Adware

[israel shalom]

I have in my computer two adwares calles- "eZula.TopText"
and "Claria.Gain adware"
How can I remove them?

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I have in my computer two adwares calles- "eZula.TopText"
and "Claria.Gain adware"
How can I remove them?

First eliminate any spyware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

CAUTION!!!!! Removing some spyware can damage the Winsock stack. Before
you try to remove spyware, download a copy of LSP-Fix - a free program to
repair damaged Winsock 2 stacks (all Windows versions)
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Winsockfix for W95, W98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
http://www.tacktech.com/pub/winsockfix/WinsockFix.zip
Directions here: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257
WinXP:
Get WinSockxpFix
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
How to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
In WinXP SP2: You can fix Winsock by going to Start | Run and typing
CMD
In the command window type
netsh winsock reset

See
Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/tshoot.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com

 

[Rob G.]

"Repairing the Winsock Stack"?? From what you write, this would be quite
important for the general public to know about and be able to do, given the
huge numbers of Internet surfers worldwide who use various adware-spyware
removers! Shouldn't MS make this fix software more easily available and
promote it?? I would never have heard of this had I not figured how to do
newsgroups and found my way to this message reply!
Thank you,
Befuddled in Florida

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I have in my computer two adwares calles- "eZula.TopText"
and "Claria.Gain adware"
How can I remove them?
.

 

[plun]

"Repairing the Winsock Stack"?? From what you write, this would be quite
important for the general public to know about and be able to do, given the
huge numbers of Internet surfers worldwide who use various adware-spyware
removers! Shouldn't MS make this fix software more easily available and
promote it??

Hi

I do believe that MS are going to do something about a
repairing mechanism
for broken Winsock stacks. Have you noticed that this is
Beta ?

And this broken winsock stacks comes from removal of spyware.

I would never have heard of this had I not figured how to do
newsgroups and found my way to this message reply!

Well, this is why we have these newsgroups.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

This is one of the more significant issues with spyware removal. Microsoft
has written a KB article especially for this beta about the problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892350

Microsoft is also quite aware that this experience with removing spyware
isn't optimal, and it may well be improved on in a later beta version.

 

[ivan]

-----Original Message-----
I have in my computer two adwares calles- "eZula.TopText"
and "Claria.Gain adware"
How can I remove them?
.
maybe when you try this...

www.hitmanpro.nl

on that site you can download a pice off software that
cleans your pc from spyware. when you are not shore it
worked totally than also use the microsoft spyware tools.
there were i work in the netherlands we are using it very
offten and it works.

ivan.