how to block cometsystems?

Question

how to block cometsystems 2times in the last few days it's come in I can get rid of it, it comes back what can I do to stop it?

Answer 1

CometSystems is a high level spyware threat,

http://www.f-secure.com/sw-desc/cometsystems.shtml

Find steps to remove here,

http://www.securemost.com/articles/rm_cometsystems.htm

Do you run anti-spyware software?


Free Anti-Adware/Malware/Spyware protection:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 I recommend ewido!!!
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
http://www.superantispyware.com/

What about anti-virus?

Free Anti-virus:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
http://www.free-av.com/
http://www.trendmicro.com/hc_intro/default.asp
http://www.superantispyware.com/

Other Anti-virus help:
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/
http://www.cert.org/other_sources/viruses.html

Free Online Virus Checks:
http://onlinescan.avast.com/
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus.html
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp

After you are all cleaned up run a security check on your system,

Free Security Analyizer:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/mbsa2/default.mspx

Have fun but be safe!