Spyware Infection question/help meeee

[msanchez]

OK, so like an idiot i downloaded a supposed program to get the serial for another program, but yeah i didnt even scan it for virus/spyware. So yeah i got a shit load of spyware but managed to clean it out. But now theres this dumb wallpaper on my desktop that says "SPYWARE INFECTION" ect. I cant get the damn thing off!! the options on my desktop/control panel are totally grayed out to where i cant modify my wallpaper, and a menu wont popup when i right click on my desktop.....does anyone know how to get this crap back to normal???! please help, its freakin annoying!!!

[Jibgolly]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

save everything to disc and reformat.

[msanchez]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

save everything to disc and reformat.

aw man...thats not my only option is it??

[Jibgolly]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

probably not, but your computer is like new afterwards.

[picklemonkey]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

don't do that.

download this: http://www.sysinternals.com/Files/Autoruns.zip

unzip it and run autoruns.exe. wait for the options menu to become usable, check the "hide signed Microsoft" option or whatever it says, then go to File->Refresh. Save the log file when the options menu becomes usable again, upload it to yousendit, and shoot it to me.

[msanchez]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1YVDTGG3Q66MR0KZ58Z9Z2018Q

there it is ^

[neoee]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

I would use spybot and adaware to try and remove it, both are free. Sometimes you find spyware that is really stubborn and you just have to google the symptoms to find a solution.

[SyntaxTerror]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

Adaware and spybot won't fix this. It has already removed the spyware.

Its a registry setting to lock down windows, thats all.

[msanchez]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

Right you are syntax. Man, thanks to pickle walking me through the regedit. Shit, that totally fixed it up! Wooohoooo!

[Yao]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

Gimme 5....no, make that 15 minutes with one of those sneaky bastards that have such a non-life that they have to get their joy from fucking up other people's stuff by making a virus/worm/whatever and he won't even dare to THINK about doing it again.

Those motherfuckers just don't seem to get that it is equal to damaging my property, be it data, my car, my stereo or something else. I'm totally in for some hacker-bashing.

[rainman]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

Had the same thing happen last week. Had SpySherriff, adaware and spybot took care of it.

Gimme 5....no, make that 15 minutes with one of those sneaky bastards that have such a non-life that they have to get their joy from fucking up other people's stuff by making a virus/worm/whatever and he won't even dare to THINK about doing it again.

Those motherfuckers just don't seem to get that it is equal to damaging my property, be it data, my car, my stereo or something else. I'm totally in for some hacker-bashing.

I agree, how fucking miserable must your existence be in order to want to just sit around invent new ways to fuck up what other people work hard for!

[Kamal]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

the best / safest / fastest solution that's worked for me till date..... if you're on XP Professional, just do a system restore

[picklemonkey]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

Right you are syntax. Man, thanks to pickle walking me through the regedit. Shit, that totally fixed it up! Wooohoooo!

[Kamal]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

and pats pickles on the back.... you're good man...

[Yao]

Re: Spyware Infection question/help meeee

try hitman pro

it has a load of spyware killers in the program, you can install the ones you like...