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polonus
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Programs you should remove before you ask for help here!
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January 04, 2009, 07:27:12 PM »
Go to add/Remove programs and check and see if you have any of the following programs.
Remove them if present. These programs are known to be packaged with or are adware/spyware/malware:
* Alexa Toolbar
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=418
* Bargain Buddy
http://www.spy-bot.net/BargainBuddy.asp
* Bonzi Buddy
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=512
* Comet Cursor
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=428
* Date Manager
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=741
* Download Accelerator Plus (Free version)
removal instructions:
http://articles.networktechs.com/429-p1.php
* Hotbar
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=481
* Huntbar
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=426
* Kazaa
http://www.pchell.com/support/kazaa.shtml
* Memory Meter
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=520
* My Search Bar
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=490
* New.Net or NewDotNet
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=417
* SearchSquire
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=584
* SideFind or IS Technologies SideFind
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/library/sidefind/index.phtml
* Smiley Central
http://www.pchell.com/support/smileycentral.shtml
* Weatherbug
http://www.pchell.com/support/weatherbug.shtml
* WebHancer or WEBHANCER AGENT
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=26
* WebSearch Toolbar
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/library/websearchtoolbar/index.phtml
* WildTangent
http://support.wildgames.com/uninstall.html
* Winad
http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-winad.html
* Windows Adtools or Wind Updates
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=1068
* Windows SyncroAd or SyncroAd
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=979
polonus
Some specific removal tools:
http://www.smokey-services.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=2026
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Re: Programs you should remove before you ask for help here!
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January 04, 2009, 07:32:24 PM »
Damien,
It's amazing how many of these programs I run into while restoring some of my
local senior's systems.
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Re: Programs you should remove before you ask for help here!
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January 04, 2009, 08:17:21 PM »
Why Weatherbug? I've had this installed on my system without a hint of complaint from any AV or blocker. It does tend to pop up a donation reminder once every month, but it's easily closed.
I find it to be a very useful program.
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Re: Programs you should remove before you ask for help here!
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January 04, 2009, 09:07:39 PM »
Hi Grizebear,
Mentioned here are certain unwanted programs, be it spyware, adware, grayware, riskware or nagware.
It is always upon the user himself what he thinks is acceptable. For instance a program like IntelliTamper is flagged by a-squared, and not be any of the other anti-spyware programs neither by avast. I like it because I like to pre-scan a website, for what it has...The list I gave here is just a handful of a wide range of unwanted programs, and yes some come ready installed with your computer as an OEM arrangement.
From a certain point of view Flash and Adobe could also be seen as an Internet malady, as they endanger the privacy of the user (Super Cookies) and can redirect to malware without the user can do a thing about it, this hole has been there since 2007 while other minor ones have been patched.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2008/02/05/1497180.aspx
http://www.security.nl/artikel/17768/1/Malware_verspreid_via_banners_op_MySpace_en_Excite.html
http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2008/10/21/1651456.aspx
and for SWF banner redirects:
http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2008/10/31/swf-for-malware-deployment.aspx
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