Lozoot's Spyware Removal Guide. UPDATED August 7th

[DaftAMDUser]

Dont forget Adaware!!!!! (too lazy to PM). I use spybot and adaware.

[lozootmaniac]

lavasoft adaware or is there another i dont have.

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BTW i updated the guide july 21st. I think im going to just update it once a month with minor updates and if a threat that is very great comes around or i find a broken link i will add it to the guide IMMEDIATELY. What do you guys think.

[WiCKeD]

Um ya Ad-Aware? That was one of the first.

AVG is good at removing everything. Norton AV is excellent at identifying things, not very good at removal.

[lozootmaniac]

Updated again. I added sophos anti virus if anyone cares and put in a couple more tips in the The reason your Spyware/Virus is not being removed section. Like auto starting spyware and Updating your av/as software.


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Also added the Proccess Assasin link to CodeWeasel's project site. Awesome tool. And the Browser section. Im going to put in a couple things about the latest browsers and their security levels.

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Well let me know what you guys think of the browser section.

[Gh3tt0PC]

I also use a handy program called strun, seen here...

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/strun.html

It's a very small, simple, effective, startup manager, so you don't have to mess around in the registry by hand...it's helpful because most spyware adds itself to startup via one of the various registry entries, and because its small, I keep it on my USB drive along with hijack this and a-squared, and spybot s&d to quickly do a check of other's pc's.

[CodeWeasel]

Originally Posted by lozootmaniac

Well if I say Mozzilla without FireFox then people may get confused.

But seriously why just Mozzilla?

http://www.mozilla.org/

"Home of Mozilla, the Netscape based open source browser."

[lozootmaniac]

Update august second.

Added the url for the hijackthis log analyzer

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Update August 24th.

Added new list of av/as.

NOTE: This is nowhere near complete. Do PM me if you think something shoud be there. Dont post and tell me this as/av pwns this one. Keep it clean ok

[lozootmaniac]

Im putting a link to my ste where there is an updated spyware removal guide. Please post any comments/suggestions.

[Anniku989]

Originally Posted by lozootmaniac

Im putting a link to my ste where there is an updated spyware removal guide. Please post any comments/suggestions.

You cant copy the updates to this guide?

But either way, keep up the good work.

Nod32 & ZA PRO FTW

[lozootmaniac]

Yeah i am going to copy paste to this guide for sure.

ZA ftl!

[Anniku989]

Originally Posted by lozootmaniac

ZA ftl!

Your just mad because you dont have it

[lozootmaniac]

No im happy i dont have it.

[lozootmaniac]

Sorry for the Double post but i havent said anything since October.

Spyware guide version two has been started. Though i would love to port some of it over but i cant because i started it from scratch. I copied some stuff over and am focusing on advanced stuff that isnt related to using specific AS/AV software. Mainly i will explain backups, firewalls, and other means of preventing total system failure. Plus i will touch on th registry a bit more and how to back it up correctly (not only on XP but on vista as well). Also i want to add several more resources to help you find more info about the vast majority of free and non free AS/AV programs to help you choose what is best for your computer. Right now im wondering if i should stray from common browsers and talk about the vast majority of selections out there (not just IE, firefox, and Opera. Plus i want go into each browser more specifically not just give you guys biased opinions like before. Let me know how you feel about this. It is extremely important to me.

And sorry about the delay. I did promise a new update in late april early may, but it has been pushed back due to other things going on irl.

[ohm]

I've been hearing alot of good things about the following two free malware/spyware programs. Maybe we could add these to your list.

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM)
http://www.besttechie.net/tools/mbam-setup.exe

and

SUPERAntiSpyware (SAS)
http://www.superantispyware.com/download.html

[Curs3dfox]

I would like to add that Combofix + Malware Bytes, are a deadly combination and will destroy most of the new virus/spyware combos. Such as the most current and annoying as f*** antivirus virus, which puts porn links on your desktop, pops up 1000 warnings saying you have a virus and to buy their MicroAV (or whatever) program to get rid of it, which IF you buy it, does absolutely nothing. It also hijacks your net browsers and a billion other things.

Running Combofix then Malware bytes full scans in this order will get rid of it downright and they also usualy catch a few other things that other programs will not.

Edit: Sorry I just noticed someone else mentioned Malware Bytes, but I would like to mention that running Malware Bytes alone will not fix everything on some viruses (IE, Antivirus Virus) So the combination of Combofix + Malware Bytes is a MUST HAVE.

[crunchie]

Combofix should NOT be run without some sort of supervision as it is known to mash ones OS.

[Curs3dfox]

Originally Posted by crunchie

Combofix should NOT be run without some sort of supervision as it is known to mash ones OS.

Very rarely, though I don't deny it CAN happen.

[crunchie]

ppl need to be aware of the possibility so that they do not run it just to be rid of some minor complaints .

[Curs3dfox]

Originally Posted by crunchie

ppl need to be aware of the possibility so that they do not run it just to be rid of some minor complaints .

You are right, thank you =) I just figured by now all the people on this forum are used to mashing OS/Hardware XD