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post #1 of 35
8/7/04 at 10:52pm
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Ok guys - I've been working hours on end trying to rid my 5690 of pop-up ads from something (spyware or virus I guess) that I acquired within the last couple of days. I've ran Adaware and Spybot a billion times as I am trying to keep spyware off my computer. However I still get a few popups and really need to get rid of them totally.

Any ideas? I've read about SpySweeper - so maybe I should buy that? Could the popups be from a virus? I've run AVG and Avast and it appears to be clean. One funny thing happened though - I had a window pop up out of the blue from AVG's resident shield saying that it detected the Trojan worm virus or something in the "System Information" folders and that I should run AVG to get rid of it. When I ran AVG though, it did not detect it!!

Anyway - the popups I am getting now are mostly the same ones (about 3 different ones pop up from time to time). So if I know the web address that pops up, is there any way to block it? For example, this one likes to pop up every 45 mins or so:

http://adv1.eblocs.com/spyblocs/adv/dmedi_002.html

I run Google toolbar pop up blocker too, but it isn't stopping these.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!!
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post #2 of 35
8/7/04 at 11:02pm
Windows Messenger service maybe?

(not to be confused with MSN Messenger of course)
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post #3 of 35
8/7/04 at 11:05pm
abstinence
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post #4 of 35
8/7/04 at 11:29pm
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Originally Posted by darthmorgoth
abstinence
HAHAHAH! i think thats whats getting him in trouble!! lay off the porn, get a significant other to do the work for you, and download CWShredder from download.com.
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post #5 of 35
8/7/04 at 11:39pm
say NO to pr0n!

http://www.no-porn.com/
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post #6 of 35
8/7/04 at 11:44pm

Spyware

I wouldn't download other types of anti-spyware software.

Stick to the basics and just use Adaware- just update the engine before running it and make sure you check the boxes of what to remove after doing a search (the free version doesn't automatically check the boxes- you have to do it manually)

There are other spyware programs out there which actually INCREASE your spyware. They just use spy-killer names to promote the product.

Good luck on this one- this is my biggest problem as the company I.T. guy and I'm constantly adding sites to the firewall.
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post #7 of 35
8/8/04 at 12:02am
Thread Starter 
Here's another that keeps popping up:

http://www.automotive.com/redir/newc...93&kw_camp=ron

How can I block these sites??
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post #8 of 35
8/8/04 at 1:42am
Try using something like Firefox that has a built in pop up blocker. You can specify safe sites that are allowed to show you pop ups (say like Amazon.com) but it's pretty good at blocking everything else.
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post #9 of 35
8/8/04 at 1:42am
Use Mozilla Firefox web browser
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post #10 of 35
8/8/04 at 1:48am
http://www.freewebs.com/xerogrid/projects.htm
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post #11 of 35
8/8/04 at 1:50am
start-->settings-->control panel-->Add/Remove Programs

Uninstall anything that you dont know what it is.
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post #12 of 35
8/8/04 at 1:51am
Go to start-->run-->"services.msc"-->Messenger Service (right click-->properties-->change dropdown menu to "disable")
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post #13 of 35
8/8/04 at 1:58am
post a list of all your processes.
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post #14 of 35
8/8/04 at 8:32am

popups

Go to www.cexx.org. Read the sticky to get the correct downloads. Run the programs listed, copy to the board and they'll tell you what you got and how to get rid of it.

Free service by a group of IT professionals.
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post #15 of 35
8/8/04 at 12:08pm
Thread Starter 
Dallasstar: When I go to services.msc, there is an item listed as "messenger", but there is not item titled "messenger service". Should I disable "messenger" ?

As far as my processess, here they are:
avgw.exe
iexplore.exe
soundman.exe
avgcc32.exe
zlclient.exe
taskmgr.exe
qttask.exe
Realmon.exe
InCD.exe
SynTPEnh.exe
SynTPLpr.exe
atiptaxx.exe
spoolsv.exe
explorer.exe
svchost.exe (4 listings of this one)
Inodist.exe
ati2evxx.exe
vsmon.exe
lsass.exe
services.exe
winlogon.exe
csrss.exe
smss.exe
rcHost.exe
LogWatNT.exe
InoTask.exe
InoRT.exe
InoRpc.exe
incdsrv.ece
cvpnd.exe
cam.exe
avgserv.exe
alg.exe
slserv.exe
rundll32.exe
System
System Idle Process
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post #16 of 35
8/8/04 at 5:59pm
OMFG that is allot of crap running
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post #17 of 35
8/8/04 at 6:11pm
Disable the messager that you found and that may help.
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post #18 of 35
8/8/04 at 6:15pm
that is a lot of stuff running. try this site and it will explain what each process is. end the ones you do not need. you can also use the list on the site to figure out what you can disable on your msconfig/startup.

http://answersthatwork.com/ (hit the 'task list' button),
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post #19 of 35
8/8/04 at 6:37pm
www.winpatrol.com
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post #20 of 35
8/8/04 at 6:47pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by thenoser
that is a lot of stuff running. try this site and it will explain what each process is. end the ones you do not need. you can also use the list on the site to figure out what you can disable on your msconfig/startup.

http://answersthatwork.com/ (hit the 'task list' button),
Thats a great site! Man I really learned alot about all the services that are running on my computer. Great find!
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