeyman! I've been a fan of Steve Gibson for years. But, I also haven't been to his site in years. I knew nothing about the Three Musketeers. I installed and ran them all. I feel so much better. I also ran Shields Up for the hell of it (I have ZA Pro), and I am indeed running in full stealth mode. I feel wayyyyy much better.

You're going to need HijackThis http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html
run it and look through the log, delete anything that has ads234 in the name. If you're not sure about something, DON'T delete it. Do a Google search for anything you're not sure about. Some items that look bad are really things you need.
You may need to reboot after removal, then run HJ again and see if it still shows up. Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 removals&reboots to get rid of a hijacker.
Once you've cleaned everything out [you should also run Adaware SE, get it at link below] install Spyware Blaster and SpywareGuard http://majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html
Trash IE except for Windows updates, use Firefox, Mozilla, or Opera, they'er not susceptible to hijacking.
I just did all this for my cousin a few days ago. Hijackers aren't removed with regular spyware detectors, the only tool that will work, short of a reinstall, is Hijackthis.
You'll probably have to install Firefox, or another non-IE browser to be able to get some of the other tools.
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You'll probably have to install FireFox, or another non-IE browser to be able to get some of the other tools.

THAT IS FOR SURE!!! I think some of the spyware people know about this site because I tried to get on here through my sisters computer to search for links about spyware and stuff like that and I could barely get to the page without being redirected



I installed FireFox and I am starting to see that I am going to have to keep searching her computer for stuff because she still gets pop-ups.

I also believe that her computer is messing with the DSL connection. Probably because it is being used as a ad port for advertisers to send ads around the net.

Here are the list of problems:

Redirected pages
Un-changeable (faded out) home page option in IE
Pop ups without even opening Internet Explorer
Pop ups coming from the hard drive itself (the C drive)
SP2 says virus alert is not working even though its on
Programs re-install themselves

My sister has all sorts of crap downloaded programs on her computer. Including the program Kazaa (I told her about that but apparently she didn't listen).


Speaking of switching to FireFox, Opera, Netscape, Safari and such... some sites don't even know they exist!! FireFox, for example, use is going up (for some sites its 25 percent of their users... mostly tech sites) but the site does not support it. My sister LOVES her Yahoo Launch but it does not support any of the Mozilla stuff.

http://help2go.com/postt9235.html&sid=49b62f79f13b73a359601d5e92cc7c8b
http://help2go.com/postt9468.html&sid=49b62f79f13b73a359601d5e92cc7c8b
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html
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you can use cw shredder to remove cool web search and other browser hijackershttp://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23551,RSS,RSS,00.asp
spybot spysweeper and adaware won't remove them
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I spent a few hours on a friends' computer fixing

Hav'nt we all.

I come to the rescue atleast twice a month for my friends PC's.

:

Yeah Paxx... Kazaa.

I'll take a look at my sisters computer again later today. Its so bad that its causing problems with our DSL connection... at least I think it is. We tend to have to restart the DSL modem far too many times when she turns on her computer.

.. and yes, according to our service, we can have up to 4 computers on the line, so it not that!



somewhere on this board there was something about going to your router and changing the setting to cut off some of these bad websites and stuff. I must find that. I am also going to turn my sisters account into a sub account... (do you think she will notice??? )

I just read an article about ad-ware and spyware making the internet... well, a jungle.