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In my foolishness, I downloaded something that turned into a spyware program. It's becoming more serious by the minute. I've got the newest version of Ad-Aware running as well as the Windows Defender program, but I came here for other options in case these are unsuccessful in purging my computer of this crap. I need help from all geeky computer nerds who know everything about this stuff. I thank you in advance, of course.

Try Spybot: Search and Destroy as well -- and I'd download the trial of Counterspy and run that. Ad-Aware, Spybot and Counterspy together have cleared my computer off squeaky clean.

Try Spybot: Search and Destroy as well -- and I'd download the trial of Counterspy and run that. Ad-Aware, Spybot and Counterspy together have cleared my computer off squeaky clean.
Follow Kat's advice.

Of course, Spybot. I keep forgetting to download that. I've not heard of Counterspy, but I'll get on it immediately. Thanks. Any other help would also be appreciated.

Upgrade to a Mac.

:)


EDIT Sorry... I realize that was not helpful... I was attempting to inject some levity, but it might have been inappropriate timing. Good luck with your problem.

Spybot is fantastic. Saved my computer on more than one occasion.

I've not heard of Counterspy, but I'll get on it immediately.

www.sunbelt-software.com

Upgrade to a Mac.

:)


EDIT Sorry... I realize that was not helpful... I was attempting to inject some levity, but it might have been inappropriate timing. Good luck with your problem.
Nah, it helps. Still, I wish I didn't have to reconnect to the internet to nab this stuff: the spyware is gaining reinforcements. >_O

Follow Kat's advice.
Seconded

After that looking at possibly euido then a good hijackthis and or registry clean

But try kats first ... a solid first second and third step

Upgrade to a Mac.

:)


EDIT Sorry... I realize that was not helpful... I was attempting to inject some levity, but it might have been inappropriate timing. Good luck with your problem.
Pfft better yet ... use the OS that mac half assed ripped off for their OS, FreeBSD

Pfft better yet ... use the OS that mac half assed ripped off for their OS, FreeBSD
Yeah, like anyone one this forum besides you could get FreeBSD going. PC-BSD, maybe.

Seconded

After that looking at possibly euido then a good hijackthis and or registry clean

But try kats first ... a solid first second and third step
Links to those would be appreciated, Mr. Thrust.

As for "upgrading" to a Mac...my computer is first and foremost a gaming machine. That means it needs Windows. It is second an internet machine, and using Firefox is good enough. I rarely if ever have problems like this, and it was only one idiotic mistake that cost me. I'll need to be even more vigilant in the future.

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And have a talk with my little brother...it was trying to find something for him that I ran into this...get him to appreciate me a little more...>_>

Links to those would be appreciated, Mr. Thrust.

As for "upgrading" to a Mac...my computer is first and foremost a gaming machine. That means it needs Windows. It is second an internet machine, and using Firefox is good enough. I rarely if ever have problems like this, and it was only one idiotic mistake that cost me. I'll need to be even more vigilant in the future.

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And have a talk with my little brother...it was trying to find something for him that I ran into this...get him to appreciate me a little more...>_>
What you need is Ubuntu and Caderga.:P

Just keep Windows, and be more carefull in the future.

Spyware Blaster and Spyware Guard are designed to work with Spybot (I run all three and virtually nothing gets by). You can download freeware versions at Major Geeks.

SHIT. Anyone know what this Spy Falcon crap is? It's acting like a spyware scanner itself. I know for a fact I didn't download it. Graaah.

Upgrade to a Mac.

:)


EDIT Sorry... I realize that was not helpful... I was attempting to inject some levity, but it might have been inappropriate timing. Good luck with your problem.A Mac would be good but if you live in a town of less than 15000, where are you going to find a local computer retailer that services Apple products?

Btw try "Hijack this", it's a very good spyware removal tool. If you don't know how to use it, get somebody who knows. :)

SHIT. Anyone know what this Spy Falcon crap is? It's acting like a spyware scanner itself. I know for a fact I didn't download it. Graaah.
DON'T FUCKING TOUCH IT!

SHIT. Anyone know what this Spy Falcon crap is? It's acting like a spyware scanner itself. I know for a fact I didn't download it. Graaah.
NO TOUCHY!!!

You may be looking at a virus rather then spyware ... we are seing it here out of several different virus releases

SHIT. Anyone know what this Spy Falcon crap is? It's acting like a spyware scanner itself. I know for a fact I didn't download it. Graaah.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/spyfalcon.html

What you need is Ubuntu and Caderga.:P

Just keep Windows, and be more carefull in the future.
Hey did you see that suposedly Fedora Core5 has GL X support!

http://news.com.com/Red%20Hats%20Fedora%205%20boosts%20desktop%20features/2100-7344_3-6052400.html?tag=nefd.top

HijackThis is also useful for identification purposes. Post a log of it on a tech forum and you're bound to get detailed intructions on how to manually eliminate spyware that Spybot and other programs fail to pick up.

Oh, and while scanning/cleaning with Spybot, it helps to be in safe mode. Press f8 after restarting your computer.

http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php

Lastly, I recommend AntiVir Xp, a free virus protection program that is nonintrusive and uses very little system resources, unlike the Norton hog.

http://www.free-av.com/

Hey did you see that suposedly Fedora Core5 has GL X support!

http://news.com.com/Red%20Hats%20Fedora%205%20boosts%20desktop%20features/2100-7344_3-6052400.html?tag=nefd.top
Yeah I've heard of AIGLX, and I honestly hope it either fails horribly or takes the Linux world by storm (which is starting to look impossible. There are three versions of GL X (the original XGL, RedHat's AIGLX, and Mandriva is supposedly working on their own version). The three standards is prolly going to cause allthree versions to be missing a feature that the other has. I hope XGL wins (which is the way things look now) but I am not a big fan of Fedora (Mandriva looks like it is starting to get left behind as a distro). I tried Fedora 5, it was pretty, but hardware detection was lame and RPM sucks. I should mention though that I tried Test 3, not the release.

Wow. That was much longer than expected.

Yeah I've heard of AIGLX, and I honestly hope it either fails horribly or takes the Linux world by storm (which is starting to look impossible. There are three versions of GL X (the original XGL, RedHat's AIGLX, and Mandriva is supposedly working on their own version). The three standards is prolly going to cause allthree versions to be missing a feature that the other has. I hope XGL wins (which is the way things look now) but I am not a big fan of Fedora (Mandriva looks like it is starting to get left behind as a distro). I tried Fedora 5, it was pretty, but hardware detection was lame and RPM sucks. I should mention though that I tried Test 3, not the release.

Wow. That was much longer than expected.
I happen to agree just caught it in the news

Such a hog but I was hoping it moves beyond there

Personally I am a FreeBSD Ubuntu fan (depending on the purpose)

Though I just caught wind of this with ubuntu

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/34606

Dapper is suposed to get rid of that problem though

A Mac would be good but if you live in a town of less than 15000, where are you going to find a local computer retailer that services Apple products?

Well, I have been a Mac person for about 15 years, and in all that time have only had to go for service twice. Once a key had popped off the keyboard, and it turns out I could have fixed that myself. The other time, the power cord had fried itself, and when I went to see about getting a replacement, I had to order one directly from Apple anyway.

So I guess I will stick with Macs. :)

I happen to agree just caught it in the news

Such a hog but I was hoping it moves beyond there

Personally I am a FreeBSD Ubuntu fan (depending on the purpose)

Though I just caught wind of this with ubuntu

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/34606

Dapper is suposed to get rid of that problem though
Tried the coommands with my Dapper. All came back with "Permission Denied."

Tried the coommands with my Dapper. All came back with "Permission Denied."
Cool sounds good I am still in breezy till after the lan this weekend (got my box set as a firewall / filtering nat gateway) so I can filter out filesharing to the internet connection here


After that I have some time to mess with it

Cool sounds good I am still in breezy till after the lan this weekend (got my box set as a firewall / filtering nat gateway) so I can filter out filesharing to the internet connection here


After that I have some time to mess with it
I've found it to be much better then the last Beta for Breezy.

I've found it to be much better then the last Beta for Breezy.
Sweet ... I just dont want to fuck with it only two days before the lan lol I got 100 people relying on me

Nortons is pretty good. Unfortunately, unlike spybot, it does cost ya.

Nortons is pretty good. Unfortunately, unlike spybot, it does cost ya.
I dont mind norton
We use symantec on campus

If you want a one time stand alone scanner
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp

Sysclean is amazing ... but it does not provide active protection for the free version

Sweet ... I just dont want to fuck with it only two days before the lan lol I got 100 people relying on me
You prolly will (EDIT: have to mess with it). I had to mess with xorg.conf to get X to run. Ubuntu seem to be one of the few distros that won't use vesa as default for my graphics card.

Try Spybot: Search and Destroy as well -- and I'd download the trial of Counterspy and run that. Ad-Aware, Spybot and Counterspy together have cleared my computer off squeaky clean.

I've deployed counterspy in my company. Good program! Spybot is good as well!

You prolly will (EDIT: have to mess with it). I had to mess with xorg.conf to get X to run. Ubuntu seem to be one of the few distros that won't use vesa as default for my graphics card.
Hmmm I may have to corner you on the changes you made cause mine is having the same problem on my laptop

I have a compaq v2000 that has an ATI 200M graphics card but it is trying to use the ATI standard (and kernel buffer) so x wont start up it just errors out

I just have never set it back to vessa before lol I do a lot of server stuff but this "gui" stuff is fairly new to me in comparison lol

Hmmm I may have to corner you on the changes you made cause mine is having the same problem on my laptop

I have a compaq v2000 that has an ATI 200M graphics card but it is trying to use the ATI standard (and kernel buffer) so x wont start up it just errors out

I just have never set it back to vessa before lol I do a lot of server stuff but this "gui" stuff is fairly new to me in comparison lol
I used a MEPIS live CD to do it. Prolly be easier with KNOPPIX though (faster boot time).

I used a MEPIS live CD to do it. Prolly be easier with KNOPPIX though (faster boot time).
Hmmm well when my X trys to start it fails out after the third time and I can get into in text mode.

So I could edit whatever without booting to a seperate OS

Hmmm well when my X trys to start it fails out after the third time and I can get into in text mode.

So I could edit whatever without booting to a seperate OS
I was just to dumb to boot into text mode. That was the difficult part to. The rest is much easier.

I was just to dumb to boot into text mode. That was the difficult part to. The rest is much easier.
Well cutie if you run into the directions again TG them my way sometime :)

Well cutie if you run into the directions again TG them my way sometime :)
All you have to do is edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf Somewhere down the list it will say

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. ATI Default Card"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

Just replace "ati" with "vesa" so it looks like so:

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. ATI Default Card"
Driver "vesa"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

and you should be good. Note: The identifier may be different. You could also try installing with the boot option "xdrvr:vesa", although I did not try it.

Is that TG enough for ya? Ever since I've been the champ...

EDIT:Cutie? Who are you trying to fool.

All you have to do is edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf Somewhere down the list it will say

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. ATI Default Card"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

Just replace "ati" with "vesa" so it looks like so:

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. ATI Default Card"
Driver "vesa"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

and you should be good. Note: The identifier may be different. You could also try installing with the boot option "xdrvr:vesa", although I did not try it.

Is that TG enough for ya? Ever since I've been the champ...

EDIT:Cutie? Who are you trying to fool.


Thank ya :) kindly I am going to have to book mark this and get to it tomarrow on my day off

BTW this is what I love about most *nix users

While sometimes we act snooty to non users once someone tries we relize that even advanced users need some good directions every once and awhile

The OS is just so massive you can be a master of one thing and a novice of another

BTW this is what I love about most *nix users

While sometimes we act snooty to non users once someone tries we relize that even advanced users need some good directions every once and awhile

The OS is just so massive you can be a master of one thing and a novice of another
I've noticed that, too. Also, we are quick to give directions when a *nix god needs directions, but a total noob gets told "Google" about five times before anyone helps.

I've noticed that, too. Also, we are quick to give directions when a *nix god needs directions, but a total noob gets told "Google" about five times before anyone helps.
Lol thats cause we know that the advanced user spent some time earlier puzzling it out

Lol

Alway easier to help someone that helps themselfs aswell

Lol thats cause we know that the advanced user spent some time earlier puzzling it out

Lol

Alway easier to help someone that helps themselfs aswell
Never thought of that before, but it is probably true for many people.

I thought some of it was that people know that said god would easily be able to help with their future problems. Kind of a "I scratched your back, could you scrath mine?" type of thing.

Never thought of that before, but it is probably true for many people.

I thought some of it was that people know that said god would easily be able to help with their future problems. Kind of a "I scratched your back, could you scrath mine?" type of thing.
Most deffinatly I spent a lot of time looking stuff up for projects for classmates and such

In fact I am doing a grad project for a bunch of undergrads that is ... intensive

We give back to thoes that help :)

One of the things I do to deal with spyware is hit CTRL ALT DEL and look at what is running. If there's something I don't recognise that's eating a lot of resources I note it down, and end task it. If that stops the trouble, I use the search tool to find it in my computer and rub it out mafia style.

Nah, it helps. Still, I wish I didn't have to reconnect to the internet to nab this stuff: the spyware is gaining reinforcements. >_O

I assume you do not have a Knoppix cd lying around ? If you do, just boot into knoppix, download all the stuff for windows you need in it, save it to a FAT partition (or NTFS if you are willing to take the risk), pull out the internetconnection and reboot into windows.

AVG/ad-aware combo is the way to go. Throw in ewido if things get bad and hijackthis if it gets nasty.

Most deffinatly I spent a lot of time looking stuff up for projects for classmates and such

In fact I am doing a grad project for a bunch of undergrads that is ... intensive

We give back to thoes that help :)
Sounds like fun! :)

BTW, which arch of Ubuntu do you run? I tried the AMD64, but it wouldn't even make it to the Human Installer Splash. So I am stuck with the x86 version right now.

Damn I hate this kind of crap. I wish I could break into their offices and smash their computers.

Sounds like fun! :)

BTW, which arch of Ubuntu do you run? I tried the AMD64, but it wouldn't even make it to the Human Installer Splash. So I am stuck with the x86 version right now.
At work I am runing the PPC (old g4) Version and X86 and home I have an X86

I dont remember what I tried both on my laptop (Turion so 64)

I did get farther with the x86

On my dual opteron I finaly got the FreeBSD 64 but X win looks wierd ... I got to figure that out

It looks "grainy" not like low res but like a bad pic

At work I am runing the PPC (old g4) Version and X86 and home I have an X86

I dont remember what I tried both on my laptop (Turion so 64)

I did get farther with the x86

On my dual opteron I finaly got the FreeBSD 64 but X win looks wierd ... I got to figure that out

It looks "grainy" not like low res but like a bad pic
I'm trying to see if I can get ATI's FireGlide driver to work with both my graphics Radeon X1800 and x.org 7. FireGlide was built for 6.8.2, but it fully supported my card on MEPIS! I doubt it will work.

I would use a anti-spyware program called Pest Patrol... so far nothing I've encountered has had a standing chance against it... : )

I assume you do not have a Knoppix cd lying around ? If you do, just boot into knoppix, download all the stuff for windows you need in it, save it to a FAT partition (or NTFS if you are willing to take the risk), pull out the internetconnection and reboot into windows.
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I have no idea what any of that crap meant. I act like a computer genius most of the time, but truth is I could barely hack my way out of a paper bag, let alone save my computer from spyware.

Took me ages just to get back on here. Nothing I've tried works. Everything Spybot finishes a scan and tries to fix the problem, it crashes. Counterspy has even been giving me loads of problems during a scan: click anywhere on the window and it gives me a nice little pop-up saying "Please wait while Counter-spy is working..." Ad-aware, as nice a warrior as it tries to be, barely detected anything at all. From what Counter-spy has detected, however, there are a couple of backdoor programs. I almost wonder if I'm fighting against an actual hacker here...except most of that time I kept my internet connection off to keep the spyware from calling in more reinforcements. I'm going to try a couple of these other programs now, and if anyone has any other suggestions, do please let me know. By the way, if you do have a program suggestion, please link me to it from now on. Saves me the trouble of having to try searching for it online. Graaaah, but this is irritating. I do thank all of you for the help you've given me so far. With any luck, I'll break this stand-off and defeat this shit.

I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned Webroot SpySweeper,i've been using it for a couple of years now and it hasn't let me down yet. Also Webroot Window Washer is a good application as well.

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I have no idea what any of that crap meant. I act like a computer genius most of the time, but truth is I could barely hack my way out of a paper bag, let alone save my computer from spyware.

Knoppix is a full linux distribution that runs entirely from cd. It does not need to be installed and tends to work on an impressive variety of hardware.
This makes it an ideal rescue disk. You just put it in the cdrom drive, reboot your system - instructing it to boot from cdrom - and voila: you are working in knoppix. Which has no spyware problem, so can connect to the internet freely. Which means you can easily download all those fancy windows tools you need without giving those pesky virusses and trojans internet access.

NTFS and FAT are names of filesystems: the way your operating system is actually capable of finding files on your harddrive. NTFS is modern and the default for windows xp - but it is also "closed", which means microsoft refuses to tell people how it works. This of course makes it somewhat hard to write to an NTFS filesystem if you are not using windows... though clever people have managed to get quite far in figuring it out.

FAT is older, but understood by almost every operating system.

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I have no idea what any of that crap meant. I act like a computer genius most of the time, but truth is I could barely hack my way out of a paper bag, let alone save my computer from spyware.

Took me ages just to get back on here. Nothing I've tried works. Everything Spybot finishes a scan and tries to fix the problem, it crashes. Counterspy has even been giving me loads of problems during a scan: click anywhere on the window and it gives me a nice little pop-up saying "Please wait while Counter-spy is working..." Ad-aware, as nice a warrior as it tries to be, barely detected anything at all. From what Counter-spy has detected, however, there are a couple of backdoor programs. I almost wonder if I'm fighting against an actual hacker here...except most of that time I kept my internet connection off to keep the spyware from calling in more reinforcements. I'm going to try a couple of these other programs now, and if anyone has any other suggestions, do please let me know. By the way, if you do have a program suggestion, please link me to it from now on. Saves me the trouble of having to try searching for it online. Graaaah, but this is irritating. I do thank all of you for the help you've given me so far. With any luck, I'll break this stand-off and defeat this shit.

I tried a few approaches when one of these spy-trojans got into my machine a few weeks back. None of it helped, except to cut off bits... like beheading a hydra.

In the end, I burned all my esential files to cd, and reformatted.

Run a combination of

1) Spybot Search & Destroy (Gets shit off your PC and also blocks known shit)

2) Ad-Aware SE Personal (Gets shit off your PC)

3) Spyware Blaster (Blocks known shit)

4) Get a decent AV (Can't really recommend AntiVirus any longer since it doesn't run on engine properly after version 7 got out - but it is an alternative to expensive ones 'cause it's free and runs well on XP)

5) Sygate Personal Firewall (while the hardware firewalls on routers help keep things out, a software firewall let's you monitor webtraffic and prohibits programs from going rogue on the net)

Good luck!!!

Oh, and Kat - thanks for the hint with Spyware Guard, just downloaded that after your recommandation ;)

Upgrade to a Mac.

:)


EDIT Sorry... I realize that was not helpful... I was attempting to inject some levity, but it might have been inappropriate timing. Good luck with your problem.
Do that.


Other than that, can't you restore to before you got the spyware?


And to the FreeBSD guy, you can't rip off what's free. In anycase, in order to use FreeBSD you have to learn a whole new non GUI interface. This will take months and will probably result in this guy posting thread after thread asking for help... Or he can get a Mac, be up and using it in a couple hours and eliminate 99% of hos problems while maintaining far more compatibility with Windows than by moving to straight *ix iteration.

Well, what news can you report back to us?

BTW, here are all the links you asked for and might need:

Spybot Search & Destroy 1.4
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html

SpywareBlaster 3.5.1
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

SpywareGuard 2.2
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html

AntiVir 7.0
(WARNING: OTHER ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE MUST NOT BE INSTALLED WHEN INSTALLING!
It will most likely lead to system crashes because they get in each others way...)
http://www.free-av.com/

Sygate Personal Firewall 5.6
http://www.chip.de/downloads/c1_downloads_13002710.html

Spybot is fantastic. Saved my computer on more than one occasion.
Is it for free?

Is it for free?
Sure is! Link provided above...

Sure is! Link provided above...
Goodgood. I have some annoying adware that needs utter destruction!!!!!!
Blood will flow like wine!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAAA........*coughcoughcoughcough*

What news? Not fantastic. I've nixed a lot of it, but the main thing that's downloaded all the stuff still hasn't been killed. It is a Vcodec: there were two, and while I killed one, the other is embedded in the memory and can't be wiped. What I need to do is start the computer in safe mode, but nothing I do at startup will put it in safe mode. Is there a way to tell the computer to reboot into safe mode directly from Windows? Methinks that's all I need to wipe the last vestiges of this stuff.

Please, someone answer that. I do need the response. =/

Is there a way to tell the computer to reboot into safe mode directly from Windows? Methinks that's all I need to wipe the last vestiges of this stuff.
Yes. There is a way. I just don't know what it is.

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Damn. -_-

Okay, I google'd a bit. I've got a method I'm gonna try here...I'll report back to let you peeps know if I succeeded or failed.

Failure is not an option!!!

First, have the latest Norton Anti Virus..obviously.

Second, Ad-aware. Run these weekly, if not more.

And when things get super nasty Ewido, then Hijack this. I suggest Ewido. Has helped me whenever I have a problem. But, Norton has always stopped stuff. I got a Trojan on one of my other computers because I was foolish and was not running Norton or Ad-aware.

Good luck:)

I'm trying to see if I can get ATI's FireGlide driver to work with both my graphics Radeon X1800 and x.org 7. FireGlide was built for 6.8.2, but it fully supported my card on MEPIS! I doubt it will work.
Yeah I am running a 9600XT in my ubuntu box as is and an X850pro in my desktop

I've got that Firewall running: thus far it's been fantastic at keeping anything new from being downloaded, so I've got that at least. Safe mode attempts have had a 100% rate...of failure. -_-

I also nabbed that Antivir software: been somewhat useful, though its scan rate is atrocious. I think I'll try Ewido next. My problem now seems to be more trojan related than anything else.

By the way, formatting my hard drive is not an option. I've got over 90 gigs worth of stuff I can't afford to lose on here.

Stop Going To Porn Sites :D

Stop Going To Porn Sites :D

:confused:

I have no idea what you're talking about.

On a serious note: As I said in the beginning, it was a foolish mistake of mine. I was trying to find a specific program--one that was incredibly difficult to find--and in my ignorance downloaded something that was actually a trojan in disguise. As nothing happened immediately apart from the "application" failing to work, which only made me mildly suspicious, I just moved on. I did find what I was looking for eventually. It wasn't until yesterday that problems erupted.

:confused:

I have no idea what you're talking about.

On a serious note: As I said in the beginning, it was a foolish mistake of mine. I was trying to find a specific program--one that was incredibly difficult to find--and in my ignorance downloaded something that was actually a trojan in disguise. As nothing happened immediately apart from the "application" failing to work, which only made me mildly suspicious, I just moved on. I did find what I was looking for eventually. It wasn't until yesterday that problems erupted.

Just out of idle curiosity, what program were you looking for?

It was an old freeware game. I can't remember the name of it at the moment, unfortunately. =/

What news? Not fantastic. I've nixed a lot of it, but the main thing that's downloaded all the stuff still hasn't been killed. It is a Vcodec: there were two, and while I killed one, the other is embedded in the memory and can't be wiped. What I need to do is start the computer in safe mode, but nothing I do at startup will put it in safe mode. Is there a way to tell the computer to reboot into safe mode directly from Windows? Methinks that's all I need to wipe the last vestiges of this stuff.
MAsh all the F-Key except F1 during startup. Methinks F3 is the one you want but, its been a while since I have needed it. _AFTER_ you try that(and it fails) resart your computer and press the power button on your tower(prolly have to hold it) while Windows is still loading. It will be a bit rough on your hardware, but will give you the option to boot to safemode.

Yeah I am running a 9600XT in my ubuntu box as is and an X850pro in my desktop
Didn't work (suprise, suprise). Now on a fresh Ubuntu install (the last one lasted 6 hours:))

MAsh all the F-Key except F1 during startup. Methinks F3 is the one you want but, its been a while since I have needed it. _AFTER_ you try that(and it fails) resart your computer and press the power button on your tower(prolly have to hold it) while Windows is still loading. It will be a bit rough on your hardware, but will give you the option to boot to safemode.


Didn't work (suprise, suprise). Now on a fresh Ubuntu install (the last one lasted 6 hours:))
Yeah when I was trying to get my new dual proc machine up it went through like 6 installs

Turned out to be a bios issue rather then *nix Nforce driver problems (it was hanging on device install Nforce drivers)

The new bios update got it though lol

Yeah when I was trying to get my new dual proc machine up it went through like 6 installs

Turned out to be a bios issue rather then *nix Nforce driver problems (it was hanging on device install Nforce drivers)

The new bios update got it though lol
Well, Ubuntu's modified fglrx driver works fine for the X850 and previous, but any of the X1x00 arch cards, and the ATI version causes the system to lock up while loading the essential drivers at startup(even when system is set to use vesa).

Looks like I am going to have to wait to use XGL :(.

EDIT:My BIOS is only a month old, but since my mobo was released in January there may be a newer BIOS for it. However the board has already been replaced with its upgrade and they may not be working on newer BIOS's for it.

Anyone know a Linux Driver that supports five mouse buttons? The one I use now doesn't recongise the fifth and fourth buttons (which was better than SuSE's driver which assigned Left and Right to them, which was a minor pain).

Why don't you try booting your machine from the Windows-CD. That should work and it wouldn't need to access the files on your HD.

Then run all the anti-spyware proggies and that might just do the trick!

Keep us updated!

:D

I HAVE SUCCEEDED!

*orchestral victory music plays in backround as he speaks*

It was a long battle, fought over many days. We inched back and forth over puny amounts of territory...they called reinforcement after reinforcement, but my warriors would not give up! In the end, we cut them off and eliminated the last of them all. It was glorious. I am personally adding a letter of commendation to the files of each of my warriors.

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Okay, on a more serious note: It was the firewall and Spywareblaster combined that enabled me to cut off the trojan's download capability. After that, it was just a matter of letting Antivir clean up the rest.

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I might want to disable that "Scan every thirty minutes" option I put into Antivir, though...this thing requires manual input for every virus/whatever detected, so it kinda kept running more and more checks on top of each otheruntil my computer almost exploded from the memory usage... >_>

Of course, Spybot. I keep forgetting to download that. I've not heard of Counterspy, but I'll get on it immediately. Thanks. Any other help would also be appreciated.

If you want to REALLY clean it, reinstall your operating system. Put all items on a floppy disk, USB stick or email to yourself.

If you want to REALLY clean it, reinstall your operating system. Put all items on a floppy disk, USB stick or email to yourself.
First...*points to post before yours*

Second...

Also, reformatting is not an option. I've got over 90 gigs worth of stuff I can't afford to lose.

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I HAVE SUCCEEDED!

Congratulations! A glorious moment indeed!

I was hoping you'd be able to come back. :D

Yay! I'd give you a cookie, but thats way too dangerous..