[BurlyShirley]

Ok,

For some reason, i got screwed by some spyware or something. I have adaware and stuff, but somehow my homepage in explorer keeps getting changed to some stupid search engine site that is nothing but ads. God f***. How do i remove this script?

How come this is not illegal? Why cant i sue these people for hacking?

Why does crap pop up on my computer like some kind of warning so ill click on it and be assaulted by blinky lights and stupid crap for sale????

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

 

[CrAckErKorEan]

My father-in-law was having the same problem with windows XP. Go here

http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/thanks.asp

Let scan your computer and update everything. It seemed to have fixed his computer.

 

[LordOpie]

reset homepage to RM, delete all temp files and cookies, run ad-aware (again), dl and run spybot (similar, but different from ad-aware), stop visiting porn sites.

 

[derekbob]

you must be lookin at alot of porn/warez

 

[LordOpie]

oh, why do you even have pop-ups? get pop-up stopper by panicware or something similar.

 

[Silver]

I'm going to have to save this paragraph, because it keeps coming up.

Run all your spyware stuff, then run your antivirus. Do Windows Update, and then head over to www.mozilla.org and download Firebird. Use that as your brower.

Your life will be easier, I promise. Tabbed browsing is the sh!t.

 

[mack]

i have spy bot, is that enough or do i need ad ware also?

 

[Silver]

Originally posted by mack
i have spy bot, is that enough or do i need ad ware also?

Spy bot does the trick.

They key is prevention. BurlySurly sticks his mouse in some...unsanitary places...:devil:

 

[Echo]

Originally posted by Silver
I'm going to have to save this paragraph, because it keeps coming up.

Run all your spyware stuff, then run your antivirus. Do Windows Update, and then head over to www.mozilla.org and download Firebird. Use that as your brower.

Your life will be easier, I promise. Tabbed browsing is the sh!t.

Do I download Firefox, Thunderbird, or just Mozilla? I don't see anything there called Firebird.

 

[mack]

actually ride monkey cookies ur PC< look at the match maker ad, it knows where you live! cus i gues RM gives the ad companys our permission to cookie us cus we belong to the forum.

also go to browser setting and set second highest level of cookieness, this will allow only cookies with ur permission, such as ridemonkey cookies or if u check ur email of of aim.com.

 

[quadricolour]

Originally posted by Echo
Do I download Firefox, Thunderbird, or just Mozilla? I don't see anything there called Firebird.

Get Firefox, they changed the name (again).

 

[Echo]

Originally posted by mack
actually ride monkey cookies ur PC< look at the match maker ad, it knows where you live! cus i gues RM gives the ad companys our permission to cookie us cus we belong to the forum.

It doesn't know where you live, it just knows what town the server you connect to the internet with is in. You don't need a cookie for that...

When I'm at work, half the time it thinks I'm in Virginia because that's where some of the companys firewalls are.

 

[Silver]

Shoot, sorry about that, wrong name.

Firefox is the browser only. Thunderbird is the mail client (if you use Outlook Express, it might not be a bad idea to switch) and Mozilla is the whole suite.

 

[Crash_Tested]

Run Spybot and Adaware. Make sure you have the latest updates as well. Update you OS and IE through M$ site.

Firefox rules too

 

[BurlyShirley]

Ok fellas,

Thanks. When i get home im gunna fire all this stuff up. I have a popup blocker and adaware. My adaware stuff, for some reason is in german, but i figured out how to use it anyway.

Here's another retard question.

How come when i delete my cookies and that, the folder still says it has like 500MB still in it, but theres nothing i can see in the folder. I even changed the options to show hidden items, but obviously, theyre still hidden.

God hates me.

 

[quadricolour]

Originally posted by Silver
Shoot, sorry about that, wrong name.

Firefox is the browser only. Thunderbird is the mail client (if you use Outlook Express, it might not be a bad idea to switch) and Mozilla is the whole suite.

Mozilla is a completely different browser, think of Firefox as Mozilla lite. Go with Firefox, it's slimmer & faster.

 

[LordOpie]

Originally posted by BurlySurly
Here's another retard question.

How come when i delete my cookies and that, the folder still says it has like 500MB still in it, but theres nothing i can see in the folder. I even changed the options to show hidden items, but obviously, theyre still hidden.

God hates me.

maybe it's the cache? The reserved space for your internet.

G-d doesn't hate you... worse, He couldn't care less about you. You mean nothing to him... worship the monkey, show your love to the monkey, shock the monkey.

 

[Skookum]

Haha Burly Surly got internet herpes.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Originally posted by LordOpie
maybe it's the cache? The reserved space for your internet.
.

WTF is cache?

It says that many many items are still in the folder. Like way more than 6 or something. Can i just delete it, and name another folder the same thing or will computer start spraying sparks again like when i spilled kool aid in the speakers?

 

[LordOpie]

Originally posted by BurlySurly
WTF is cache?

It says that many many items are still in the folder. Like way more than 6 or something. Can i just delete it, and name another folder the same thing or will computer start spraying sparks again like when i spilled kool aid in the speakers?

koolaid? dude, switch to Tang... it's what the astronauts drink.

 

[ckooi]

Originally posted by BurlySurly
Ok,
I have adaware and stuff, but somehow my homepage in explorer keeps getting changed to some stupid search engine site that is nothing but ads.

the spywares will still able to invade your system even you have adaware installed.

You need to update the reference file to the latest, go to http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

It helped me to solve my problem on my IE startup page.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Originally posted by LordOpie
koolaid? dude, switch to Tang... it's what the astronauts drink.

...uh...yeah...but seriously. Can I just delete the folder and make a new one called the same thing? Or wil the **** go down?

 

[LordOpie]

Originally posted by BurlySurly
...uh...yeah...but seriously. Can I just delete the folder and make a new one called the same thing? Or wil the **** go down?

yeah, dunno... how about just reducing the amount of memory reserved for your browser? I set mine to less than 50Mb... I figure I don't need to store too many graphics, etc of sites I visit regularly cuz I have a hi-speed connection.

is hard drive space a problem?

 

[ckooi]

Originally posted by LordOpie

is hard drive space a problem?

If so, just go to C drive and run "Disk Cleanup" It will clear the IE cache for u

 

[BurlyShirley]

Originally posted by LordOpie
yeah, dunno... how about just reducing the amount of memory reserved for your browser? I set mine to less than 50Mb... I figure I don't need to store too many graphics, etc of sites I visit regularly cuz I have a hi-speed connection.

is hard drive space a problem?

ok, uh. no space shouldnt be an issue. I got a 20G hard drive and only like 4% of it is used, but i going through hell lately anwyay.friking tried to delete Kazaa, got ow3ned by some stuff from there too. I have computer cancer.

How do i reset the amount of space alotted for that?

 

[berkshire_rider]

BurlySurly: Read these, they should help:

General Info

Prevent Browser Hijacking

 

[Ridemonkey]

Originally posted by BurlySurly

How come this is not illegal? Why cant i sue these people for hacking?

Because the spyware companies contribute to the Republican campaign. That's why.

 

[ckooi]

Originally posted by BurlySurly
anwyay.friking tried to delete Kazaa, got ow3ned by some stuff from there too. I have computer cancer.

How do i reset the amount of space alotted for that?

uninstall Kazaa, it's full of spywares. Use K Lite ++, it's free of spyware

 

[BurlyShirley]

Originally posted by berkshire_rider
BurlySurly: Read these, they should help:

General Info

Prevent Browser Hijacking

wow,

that was extremely helpful. Thank you.

 

[LordOpie]

Originally posted by ckooi
uninstall Kazaa, it's full of spywares. Use K Lite ++, it's free of spyware

or see my sig

 

[BurlyShirley]

Originally posted by ckooi
uninstall Kazaa, it's full of spywares. Use K Lite ++, it's free of spyware

i did uninstall it, but theres some leftovers im having problems with also. thanks for the tip though.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Originally posted by Ridemonkey
Because the spyware companies contribute to the Republican campaign. That's why.

good thing im not a republican.

 

[ckooi]

Originally posted by LordOpie
or see my sig

tried but ialways have no luck in shareeza. either it is not found or the download is too slow

 

[Silver]

Originally posted by quadricolour
Mozilla is a completely different browser, think of Firefox as Mozilla lite. Go with Firefox, it's slimmer & faster.

I simplified a bit. Thunderbird and Mozilla Mail aren't the same either, but they are close enough.

I haven't used Mozilla since Firefox(bird) came out, but it seemed to be a touch easier to deal with plugins and such.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Originally posted by Silver
I simplified a bit. Thunderbird and Mozilla Mail aren't the same either, but they are close enough.

I haven't used Mozilla since Firefox(bird) came out, but it seemed to be a touch easier to deal with plugins and such.

Ok, i dont have a problem with switching from explorer, but statements like that scare me. WTF is going to happen? What is a plugin? what such?

 

[quadricolour]

Originally posted by BurlySurly
Ok, i dont have a problem with switching from explorer, but statements like that scare me. WTF is going to happen? What is a plugin? what such?

As long as you can configure your system to properly mount /usr/bin/w00t at every 2nd boot you will be fine!

 

[LordOpie]

Originally posted by ckooi
tried but ialways have no luck in shareeza. either it is not found or the download is too slow

strange i've found all sorts of stuff and the shareaza scheme really reduces fakes. Plus, I average decent dl speeds with the occassional sustained rates of over 2mb/sec

 

[BurlyShirley]

Originally posted by quadricolour
As long as you can configure your system to properly mount /usr/bin/w00t at every 2nd boot you will be fine!

is there a smiley that shows the little guy blowing his brains out?




WTF are you saying here? W00t?

 

[Echo]

How can you know what WTF means, but not know what w00t means?

 

[BurlyShirley]

kill me now.

Uh, woot, like Hooray!? I guess? USR/Bin/ laden?