How do I remove the Blue/yellow Spyware detection background and bug screen/saver? XoftSpySE returns void scan
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I have run scan after scan using various free programs, and finally purchased the number #1 rated Spyware program XoftSpySE for $40.00 and removed about 150 files that were critical threats.
I have run scan after scan using various free programs, and finally purchased the number #1 rated Spyware program XoftSpySE for $40.00 and removed about 150 files that were critical threats.
But the blue/yellow background indicator continues to appear as my desktop background, and the bugs continue to crawl over my screen.
I don’t know what else to do, because all of my spyware removers cannot find anything after they scan, even Xoft after scanning multiple times.
Please Help.
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August 24th, 2009 at 5:13 am
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(Windows XP and 2000 ONLY. If you are running a different version of Windows, skip this step and start at the next paragraph) Download SmitFraudFix and restart your computer in safe mode. Once in safe mode, disable System Restore, and run the program, running options 2,3, and 5. Then restart your computer in normal mode.
Now make sure that you have an up to date antivirus program (If you don’t, install Avira AntiVir Personal. It has considerably higher detection rates than AVG, and marginally higher detection rates than Avast!. If you have one that has expired, uninstall it with RevoUninstaller and then install Avira AntiVir Personal). I would also recommend that you use ThreatFire, Spyware Doctor Starter Edition, and Comodo Firewall (Just like with the antivirus above, you should only have ONE firewall). Once they are installed, disable System Restore and do full scans with all of them. If you need any extra help, feel free to send me a message on Yahoo Messenger and I can walk you through it or help you some more.
August 25th, 2009 at 9:19 am
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Well, I don’t think you can remove them if your pc already detected by those virus. The only think you can do is try to Recover your PC by using Recover CD that came with it when you purchased that PC. I think you might have to try to save your important files or folders in another hard drive before you recover. But when recover, there’re several choices. You can either recover without Delecting and files or folders that you created or Full Recover ( Delete Everything to Default Products ). I think you should buy 500 USB Hard Drive from Ebay. It’s less than 100 bucks.
August 28th, 2009 at 5:31 am
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The bug screen saver is the “Blackster virus”.
Malwarebytes will remove it free. Go here and use the free version.
After you use malwarebytes, then scan your PC with this,free.
superantispyware
August 29th, 2009 at 1:33 am
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This is not going to be easy. You need some “know How” ecommend you take it to the geek squad at best buy. Fairly cheap labor
If you feel up to it…..
Use a friends computer and get some software on CD using your friends intarweb connection…
Get adaware from lavasoft for apyware, trojans….look up the virus name on the Symantec site or the McAfee site. Some come with free removal tools, and some, you need to purchase the software.
Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user’s interaction with the computer, without the user’s informed consent.
While the term spyware suggests software that secretly monitors the user’s behavior, the functions of spyware extend well beyond simple monitoring. Spyware programs can collect various types of personal information, such as Internet surfing habit, sites that have been visited, but can also interfere with user control of the computer in other ways, such as installing additional software, redirecting Web browser activity, accessing websites blindly that will cause more harmful viruses, or diverting advertising revenue to a third party. Spyware can even change computer settings, resulting in slow connection speeds, different home pages, and loss of Internet or other programs. In an attempt to increase the understanding of spyware, a more formal classification of its included software types is captured under the term privacy-invasive software.
In response to the emergence of spyware, a small industry has sprung up dealing in anti-spyware software. Running anti-spyware software has become a widely recognized element of computer security best practices for Microsoft Windows desktop computers. A number of jurisdictions have passed anti-spyware laws, which usually target any software that is surreptitiously installed to control a user’s computer
-=Anti-spyware programs=-
Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware 2008Many programmers and some commercial firms have released products designed to remove or block spyware. Steve Gibson’s OptOut pioneered a growing category. Programs such as Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware SE (free scans for non-commercial users, must pay for other features) and Patrick Kolla’s Spybot – Search & Destroy (all features free for non-commercial use) rapidly gained popularity as effective tools to remove, and in some cases intercept, spyware programs. More recently Microsoft acquired the GIANT AntiSpyware software, rebranding it as Windows AntiSpyware beta and releasing it as a free download for Genuine Windows XP and Windows 2003 users. In 2006, Microsoft renamed the beta software to Windows Defender (free), and it was released as a free download in October 2006 and is included as standard with Windows Vista. Other well-known commercial anti-spyware products include:
PC Tools’s Spyware Doctor (free scans but you have to pay to remove the spyware)
Sunbelt Software’s Counterspy (15-day free trial)
Trend Micro’s HijackThis (free)
Webroot Software’s Spy Sweeper (free version does not remove spyware)
ParetoLogic’s Anti-Spyware and XoftSpy SE (free version does not remove spyware)
Major anti-virus firms such as Symantec, McAfee and Sophos have come later to the table, adding anti-spyware features to their existing anti-virus products. Early on, anti-virus firms expressed reluctance to add anti-spyware functions, citing lawsuits brought by spyware authors against the authors of web sites and programs which described their products as “spyware”. However, recent versions of these major firms’ home and business anti-virus products do include anti-spyware functions, albeit treated differently from viruses. Symantec Anti-Virus, for instance, categorizes spyware programs as “extended threats” and now offers real-time protection from them (as it does for viruses).
Recently, the anti-virus company Grisoft, creator of AVG Anti-Virus, acquired anti-spyware firm Ewido Networks, re-labeling their Ewido anti-spyware program as AVG Anti-Spyware Professional Edition. AVG also used this product to add an integrated anti-spyware solution to some versions of the AVG Anti-Virus family of products, plus made a freeware AVG Anti-Spyware Free Edition available for private and non-commercial use. This shows a trend by anti virus companies to launch a dedicated solution to spyware and malware. Zone Labs, creator of Zone Alarm firewall have also released an anti-spyware program.
-=Fake anti-spyware programs=-
See also: List of fake anti-spyware programs
See also: Rogue software
Malicious programmers have released a large number of fake anti-spyware programs, and widely distributed Web banner ads now spuriously warn users that their computers have been infected with spyware, directing them to purchase programs which do not actually remove spyware—or worse, may add more spyware of their own.[44][45]
The recent proliferation of fake or spoofed antivirus products has occasioned some concern. Such products often bill themselves as antispyware, antivirus, or registry cleaners, and sometimes feature popups prompting users to install them. This software is called rogue software.
It recommended that users do not install any freeware claiming to be anti-spyware unless it is verified to be legitimate. Some known offenders include:
AntiVirus Gold
ContraVirus
Errorsafe (AKA system doctor)
MacSweeper
PAL Spyware Remover
Pest Trap
PSGuard
SpywareStrike
Spyware Quake
Spydawn
Spylocked
SpyShredder
Spy Sheriff
Spy Wiper
UltimateCleaner
WinAntiVirus Pro 2006
WinFixer
WorldAntiSpy
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