Last night my computer started getting all these pop up from a program called Spyware protect 2009 and i know its a scam and everything
I just need help getting it off of my computer completely.
I wanted to know if there was a way to get rid of it for free.. all of the links i keep finding for spyware removals only system whenever it finishes it wont do anything until i register the product and everything i really dont have the money right now to but another anti spyware program.
and all these manual instructions are over my head and make no sense at all to me..
please help.
Kaylee
So I installed Spyware Doctor and ran a couple of scans last night. After manually deleting some malicious processes, cookies, etc., it still shows 3 threats/3 infections on my computer. 2 of them are browser favorites, and 1 is a host entry. When I went to look through all my bookmarks/favorites (I’m using Firefox if that helps), I couldn’t find any of the 2 favorites that Spyware Doctor deemed malicious. I also have no idea how to get to the host entry that it says is dangerous. :/
Can someone tell me how to get rid of the favorites? Is there a folder of some sort that it’s contained it? I’m thinking about just deleting all of them. :/ And can someone tell me how to look at the host entries? Please don’t direct me to an anti-spyware program; I want to delete these manually.
Thanks in advance.
Ok, so I opened up my hosts entries thing with notepad… There’s definitely websites there pertaining to spyware-protector 2009, which is what infected my computer.
91.212.65.127 browser-security.microsoft.com
91.212.65.127 spywareprotector-2009.com
91.212.65.127 www.spywareprotector-2009.com
91.212.65.127 secure.spywareprotector-2009.com
Can I just simply clear these to get rid of them?
Ok, I think I pretty much deleted the bookmarks and host entries. The only thing Spyware Doctor is showing now are cookies, which just keep reappearing… There’s nothing much I can do to permanently delete those, is there? >_>
Iliana
my computer recently has gotten winiguard and i cannot remove it. what is a good anti virus program that will remove it and protect my computer in the future?
Kierra
I got hit with several nasty bugs on Sunday. I seem to have got them all removed, but it changed some of my system settings before I got rid of it. It disabled my task manager, regestry editer, and locked my desktop wallpaper to display a link to a Ad for some anti-spyware program (I obviously didn’t download this.)
I managed to restore my Task Manager and Regedit, and Ad-Aware got rid of the annoying link, but I can’t unlock my desktop theme. Any suggestions?
Spybot actually picked up a few things my other 3(!) didn’t get. However, the desktop background is still locked out.
It must be a registry problem, I just don’t know which one….
Lyla
Need help now! where can i find free antivirals that will instantly remove viruses and spyware from my pc with no pay?
Heather
Hey guys i have some type of spyware the renames every new folder i create to hen or or heron. does anybody know whats this spyware is called because my spyware and anti virus program wont identify it. Does anybody know how i can remove it?
Ruby
I am currently using Norton Internet Security which I got with my computer. It is expiring soon, so I need some help deciding what I should get. Questions I have:
Is AVG anti virus good?
Is Avira anti virus good?
Is Avast anti virus good?
Is Zonealarm firewall good?
Is Comodo firewall good?
What is a good free anti spyware program?
If you browse the internet very safely (using Chrome) will I still get viruses? By safely I mean I good search just about every site I am about to use, and one of the only sites I trust to answer that is Yahoo Answers. I also go through and delete cookies daily.
On a side note, CA anti virus suite is free with Road Runner, other computers in my house have it but we switched to At&t before I got my computer. Does At&t have a free anti virus suite? Is it good? Can you just use the e-mail and stuff of somebody else that has Road Runner to get CA free?
Is it possible to get pretty much total free security (with different programs) without KILLING computer speed?
Does Malwarebytes Anti-Malware slow down your computer?
Can I just make the recovery disk things my HP reminds me to and pretty much be worry free unless I have important files on my computer?
I running Windows Vista, I think home premium.
Thank you for answering this whopper of a question.
Dakota
I would like to find an online description of the various processes that run under Windows (that you can see in task manager or process explorer) and what they do, which are spyware or trojans etc, and detailed instructions how to remove them (including how to edit the registry if necessary). I don’t want an anti-spyware program; I want to know how to remove the spyware manually.
I’ve found a few sites that describe what the processes do by googling, but they don’t describe what is necessary to remove them completely. Someone told me that he used to know of a site like that, but doesn’t remember where it is.
Tatum
Please please PLEASE help me! I got a pop up saying I needed to download IE Antivirus because I had “Trojan Horses” Or something. It pretty much intalled itself and its asking me to pay to delete the files. Now this pop up thing pops up every time I go to the internet. I did some reading and I read that IE Antivirus is a form of spyware or something like that. I dont know how to remove it. Please help!
Im only 13 but I pick things up very fast, so if you explain to me what to do and give me a GOOD ani virus/ anti spyware program to download I will be very happy!
Thanks so much.
Helena
ok i had this trojan adware problem that is quite common. i managed to disable it in device manager meaning I could now open and use anti spyware program etc. They found it, deleted it but on reboot it will always reappear. doesn’t affect my pc as the system process is disabled but after a few seconds I get a warning from AVG that there is a tdsserv trojan. i delete it and it comes back on reboot. Where abouts is the root folder that I can get rid of whatever it is installing this on every reboot. Thanks
got all of those! all updated etc. none seem to remove it completely. even with boot scan
i managed to get rid of it manually from registry. thanks
Ashlynn
