Advice Please...

[David Grieve]

I run Windows XP Home Edition.
Since visiting a Mp3 download site, I'm getting irritating spurious Pop-up
sex advert boxes, coming up when browsing using IE6. Despite running Norton
Anti-virus and Firewall, and also checking for spyware, etc, using the
latest version of Ad-Aware.se, PLUS having the pop-up window blocker
enabled, these keep appearing.
Obviously, there must be a programme for generating these adverts, hidden
somewhere in my computer, but despite emptying all the temp and downloaded
files, temp internet cache, etc, I cannot seem to find the little b*****d
anywhere, so I can delete it.
Anyone suffered a similar problem and how did they get rid of the little
so-and-so?
Any help would be really appreciated, thanks.
Davie of Southwest Scotland.
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[David Grieve]

Hey !!
Downloaded "SpyBot" this evening, and it found 12 Adware, Spyware and
Malware files hidden in my XP home edition H-Key sub-directories, then
deleted them. Guess what? - No rude pop-up adverts since then.....thanks a
mill to the "SpyBot" creator{s}Guys !!
-Makes me wonder though- I thought Ad-Aware and Norton, which have the
latest patches installed in both programmes, would have detected at least
one of the Spyware/Malware files? And why did they let them pass through my
Firewall in the first place? MMmmm ??
Davie of South-west Scotland.
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Post by David Grieve
I run Windows XP Home Edition.
Since visiting a Mp3 download site, I'm getting irritating spurious Pop-up
sex advert boxes, coming up when browsing using IE6. Despite running Norton
Anti-virus and Firewall, and also checking for spyware, etc, using the
latest version of Ad-Aware.se, PLUS having the pop-up window blocker
enabled, these keep appearing.
Obviously, there must be a programme for generating these adverts, hidden
somewhere in my computer, but despite emptying all the temp and downloaded
files, temp internet cache, etc, I cannot seem to find the little b*****d
anywhere, so I can delete it.
Anyone suffered a similar problem and how did they get rid of the little
so-and-so?
Any help would be really appreciated, thanks.
Davie of Southwest Scotland.
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[Roger]

Post by David Grieve
Hey !!
Downloaded "SpyBot" this evening, and it found 12 Adware, Spyware and
Malware files hidden in my XP home edition H-Key sub-directories, then
deleted them. Guess what? - No rude pop-up adverts since then.....thanks a
mill to the "SpyBot" creator{s}Guys !!
-Makes me wonder though- I thought Ad-Aware and Norton, which have the
latest patches installed in both programmes, would have detected at least
one of the Spyware/Malware files? And why did they let them pass through my
Firewall in the first place? MMmmm ??
Davie of South-west Scotland.
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Save this, you may find it helpful for your settings
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

"Roger"
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[Tom Trosborg]

Post by David Grieve
Hey !!
Downloaded "SpyBot" this evening, and it found 12 Adware, Spyware and
Malware files hidden in my XP home edition H-Key sub-directories, then
deleted them. Guess what? - No rude pop-up adverts since then.....thanks a
mill to the "SpyBot" creator{s}Guys !!
-Makes me wonder though- I thought Ad-Aware and Norton, which have the
latest patches installed in both programmes, would have detected at least
one of the Spyware/Malware files? And why did they let them pass through my
Firewall in the first place? MMmmm ??
Davie of South-west Scotland.

It would appear that spyware is not something easily definable, such as for
instance a virus is. Hence the multitude of (proper and genuine)
anti-spyware programs all seem to do slightly different things. I run
Spybot, Adaware, Spywareblaster and Spywareguard on my computer (together
with Avast anti-virus and Zonealarm firewall), and this seems to protect me
pretty well.

I personally distrust programs that claim to do it all, such as the
Symantec/Norton offerings.

Henry.