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I have Spylocked on my computer , Can anyone recomend something to get rid of it?

Spylocked? http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/shocked005.gif

*Goes off to check wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spylocked)*

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SPYLOCKED!!!! Get away from me! Unclean! UNCLEAN!!!

*Flees*

Oh and I got MalwareWiped 6.4 .. It said that it would get rid of Spylocked:(

Spylocked? http://www.freesmileys.org/emo/shocked005.gif

*Goes off to check wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spylocked)*

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SPYLOCKED!!!! Get away from me! Unclean! UNCLEAN!!!

*Flees*

The AOL won't work for me since I don't have AOL on my computer.

Take a look at the Wikipedia article Gravlen linked, it has some solutions.

Spybot - Search and Destroy may be able to help.

Take a look at the Wikipedia article Gravlen linked, it has some solutions.

Indeed. Follow the external links. FOLLOW THEM! Do that now, then press any key.

Oh and I got MalwareWiped 6.4 .. It said that it would get rid of Spylocked:(
Lawl.

Oh well. At least you didn't get the Candlejack malware. I hear it

Indeed. Follow the external links. FOLLOW THEM! Do that now, then press any key.

Or use Spybot - S&D...

Or use Spybot - S&D...
:eek:
Why you usurper...

*Pies*
*Fights the dark side*

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Or use Spybot - S&D...

I have that aswell , I got rid of SpyLocked and I think I got rid of MalwareWiped.

I don't think I have got all of Spylocked removed because I still have icon on the toolbar which brings up pop ups and when clicked on sends me to the SpyLocked homepage. I don't know how to get rid of it since I used removespylocked4.0 on spylock but thats still there.

:eek:
Why you usurper...

*Pies*
*Fights the dark side*

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I hereby fight you with pi!
I shall recite every decimal digit that I can remember; 2^6 to be exact.
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923.

There.
:)

@Cranhadan Selective:
You lie... You must lie... Spybot - S&D cannot let someone down...
NOOOOOOO!

Hmmmm...
Three other good programs I can recommend are AVG Free Antivirus, AdAware and ZoneAlarm firewall software.
Using ZoneAlarm you can probably stop the program from automatically doing some things, which is a good start, and then you can blitz it with everything else.

I hereby fight you with pi!
I shall recite every decimal digit that I can remember; 2^6 to be exact.
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923.

There.
:)

@Cranhadan Selective:
You lie... You must lie... Spybot - S&D cannot let someone down...
NOOOOOOO!

Hmmmm...
Three other good programs I can recommend are AVG Free Antivirus, AdAware and ZoneAlarm firewall software.
Using ZoneAlarm you can probably stop the program from automatically doing some things, which is a good start, and then you can blitz it with everything else.


Funnily enough I have all the programmes you just mentioned.

Funnily enough I have all the programmes you just mentioned.

Then you are very intelligent, and must join the ruling elite of the Order of Cool Security Programs. *nods*

I tend to have two of every type of security program just to make sure. Two anti-spywares, two anti-adwares, two anti-viruses...
My laptop is more secure than Fort Knox.

Did you try them all on this malware, then?

Then you are very intelligent, and must join the ruling elite of the Order of Cool Security Programs. *nods*

I tend to have two of every type of security program just to make sure. Two anti-spywares, two anti-adwares, two anti-viruses...
My laptop is more secure than Fort Knox.

Did you try them all on this malware, then?


I tried Adaware (to no effect) I am using Spybot and Zone alarms scanning now .

I tried Adaware (to no effect) I am using Spybot and Zone alarms scanning now .

How did AVG do? I assume you've already tried it.

How did AVG do? I assume you've already tried it.

I tried It but It apears that It only scanned for Rootkits or something like that.

Try using Windows Defender...

Try using Windows Defender...

Thanks , I'll try that after I've finished scanning with Zone Alarm and Spybot.

Try using Windows Defender...

You have to be joking...
The most useless thing in history?

@CS:

Did it? That's odd.
Well, I'm out of ideas.

You could try a System Restore as a somewhat drastic solution, but they take forever...

Wow Spybots pretty good , I haven't used It in ages and It shows...

Wow Spybots pretty good , I haven't used It in ages and It shows...

Spybot is alright, I have a browser hijacker on my computer it has yet to find after several months. Ad-Aware doesn't find it either. Keeps changing my IE homepage, which would bug me if I used IE.

You have to be joking...
The most useless thing in history?

Wrong. It managed to completely remove a very invasive malware from my computer that I would have had buy a program for. AVG Anti-spyware & antivirus, Spybot S&D, and Ad-aware failed to remove it.

Wrong. It managed to completely remove a very invasive malware from my computer that I would have had buy a program for. AVG Anti-spyware & antivirus, Spybot S&D, and Ad-aware failed to remove it.

*eats his own hat*

All I can say is that I have never had any good experiences with Windows Defender...

Spybot is alright, I have a browser hijacker on my computer it has yet to find after several months. Ad-Aware doesn't find it either. Keeps changing my IE homepage, which would bug me if I used IE.

I had that once I think , It kept on changing my homepage to something like search@hand.

But still after all I've done there Is still some Spylocked on my computer !

I've never successfully removed any spyware from my computer. I've tried many of the programs you've all listed, I've even gone into safe mode and went through the resgistry to delete every instance of spyware along with the actual files... nothing.

I always resort to a full reformat. Sure it takes a whole day to reinstall everything and get back to normal, but it helps to clean up my system since I never do scandisk or defrags. I never keep anything of value on C: because I have extra hard drives and an external drive. Spyware never touches them. Back in the old days, before I had a second drive, I would burn everything onto 20 CDs once a month... Best thing to do is bite the bullet and reformat immediately, instead of wasting time trying to remove it and aggravating yourself...

I've never successfully removed any spyware from my computer. I've tried many of the programs you've all listed, I've even gone into safe mode and went through the resgistry to delete every instance of spyware along with the actual files... nothing.

I always resort to a full reformat. Sure it takes a whole day to reinstall everything and get back to normal, but it helps to clean up my system since I never do scandisk or defrags. I never keep anything of value on C: because I have extra hard drives and an external drive. Spyware never touches them. Back in the old days, before I had a second drive, I would burn everything onto 20 CDs once a month... Best thing to do is bite the bullet and reformat immediately, instead of wasting time trying to remove it and aggravating yourself...

A bit... drastic.
I personally have never had any problems getting rid of any type of malware on those rare occasions it gets on to my laptop.

*eats his own hat*

All I can say is that I have never had any good experiences with Windows Defender...

Bwhahahaha!

I shall graciously accept your defeat, good sah! I shall be the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry to your Ensign Battier - except of course you shall be spared a horswhipping. But I hope you have leaned your lesson. Cup of tea?

A bit... drastic.
Nah thats nothing. I replaced Windows with Ubuntu Linux. Can't get anymore drastic then removing Windows completely.:p

Bwhahahaha!

I shall graciously accept your defeat, good sah! I shall be the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry to your Ensign Battier - except of course you shall be spared a horswhipping. But I hope you have leaned your lesson. Cup of tea?

Hey, hey, hey! I lost to him; not you!
n^x = ((a√)n)^(ax)

Let's see you fight that!
Although admittedly it's so blindingly obvious that even a year two could understand it...

Nah thats nothing. I replaced Windows with Ubuntu Linux. Can't get anymore drastic then removing Windows completely.:p

No, replacing Windows with Linux isn't drastic, it's common sense.
I just need to get around to making my laptop dual boot XP and Ubuntu.

I have Spylocked on my computer , Can anyone recomend something to get rid of it?

Several good programs have been listed, such as Spybot Search and Destroy, and Ad-aware.

I also recommend Avira Antivir. It's a German program, though they have a flawless English version. I find it works better than almost any antivirus program, free or bought.

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

(That URL is moronic, I know...what were they thinking?)

You're obviously having problems due to the trojan virus that first installed Spylock. The other programs will remove Spylock, but that does you no good if the virus'll just reinstall it again.

Funnily enough I have all the programmes you just mentioned.How many programmes have you -allowed- with Zone?

I think I had that!

Got rid of it using AdAware.

I think I had that!

Got rid of it using AdAware.

I suggested AdAware earlier; apparently he'd already tried it and it failed.

I suggested AdAware earlier; apparently he'd already tried it and it failed.

Ah.

Damn..

Ah.

Damn..

Yep.
I threw every good program I could think of at him.

Yep.
I threw every good program I could think of at him.

Hm..

What if he tried it in safe mode?

Hm..

What if he tried it in safe mode?

Now there's an idea...
OI! CS! If you can hear me shouting at my laptop from all the way in the UK to wherever you live, try safe mode!
And thank/blame Ruffy if it works/doesn't!

Nah thats nothing. I replaced Windows with Ubuntu Linux. Can't get anymore drastic then removing Windows completely.:p

Oh yes you can. linux from scratch (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/). :D

Spybot - Search and Destroy may be able to help.

thats what I got when I had spylocked...sorted it out straight away

I have that aswell , I got rid of SpyLocked and I think I got rid of MalwareWiped.

I don't think I have got all of Spylocked removed because I still have icon on the toolbar which brings up pop ups and when clicked on sends me to the SpyLocked homepage. I don't know how to get rid of it since I used removespylocked4.0 on spylock but thats still there.


first, read up here: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm which should help you block certain sites from ever loading in your browser.

Then after running spybot and adaware and getting rid of everything they can get rid of (you might have to do it in safe mode), make sure that there isnt anything in the startup section in the system configuration utility (start -> run -> type in msconfig -> click ok) that shouldn't be there. You can find otu by Googling all teh files shown. YOu can disable the entire set if you want.

Lastly: http://www.pcontech.com/spyware/remove/spylocked-remove.htm

thats what I got when I had spylocked...sorted it out straight away

At least you've learned to use protection, and to avoid those casual one-night surfs ;)

Oh yes you can. linux from scratch (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/). :D
Or, y'know, machine coding your OS from a blank bios. Like they did back in my day. You youngins have it easy. *Grumble*

spybot search and destroy is completely free its run by donations...and it completely removes all trojans and spy sofware from your comp...it doesnt just block them and ask you to subscribe

At least you've learned to use protection, and to avoid those casual one-night surfs ;)

ha dee har har...im the one line king...stop trying to make me look bad ;)