How do you get rid of annoying Dialers?
Zossen III
11-12-2004, 06:40
I hate these stupid dialers/spyware that continously comes up on my computer. Ad-Aware doesnt seem to get rid of them. What should I do?
Katganistan
11-12-2004, 06:42
You can give Spybot Search and Destroy a shot. Also, try using a firewall like ZoneAlarm to prevent them getting on in the first place.
Sdaeriji
11-12-2004, 06:46
Burn your computer, buy a gun, and shoot the inventor of the internet, Al Gore.
Zossen III
11-12-2004, 06:46
Spybot Search and Destroy
I tried that too.
MountAndDew
11-12-2004, 06:49
Stay off the porn sites!
Lunatic Goofballs
11-12-2004, 06:50
Devise a program that sends nasty stuff into the spyware's host computer. ;)
BLARGistania
11-12-2004, 07:30
Like an overclocking virus. It speeds up their computer till it lights on fire.
Roachsylvania
11-12-2004, 07:47
I've used HijackThis pretty successfully. Also, if you're using IE, you should switch to Opera or Firefox, you'll get a lot less spyware in the first place.
Kwaswhakistan
11-12-2004, 08:00
Stay off the porn sites!
yep, that's the best way to keep spyware and such off the comp
Actual Thinkers
11-12-2004, 08:45
I've used HijackThis pretty successfully. Also, if you're using IE, you should switch to Opera or Firefox, you'll get a lot less spyware in the first place.
Listen to this person.
Amall Madnar
11-12-2004, 08:56
SWITCH TO FIREFOX. It rules.
I find useing both ad-aware and Spybot gets 98% of all spyware... if you're still having problems, then you're infected bad... suggest a scrub of your harddrive. You got programs buried in your regestry.
THE LOST PLANET
11-12-2004, 09:11
I find useing both ad-aware and Spybot gets 98% of all spyware... if you're still having problems, then you're infected bad... suggest a scrub of your harddrive. You got programs buried in your regestry.
Didn't ad-aware switch to a complete fee for use? Another good freeware is spyware guard/spyware blaster (both from the same source) it works good with spybot and also works on mozilla/firefox.
The Mycon
11-12-2004, 09:23
I've used HijackThis pretty successfully. Also, if you're using IE, you should switch to Opera or Firefox, you'll get a lot less spyware in the first place.
Ding. PLease remember that Hijack This is intended for advanced users- if you don't know what something is, don't get rid of it.
Also, my personal additions... Security Task Manager (http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/), The Cleaner (http://www.moosoft.com/), and Norton Antivirus (Better than Symantec). All have free "trial periods," and all three are worth it. For certain situations, The Anonymizer (http://www.anonymizer.com/) also helps, but I don't recommend it.
SS DivisionViking
11-12-2004, 11:44
Ding. PLease remember that Hijack This is intended for advanced users- if you don't know what something is, don't get rid of it.
Also, my personal additions... Security Task Manager (http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/), The Cleaner (http://www.moosoft.com/), and Norton Antivirus (Better than Symantec). All have free "trial periods," and all three are worth it. For certain situations, The Anonymizer (http://www.anonymizer.com/) also helps, but I don't recommend it.
once deleted the file that authorized my version of windows then made it worse trying to fix it, had to reformate and install a completely new copy of windows. restore discs didn't work, back ups were useless, it was a miserable mess just cuz i deleted a 50k file from the system 32 file thinking it was a trojan.
Jonothana
11-12-2004, 11:53
Click the appropriate part of my sig...