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Evening all.
I minimised an interent window yesterday and to my horror were 3 or 4 icons that i know are a result due to spyware.
I already had the free versions of zonealarm and AVG anti virus up and running.
When i went to download Spybot to try and remove these icons and whatever else had been put on.. it didnt really work, they remained there and my desktop background turned blue with an error on it.
So this morning i put some valuable stuff on a few floppy disks and re-formatted my pc using the restore discs i got with it.
So here i am i downloaded AVG and Zonealarm again on my 'clean' computer and was just downloading Spybot from download.com when some new icons appear! Theres a casino one, a date one, and a ringtone one. and i keep getting popups which dont usually happen.
I re-formatted less than 9 hours ago and theres trouble already.
How is it possible for these dodgy things to remain on my PC after the big reboot
Any help will be greatly appreciated beofre I try and re-formatt again.
I minimised an interent window yesterday and to my horror were 3 or 4 icons that i know are a result due to spyware.
I already had the free versions of zonealarm and AVG anti virus up and running.
When i went to download Spybot to try and remove these icons and whatever else had been put on.. it didnt really work, they remained there and my desktop background turned blue with an error on it.
So this morning i put some valuable stuff on a few floppy disks and re-formatted my pc using the restore discs i got with it.
So here i am i downloaded AVG and Zonealarm again on my 'clean' computer and was just downloading Spybot from download.com when some new icons appear! Theres a casino one, a date one, and a ringtone one. and i keep getting popups which dont usually happen.
I re-formatted less than 9 hours ago and theres trouble already.
How is it possible for these dodgy things to remain on my PC after the big reboot
Any help will be greatly appreciated beofre I try and re-formatt again.
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So ive just tried running
'Noadware' and 'Nuker'
and they have all found bad stuff but i cant get rid unless i pay $49.99 for their full version.
I tried removing with 'Spybot' but them icons remain on there
'Noadware' and 'Nuker'
and they have all found bad stuff but i cant get rid unless i pay $49.99 for their full version.
I tried removing with 'Spybot' but them icons remain on there
The icons on my desktop that are there now do differ slightly from the ones last night and appeared when Spybot was installing.
Nope. i barely have anything installed as it was reset this morning.
Only a few pictures and a couple of soundfiles which i took from it before i re-formatted this morning and put onto floppy disk.
Only a few pictures and a couple of soundfiles which i took from it before i re-formatted this morning and put onto floppy disk.
Thats a strange one, any dodgy software or similar culprits installed?
Yeah, i got the free edition of Zonealarm on right now
I take it you are using a firewall?
Right now they're advert for an arcade game.
'play now' 'click here' in bold letters
I just ran spybot and its come up with the same dodgy ones as last time.
'play now' 'click here' in bold letters
I just ran spybot and its come up with the same dodgy ones as last time.
Hmm, what do the pop ups look like? Just grey boxes with an "ok" button?
Evening all.
I minimised an interent window yesterday and to my horror were 3 or 4 icons that i know are a result due to spyware.
I already had the free versions of zonealarm and AVG anti virus up and running.
When i went to download Spybot to try and remove these icons and whatever else had been put on.. it didnt really work, they remained there and my desktop background turned blue with an error on it.
So this morning i put some valuable stuff on a few floppy disks and re-formatted my pc using the restore discs i got with it.
So here i am i downloaded AVG and Zonealarm again on my 'clean' computer and was just downloading Spybot from download.com when some new icons appear! Theres a casino one, a date one, and a ringtone one. and i keep getting popups which dont usually happen.
I re-formatted less than 9 hours ago and theres trouble already.
How is it possible for these dodgy things to remain on my PC after the big reboot
Any help will be greatly appreciated beofre I try and re-formatt again.
I minimised an interent window yesterday and to my horror were 3 or 4 icons that i know are a result due to spyware.
I already had the free versions of zonealarm and AVG anti virus up and running.
When i went to download Spybot to try and remove these icons and whatever else had been put on.. it didnt really work, they remained there and my desktop background turned blue with an error on it.
So this morning i put some valuable stuff on a few floppy disks and re-formatted my pc using the restore discs i got with it.
So here i am i downloaded AVG and Zonealarm again on my 'clean' computer and was just downloading Spybot from download.com when some new icons appear! Theres a casino one, a date one, and a ringtone one. and i keep getting popups which dont usually happen.
I re-formatted less than 9 hours ago and theres trouble already.
How is it possible for these dodgy things to remain on my PC after the big reboot
Any help will be greatly appreciated beofre I try and re-formatt again.
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