Remaining Spyware

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Bill

Ran Beta and rebooted. Spyware still there even though
Beta cleaned a bunch of things.

Ran Ad-Aware with same result.

Also SVCHOST abends on startup.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Bill
 
Did you run a full system scan in safe mode? On the Scan Page in Microsoft
AntiSpyware, choose Scan Options > Full System Scan. Also, before you
restart in safe mode, turn of System Restore. Right click My Computer >
Properties > System Restore (tab) > check "Disable System Restore. The
restart your computer in safe and do the full system scan.

Restarting in safe mode instructions:
www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/
windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx
 
-----Original Message-----
Ran Beta and rebooted. Spyware still there even though
Beta cleaned a bunch of things.

Ran Ad-Aware with same result.

Also SVCHOST abends on startup.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Bill
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After running Microsoft antispyware, I ran demos of;
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Ad ware se,PC Tools Spy doctor, and AOL spyware
protection. All three found many more spyware and cookies
threats! Whats with Microsoft?
 
I was having the same problem with the Spyware not being
able to remove all of the Adware and other items that it
identified.

I tried your suggestion of doing the full system scan in
Safe Mode...but when I got into Safe Mode, the Microsoft
Spyware would not operate...it just errored out.

Any ideas of what I am doing wrong?
 
Al said:
I was having the same problem with the Spyware not being
able to remove all of the Adware and other items that it
identified.

I tried your suggestion of doing the full system scan in
Safe Mode...but when I got into Safe Mode, the Microsoft
Spyware would not operate...it just errored out.

Any ideas of what I am doing wrong?
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Hi

Try this:

- Download/Install CCleaner, www.ccleaner.com

- Restart in safe mode

- Run CCcleaner and remove all temporarily junk.

- Run Adaware

- Run MSAS

- Restart

If your fault remains go to this forum and post a HijackThis
log.

Step 7, you must also register.

http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
 
It is recommended you still run additional antispyware utilities since
Microsoft AntiSpyware one is still in beta and cannot be depended upon or
judged as a final shipping product.
 
Microsoft Antispyware doesn't scan for cookies in the builds distributed so
far.

When you say the SVCHOST errors out--can you give more details about
that--particularly precise details about the location and name of the
svchost file which is crashing--the question is whether this is a legit
service, or an imposter.
 
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