So I dled Spybot S and D in hopes of finding and deleting the spyware thesafetytool, but every time I search it just says no threat detected, yet my homepage is still taken over by thesafetytool.com. Help please
2006-11-29 12:21:46 · 9 answers · asked by Rogoo Y 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
There are many programs that find spyware.
One thing to remember, no single program is the end-all beat-all of anti-spyware. No one program will get everything.
If you thing you're infected, run as many as you can find.
Spybot is very good, but check out these others...
Microsoft Defender http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Ewido http://www.ewido.net
Ad-Aware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Or try any others suggested here.
2006-11-29 12:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by The Psycho 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thesafetytool.com is a home page hijacker that is installed by a trojan called Zlob which masquerades as media codec. You probably tried to watch some video clip and were directed to download the fake codec, after which the trojan infected your PC. To remove it, download and scan your PC with SpyNoMore, it seems to be the most accurate program in detecting zlob infections.
http://www.spynomore.com/thesafetytool.htm
By the way it is not free, but then again you should really question any so-called free solution. Isn't that how your computer got infected in the first place?!. The free scan will only check your system and show you the infections. If you choose to remove them, be prepared to pay.
2006-11-29 16:23:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
TheSafetyTool (thesafetytool.com and thesafetytool.net) is a computer hijack that is the result of the ZLOB Trojan. The ZLOB Trojan is a trojan disguised as a media codec. It infects computers and generates warning messages announcing the infection, then directs users to download fake anti-spyware and anti-virus products from a host of websites among which is thesafetytool.com. ZLOB Trojan promotes several rogue products such as Pest Wipe, Virus Burst, Virus burster, WinAntiSpyware, Virus Blast, SpywareStrike, SpyAxe, SpyTrooper, Malware Wipe, Adware Punisher, Spy iBlock and SpyGuard. It is highly recommended to remove thesafetytool trojan as it also transfers information from the infected computer to unknown servers which makes it a potential for data theft. By removing the Zlob trojan, you also rid your computer of thesafetytool.com hijacker.
You can manual remove it by using the below link and there you can find all the information abut it.
http://www.pcontech.com/hijacker/remove/thesafetytool.htm
2006-11-29 20:31:52 · answer #3 · answered by riverboy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go into tools>Internet options and type in your homepage>click apply, click OK and close the window then reboot in safe mode (press F8) as soon as windows starts to come on and run spy bot search and destroy again! Also do a search for any files with the name and delete! Peace!
2006-11-29 12:46:11 · answer #4 · answered by lainey lain 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you need to use something better then spybot s and d. I would reccomend getting kaspersky. They have free trials here http://www.kaspersky.com/trials If they don't pick up anthing you should try some other free scanners.
2006-11-29 12:26:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
well I think i suggested earlier.. go to activevirusshield.com and g et the free kaspersky powere antivirus it has feature for web security and go to hijackthis.com and get the tool and paste the log at their site
2006-11-29 12:29:43 · answer #6 · answered by Neo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you try changing the homepage back after running SB?
2006-11-29 12:26:49 · answer #7 · answered by captainsquanto 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I recommend superantispyware. It will fix that problem. It is very effective and it is free.
2006-11-29 13:59:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
try this : http://www.AdwareAway.com/thesafetytool.htm
2006-12-01 11:06:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋