My PC was infected yesterdy by something called SpyDawn. It was suggested somewhere in Yahoo Answers that Lavasoft's Ad_ware SE Personal would remove it. I ran it as well as Spyware Doctor by PC-Tools and McAfee's Antivirus package. 'SpyDawn' has been removed but my problem is that an irritating FLASHING blue circular icon keeps appearing on my task bar everytime I restart my windowsXP. I can disable it ('Always Hide') but it comes back again when I re-start Windows. Can anyone help, please. How do I remove that small icon blue circle with a '?' always flashing from the task bar and not merely 'disable it' ? How d I remove it from my task bar and preferable from my PC altogether ?
2007-03-07 20:46:33 · 6 answers · asked by RED-CHROME 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Thnk you everyone. Now... to the vote !!!
2007-03-10 03:02:46 · update #1
Spyware Doctor by PC Tools is a genuine anti spyware.
Your problem is you need to switch off system restore and run it in safe mode and it won't remove the spyware unless you have the full program so use a different product. Spybot Search & Destroy is excellent and free.
I posted the solution on your other post :)
2007-03-07 20:53:23 · answer #1 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do a system restore to a date before you had the problem.
Start/all programs/accessories/system tools. Select system restore and follow the instructions.
Hope this helps.
2007-03-07 21:26:38 · answer #2 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the icon is a startup porcess - if you know what the process is called you can disable it by:
start
run
type in: msconfig
startup tab
in here is a list of processes - find the porcess that is creating the flahing icon and disable it
hope it works
peace out
2007-03-07 20:53:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
desktop
add remove programs
find the name of it.
remove it.
shutdown your computer then open it.
check program files to remove it from there
2007-03-07 20:51:54 · answer #4 · answered by iyiogrenci 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had this last week and what a pain in the butt it is.its dead easy to get rid of just run ad aware se,its free from google updater,and that will get rid of it for good.hope this works for you
2007-03-08 00:40:59 · answer #5 · answered by pegs_down 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Spyware Doctor" IS a virus.
2007-03-07 20:49:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋