.:HSTuners::

GT40FIED · 09-28-2004, 08:02 PM

Ok...so in my ongoing quest to kick the living shit out of all malware on my computer, I downloaded the new Adaware SE 1.05 and ran a scan on my hard drive. Suddenly I've got 300+ hits (on a deep system scan) or 145 in the "smart scan". I think "kick ass...goodbye spyware". Wrong. I got rid of it all, but then everything stopped working. I can't connect to webpages and my internet connection is virtually useless. I can't use Norton's Liveupdate or check for updates on anything that requires an internet connection. Oh...and my Outlook is useless as well. So I did a system restore...but all that did was restore all the spyware as well. So is there any way to get rid of this stuff (most of the hits were multiples from the same vendors...really only about 10 vendors or so, maybe less) and not render my computer useless? It also SIGNIFICANTLY slows down the computer as a whole after the spyware is gone and the system rebooted. Ideas? Suggestions? I'm about ready to do a reformat since I'm so sick of this shit.

IALuder · 09-28-2004, 09:18 PM

ummm, best idea is to reformat.

ebpda9 · 09-29-2004, 06:23 AM

sometimes the spyware binds to the network protocols and if you try to remove those it will reneder the computer useless. i had that happen to me. you can just have backups of the spyware removed and in case it fucks up you can restore it. I have yet to see a bullet proof way to remove the spyware. it can be done manually, but you really have to know what you are doing.

IALuder · 09-29-2004, 01:04 PM

one word: REFORMAT

FlooredAccord · 10-01-2004, 04:24 PM

No need to reformat...yet....but, do a smart scan and remove those objects. Then test your computer for normalcy. If it's ok, leave it, if not, remove all adware and then resetup the internet thing, and reinstall Norton. Do updates for everything. Might take up to 2 hrs.

GT40FIED · 10-01-2004, 05:01 PM

Ok...how do I resetup my internet settings to get them working again after it fucks up (which it will)?

blind34_1 · 10-02-2004, 02:56 AM

if you've got a copy of your OS, just boot to that, and reinstall windows, but don't reformat. just choose to install over existing OS. What this does is keeps everything the same, but sort of refreshes all the major components of windows.

I did this when I screwed up trying to make a dual boot system. windows wouldn't boot for anything, so i install xp over itself, and everything was fine. all my settings were fine, and my dektop looked the same as before i messed with it. really convenient if your not ready to reformat.

you might want to check microsofts knowledge base for all the details (step by step) on how to do this, as i forgot the details (its not hard, though)

GT40FIED · 10-02-2004, 05:06 AM

I actually don't have a copy of my OS. It's OEM installed so I'm shit outta luck there.

blind34_1 · 10-03-2004, 12:45 AM

oh thats right....we've had this issue come up before...i forgot.

you really need to get ahold of that...

check your PM's

GT40FIED · 10-03-2004, 10:10 PM

Ok...update. I contacted Compaq's support site (because Microsoft wants $35 a pop to answer a simple fucking question) and here's what I got. They told me to do a destructive recovery. Basically it won't reformat my hard drive, but it will erase everything put on the computer since I've had it. This seems like a viable option...better than purchasing a new OS and installing it after a reformatting...but I need system recovery CDs to do it. Funny thing...I don't remember getting those when I bought the damn thing either. I could be wrong, though. All of my records and whatnot for the computer are back up in KC. *sigh* I'll have to check next weekend when I get back up there. What a fine mess of shit this all is. A big

to Comp USA and Compaq.

ebpda9 · 10-04-2004, 12:11 AM

screw that and get opera. a lot faster than IE and i never had any problems with it yet. best of all it's free(unless you don't want a banner ad)

GT40FIED · 10-04-2004, 12:37 AM

And Opera would be...?

ebpda9 · 10-04-2004, 12:40 AM

a nice internet browser.

www.opera.com

blind34_1 · 10-04-2004, 01:16 AM

Screw that and use Mozilla. A lot better than IE and best of all its free (with no banner ads)

...but I've heard Opera is okay too.
Honestly, half his problems aren't with his browser, its just OS rot. happens over time, and just a fact of running windows.

09-28-2004, 08:02 PM	#1
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	How does this work? Ok...so in my ongoing quest to kick the living shit out of all malware on my computer, I downloaded the new Adaware SE 1.05 and ran a scan on my hard drive. Suddenly I've got 300+ hits (on a deep system scan) or 145 in the "smart scan". I think "kick ass...goodbye spyware". Wrong. I got rid of it all, but then everything stopped working. I can't connect to webpages and my internet connection is virtually useless. I can't use Norton's Liveupdate or check for updates on anything that requires an internet connection. Oh...and my Outlook is useless as well. So I did a system restore...but all that did was restore all the spyware as well. So is there any way to get rid of this stuff (most of the hits were multiples from the same vendors...really only about 10 vendors or so, maybe less) and not render my computer useless? It also SIGNIFICANTLY slows down the computer as a whole after the spyware is gone and the system rebooted. Ideas? Suggestions? I'm about ready to do a reformat since I'm so sick of this shit. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

09-28-2004, 09:18 PM	#2
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 39 Posts: 7,908	ummm, best idea is to reformat. __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

09-29-2004, 06:23 AM	#3
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	sometimes the spyware binds to the network protocols and if you try to remove those it will reneder the computer useless. i had that happen to me. you can just have backups of the spyware removed and in case it fucks up you can restore it. I have yet to see a bullet proof way to remove the spyware. it can be done manually, but you really have to know what you are doing. __________________

09-29-2004, 01:04 PM	#4
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 39 Posts: 7,908	one word: REFORMAT __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

10-01-2004, 04:24 PM	#5
FlooredAccord 2nd Gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Concord, CA Age: 43 Posts: 206	No need to reformat...yet....but, do a smart scan and remove those objects. Then test your computer for normalcy. If it's ok, leave it, if not, remove all adware and then resetup the internet thing, and reinstall Norton. Do updates for everything. Might take up to 2 hrs. __________________ Here's to alcohol: The source of, and answer to, all of life's problems. -Homer Simpson What are you gonna do? Sick your dogs on me? Or your bees? Or dogs with bees in their mouth so when they bark they shoot bees at me? -Homer Simpson

10-01-2004, 05:01 PM	#6
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	Ok...how do I resetup my internet settings to get them working again after it fucks up (which it will)? __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

10-02-2004, 02:56 AM	#7
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 40 Posts: 1,813	if you've got a copy of your OS, just boot to that, and reinstall windows, but don't reformat. just choose to install over existing OS. What this does is keeps everything the same, but sort of refreshes all the major components of windows. I did this when I screwed up trying to make a dual boot system. windows wouldn't boot for anything, so i install xp over itself, and everything was fine. all my settings were fine, and my dektop looked the same as before i messed with it. really convenient if your not ready to reformat. you might want to check microsofts knowledge base for all the details (step by step) on how to do this, as i forgot the details (its not hard, though)

10-02-2004, 05:06 AM	#8
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	I actually don't have a copy of my OS. It's OEM installed so I'm shit outta luck there. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

10-03-2004, 12:45 AM	#9
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 40 Posts: 1,813	oh thats right....we've had this issue come up before...i forgot. you really need to get ahold of that... check your PM's

10-03-2004, 10:10 PM	#10
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	Ok...update. I contacted Compaq's support site (because Microsoft wants $35 a pop to answer a simple fucking question) and here's what I got. They told me to do a destructive recovery. Basically it won't reformat my hard drive, but it will erase everything put on the computer since I've had it. This seems like a viable option...better than purchasing a new OS and installing it after a reformatting...but I need system recovery CDs to do it. Funny thing...I don't remember getting those when I bought the damn thing either. I could be wrong, though. All of my records and whatnot for the computer are back up in KC. sigh I'll have to check next weekend when I get back up there. What a fine mess of shit this all is. A big to Comp USA and Compaq. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

10-04-2004, 12:11 AM	#11
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	screw that and get opera. a lot faster than IE and i never had any problems with it yet. best of all it's free(unless you don't want a banner ad) __________________

10-04-2004, 12:37 AM	#12
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	And Opera would be...? __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

10-04-2004, 12:40 AM	#13
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	a nice internet browser. www.opera.com __________________

10-04-2004, 01:16 AM	#14
blind34_1 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: IL Age: 40 Posts: 1,813	Screw that and use Mozilla. A lot better than IE and best of all its free (with no banner ads) ...but I've heard Opera is okay too. Honestly, half his problems aren't with his browser, its just OS rot. happens over time, and just a fact of running windows.

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