My daughter has got the "Warning You're in Danger" desktop annoyance. I brought over a virus scanner and
Spybot but one of it's disk was bad. The virus scan came out OK, with one suspicious program that I deleted.

Will Spybot be able to get rid of it.?

Thanks.
Posted on 2005-08-16 12:55:36 by skywalker
Between Spybot S&D, HijackThis, and Adware... you should have an all-around chance of eliminating it. Personally, I think Spybot is the best single program, but it misses some of the big things that HijackThis can get.
Posted on 2005-08-16 16:20:29 by SpooK
Add kaspersky antivirus (preferably the professional edition) to your bag, and you should be doing pretty well. Oh, and Acronis TrueImage for when things go haywire anyway :)
Posted on 2005-08-16 18:17:48 by f0dder
I would prefer google.  ;) Usually I would use google to search for a cure and maybe do some reading up on what the hell happened to my computer. Nevertheless, I think adaware is quite a cute tool, though I can't stand programmes scaning my computer (Just too many darn files).
Posted on 2005-08-17 02:15:21 by roticv

Usually I would use google to search for a cure and maybe do some reading up on what the hell happened to my computer.

I prefer not reaching the point where this is necessary ;)
Posted on 2005-08-17 02:20:02 by f0dder

Between Spybot S&D, HijackThis, and Adware... you should have an all-around chance of eliminating it. Personally, I think Spybot is the best single program, but it misses some of the big things that HijackThis can get.


Apparently HiJackThis is only for XP. Got an error message with it.

Posted on 2005-08-19 14:22:10 by skywalker
HJT is for all windows versions (possibly not pre-95) - on earlier versions of windows, you'll typically need to install a runtime dll. Check http://merijn.org/faq.html#hijackthis1
And if you're not too shy to ask for help, I'd suggest posting a HJT log at http://forums.tomcoyote.org/, http://forums.spywareinfo.com, or boards.cexx.org.

Most anti-malware software neglect to remove desktop hijacks properly - sometimes leading to reinfection. Keep that in mind.

Fake
Posted on 2005-08-24 02:14:23 by Fake51
Check your registry on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/MICROSOFT/WINDOWS/RUN. Many virus use that section to make it executed when the OS is start.
Posted on 2005-08-24 06:39:18 by realvampire
Posted on 2005-08-24 08:05:21 by JimG


Thanks, that program is handy as a pocket.

And thanks to all the others that responded.

Posted on 2005-08-26 16:05:13 by skywalker