comp spam help!!

[Bartman]

holy crap thats it..i cant take it anymore. Im pretty sure my computer is infected with a spam virus. Even if my explorer is not open i get 300+ adds in honestly 5 minutes. Ive tried deleting everything i suspect of causing this but i cant find it. My last resort is to ask someone, on the only forum im registred to, what the heck can i do. Do any of you have a really good ad blocker thats free? Im even getting pop-ups to stop pop ups. Man its anoying. Thanks.

[Dark_Angel_25]

try installing Spybot Search and Destroy, and Ad Aware from Tucows. com This helped me immensly!!!

[scalawag]

I have Cox High Speed Internet and they have a free PopUp Blocker and it works wonders. Check with your internet provider, maybe they can help. I also use Spybot, which searches and destroys cookies and things that are placed on your computer while you are surfing. I also use Ad-Aware which also removes cookies, and Scumware, blocks highjacking attempts, etc. Check them out. Life is considerably better with them.

[scalawag]

Wow Dark Angel, we think alike, I was typing the same thing as you were. You must be pretty smart!

[CDN-Cresties]

Try spyware blaster and spybot search and destroy. I use to have the same problem but these programs corrected the problem. I did try adaware but they also have spyware which will just bring different popups. Good Luck!

-Steve-

[Dark_Angel_25]

LMAO! well they say great minds (or insane ones....) think alike! :D

[Bartman]

i had 200+ things to delete on my computer but theres still some pop ups..ahhhhh i was badly infected. Spybot helped but anyone know something more affective? Or is this the best thing free can buy?

[mykee]

I use both Spybot and Ad-aware 6.0. I notice that Spybot is a far inferior product, as I can run Spybot and it will detect all spywares and pop-ups on my computer, deleting them. I will run Ad-aware right after, and it will find others that Spybot did not.

[Vengeance]

Do you have any kind of firewall? That will help allot as well.

[Derrick]

if you are running xp here's what you need to do go to start>run
type services.msi then scroll down to where it says messanger(this has nothing to do with msn messanger) double click on it change the setting from automatic to manual and apply. all better.

I also have adaware run automaticly on startup and I agree it is far better than spybot

[BoaBoi]

Go to download.com and download popup stopper free edition, that works wonders when used along with Ad-Aware.

James~

[BoaBoi]

Originally posted by Derrick
if you are running xp here's what you need to do go to start>run
type services.msi then scroll down to where it says messanger(this has nothing to do with msn messanger) double click on it change the setting from automatic to manual and apply. all better.

I also have adaware run automaticly on startup and I agree it is far better than spybot

Ad-Aware has a plug-in you can download to turn off windows xp messenger(NOT CHAT MESSENGERS) that does the same thing. Derrick, I couldn't bring up the services.mci, any chance you typed it wrong? I'm running XP, just says cannot find path or some BS like that.

James~

[SaIiLdVaEnR]

You do not even need a plug in, you can manually do it on your computer in 2 minutes.

[scalawag]

And Saiildvaenr, for those of us who aren't as computer savvy, How can I manually do it in 2 minutes??? Thanks

[jwsporty]

Also grab a prgram called Antivir

from

www.free-av.com

this is better then norton for virus scans

[SaIiLdVaEnR]

Heh, I'm not computer savvy at all, I learned this from a friend for I experienced the same problem. Here it is... Start, My computer, Administrative tools, component services. A window will then pop up, click on services(local). A list will then show up, scroll down and you will find "messenger". Right click it and a list of options will appear, then click properties. Another window will appear, there will be a thing called startup type, just disable it and its gone for good.

Aidan

[daver676]

Originally posted by SaIiLdVaEnR
Heh, I'm not computer savvy at all, I learned this from a friend for I experienced the same problem. Here it is... Start, My computer, Administrative tools, component services. A window will then pop up, click on services(local). A list will then show up, scroll down and you will find "messenger". Right click it and a list of options will appear, then click properties. Another window will appear, there will be a thing called startup type, just disable it and its gone for good.

Aidan

Actually its START-->CONTROL PANEL-->ADMIN TOOLS-->SERVICES.

Find messenger and right click ,then select properties. Then under startup type, disable the *******.

[Derrick]

Originally posted by BoaBoi
Ad-Aware has a plug-in you can download to turn off windows xp messenger(NOT CHAT MESSENGERS) that does the same thing. Derrick, I couldn't bring up the services.mci, any chance you typed it wrong? I'm running XP, just says cannot find path or some BS like that.

James~

Sorry its services.msc I was going off the top of my head at work everything else is right though

[Bartman]

derricks is the simplest :) I downloaded antivir and adware and as a team there holding up pretty good. I had like 20 trojans..talk about infestation!

[Derrick]

what antivirus are you using. I've always AVG antivirus free version to be good. Its got low overhead and is a little quicker than norton in the detection department(in my personal testing)

[Lisa]

I get good results with trendmicro's housecall.antivirus.com

[SaIiLdVaEnR]

Oops you are right, it is not my computer it is control panel. The rest of what I wrote is right.

[Cruciform]

It's a good idea to scan a machine that you suspect is infected with more than one scanner. Not all virus patterns are in any one product. You can do free online scans at the following sites:

http://housecall.antivrus.com (run by Trend Micro, makers of PC Cillin)

and

http://pandasoftware.com

[Bartman]

with antivir, spybot, and adware i got all the ads deleted :) finially!