davieG Posted 9 July 2005 Posted 9 July 2005 I seem to have picked up some sort of adware bug, with pop ups coming thick and fast, ironically mostly selling anti adware software. I also cannot reset my home page on internet explorer as it keeps defaulting to blank.com. Ive got Norton Antivirus and Firewall. Spybot and Ad-Aware SE as well as WinCleaner and CCleaner. Does anyone know of any other freebie adware killer software I can download. Any advice on the Internet Explorer home page would be appreciated as well.
Mark Posted 9 July 2005 Posted 9 July 2005 AVG is your best bet ^ Internet Explorer is the spawn of Satan Try Firefox
Benji Posted 9 July 2005 Posted 9 July 2005 it's not aurora is it mate? i had it and know how to get rid of it so if it is let me know
City Fan Posted 9 July 2005 Posted 9 July 2005 When I get Ad-ware which I can't get rid of, for example Aurora, I shoved it into Google and found that I needed to get another piece of software specifically for that ad-ware. Downloaded it, got rid of it. Try that? Or if you give us more details I will look round for you.
kenny Posted 9 July 2005 Posted 9 July 2005 spybot is good, as is microsofts anti-spyware program, a-squared trojan remover is also useful, bit of advice they tend to hide a file that installs it all once removed. So it is best to restart in safe mode then run all your spyware/virus programs there, it helps to get rid. (im speaking from experience BTW, had a shocking one not too long ago.)
davieG Posted 9 July 2005 Author Posted 9 July 2005 Cheers all, I do use Firefox most of the time. I used to use AVG but Norton came free(?) with the PC. The Ad Aware is software not the problem Don't know if it's Aurora Just trying a-squared trojan remover I let you know how I get on.
davieG Posted 9 July 2005 Author Posted 9 July 2005 spybot is good for that sort of thing 135418[/snapback] Thanks but I have spybot and it's having no affect at all
davieG Posted 9 July 2005 Author Posted 9 July 2005 I suggest a new computer in that case 135423[/snapback] It's only 14months old By the way welcome to the forum, nice to have It expert around, provided you have some better solutions
kenny Posted 9 July 2005 Posted 9 July 2005 I suggest a new computer in that case 135423[/snapback] It's only 14months old By the way welcome to the forum, nice to have It expert around, provided you have some better solutions 135425[/snapback] Have a go at running in safe mode, you will probably find the scanners pick up much more that way.
davieG Posted 9 July 2005 Author Posted 9 July 2005 I suggest a new computer in that case 135423[/snapback] It's only 14months old By the way welcome to the forum, nice to have It expert around, provided you have some better solutions 135425[/snapback] Have a go at running in safe mode, you will probably find the scanners pick up much more that way. 135432[/snapback] Will try that Kenny, I'm just running A-squared at the moment
Hitesh Posted 9 July 2005 Posted 9 July 2005 I suggest a new computer in that case 135423[/snapback] It's only 14months old By the way welcome to the forum, nice to have It expert around, provided you have some better solutions 135425[/snapback] Have a go at running in safe mode, you will probably find the scanners pick up much more that way. 135432[/snapback] yeah...thats what i was gonna suggest. Find out the location and name of the adware then run your pc in safe mode. Once logged in, just delete the files. however, i suggest moving them to a disk just in case they are the wrong files. Have you also tried using a program called hijackthis? that will create a log of programs that run when windows starts etc. you can then go to a computer wizard forum thing (got a link of that smwhere) and they wil tell you more information! PM for the links etc and other info.
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