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[oldguy]

Ok has anyone come across this pain in the butt software, (Ad by Name) need help with trying to remove this program/virus from my PC,
it is my own fault, that it is on my PC, think it was bundled in a program I downloaded. too much in a hurry..... install, agree, next , next, next finish, nic min nit,

have done the.

1 add and remove programs......... nothing

2 checked browser add on........... nothing

3 Run %tmp% ..............clear temp files

4 windows PC status...........found and deleted 4 files

but still no luck.

My PC running Widows Vista Home.

CPU AMD 5200
FX Nvidia 512
Ram 4Gig
Its no rocket ship but serves me well, any help appreciated

[Akzle]

My PC running Widows Vista Home.

you poor sunuvabitch.

Download linux, any flavour. Install.
Laugh at plebians with windows problems.





Or. Adaware, avira, netranger. Chec your running procs for anything that shouldnt be (win.exe is the worst...)

but srsly. Get linux.

[mashman]

Ok has anyone come across this pain in the butt software, (Ad by Name) need help with trying to remove this program/virus from my PC,
it is my own fault, that it is on my PC, think it was bundled in a program I downloaded. too much in a hurry..... install, agree, next , next, next finish, nic min nit,

have done the.

1 add and remove programs......... nothing

2 checked browser add on........... nothing

3 Run %tmp% ..............clear temp files

4 windows PC status...........found and deleted 4 files

but still no luck.

My PC running Widows Vista Home.

CPU AMD 5200
FX Nvidia 512
Ram 4Gig
Its no rocket ship but serves me well, any help appreciated

I got hit with something similar a month or so ago. Fuckin annoying. Best way to get around it, short term, was to do a Windows Restore to a point before I installed the software and it's sneaky POS adware. That seemed to stop it from doing what it was doing. After that, Malwarebytes was duly paid for and the whole thing put to rest.

Thing is, I declined the sneaky POS adware during the download (from Tucows), yet it declined my declaration and carried on installing said sneaky POS. There ought to be a law against that shit .

Best of luck.

[oldguy]

you poor sunuvabitch.

Download linux, any flavour. Install.
Laugh at plebians with windows problems.





Or. Adaware, avira, netranger. Chec your running procs for anything that shouldnt be (win.exe is the worst...)

but srsly. Get linux.

Thanks never thought to check running processes,
I have played with ubuntu 10.4 and suse 10 on a laptop but never really thought about dropping windows

[oldguy]

I got hit with something similar a month or so ago. Fuckin annoying. Best way to get around it, short term, was to do a Windows Restore to a point before I installed the software and it's sneaky POS adware. That seemed to stop it from doing what it was doing. After that, Malwarebytes was duly paid for and the whole thing put to rest.

Thing is, I declined the sneaky POS adware during the download (from Tucows), yet it declined my declaration and carried on installing said sneaky POS. There ought to be a law against that shit .

Best of luck.

Thanks will give it a go, will try other avenues first .

[Akzle]

I have played with ubuntu 10.4 and suse 10 on a laptop but never really thought about dropping windows

thoroughly recommend it.

[Gremlin]

Not familiar with that one, but try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

Failing that, go hunting under AppData in the user directory, look for most recent folders or files across Local, Roaming etc. Often rubbish file names.

[TheDemonLord]

Not familiar with that one, but try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.

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[anebv8]

download Advanced System Care...it does a good clean and sweep,and the free version is excellant,I paid around $20 for the pro version (upto 3 computers) and it cleaned out around 2 gig of crap,does malware/adware cleans also

[oldguy]

Hey guys just thought Id let you all know how I got on. I tried a few of the suggestion with no luck, I even lashed out and did something stupid without checking any reviews I brought SpyHunter4 Adaptive Spyware Detection and Removal Tool. What a piece of crap software, so out of pocket on this one. So anyway while searching I came across a youtube video on how to remove said adware/spyware downloading and installing a program called (Revo Uninstaller) which I tried, it did a complete uninstall of firefox and then scanned the registry for any left over files, which it then allowed me to check before any or all files where deleted. I did this with the chrome browser as well. Reinstalled both browsers and have not had any problem since.

Anyway thanks again for the help / suggestions.