Hi anyone know how to get rid of spydawn?spyware?

Answer 1

Your computer has been hijacked by SpyDawn. this is a very dangerus hijacker now-a-days and can damage your computer.

If your computer has been infected with SpyDawn and hijacked by the http://spydawn.com/ then your computer is in a real danger because it does transfer back and forth information from the infected computer which makes it a potential for data theft.

SpyDawn Symptoms:-

User's homepage is changed to pestcapture.com or iesafetywarning.net or to other unfamiliar websites.
Warning messages such as "Virus Alert", "Your Computer is Infected", "Security Alert" Trojan-Spy.win32@mx
or Spyware.Cyberlog-X infections are displayed.

Automatic download and installation of a rogue antispyware product. Presence of blinking icons next to computer clock. The icons can generate balloon messages claiming infection. The icons usually looks like a circle with a (?) or a 'danger' triangle with an exclamation mark inside.

I got all the information about this spyware from the below link and there you can also remove it by using the manual and automatic process,

http://www.nosnoopware.com/spyware/remove/spydawn-remove.htm

Answer 2

SpyDawn is a rogue anti-spyware application that is installed on your computer without your permission using Trojans and other malware. These types of programs are typically installed when a user installs what they think is an audio or video codec, but in reality is a Trojan that downloads and installs SpyDawn. When run, SpyDawn pretends to be a anti-spyware application but instead provides exaggerated or fake results of Spyware found on your computer. In order to clean the found items you must purchase the full commercial version of the SpyDawn software




As the previous poster said Smitfraud will fix your problem.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic81275.html

Answer 3

Originally known as VirusBurst - Spydawn removal tool for XP/Vista here...Good Luck!!!
http://www.xp-vista.com/spyware-removal/spydawn-removal-instructions

Answer 4

Spybot Search and Destroy can block Smitfraud from installing, so after you clear the infection make sure you install it. It may also clean it if you switch off system restore and run it in safe mode.
Switch off System Restore as back up files may be hiding in there, and it will just restore itself. Go to Start - programs - accessories - system tools - system restore.
Run your Spybot S&D and Ewido/AVG anti spyware in Safe Mode. To get into Safe Mode repeatedly press the F8 key after the bios screen loads but before Windows loads. You'll know if you made it because the screen will be at 800 x 600 and your pc will be slow.

Then beef up your security. Its easier to prevent malware getting on to your system in the first place rather than trying to remove it. All the following programs are free for home use;

You need to install one firewall.
The Windows firewall doesn't stop malware on your pc from dialling out.
http://www.zonelabs.com Zone Alarm firewall OR
http://www.comodogroup.com/ - Comodo firewall.

You need to install one anti virus;
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/ -AVG anti virus or
http://www.avast.com - Avast Antivirus

You need all these anti spyware programs;
http://www.ewido.net - AVG(Ewido) anti trojan.
http://www.safer-networking.org - Spybot Search and Destroy anti spyware. Use the Teatimer settings to protect Internet Explorer, and the Immuniser to stop malware getting on your pc.
Spywareblaster works with Internet Explorer and Firefox. It won't uninstall spyware that is already on your pc, but it will prevent hijacks and other malicious changes to your browser.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
Plus;
http://www.lavasoft.com - Ad-Aware SE Personal anti adware

And these are useful utilities;
http://www.mozilla.com/ - Firefox web browser.
https://addons.mozilla.org/search.php?q=ad+block&type=A&app=firefox - Adblock Plus
http://www.ccleaner.com - Cr*pcleaner Registry cleaner and privacy tool
Winpatrol is a handy utility that manages cookies on your pc and stops unwanted changes to your startup folder.
http://www.winpatrol.com
http://www.siteadvisor.com -MacAffee Site Advisor warns about malware on sites you are about to visit.

Answer 5

Download Windows Defender from the Microsoft site and run it. This will pick up the program and prompt you to delete it.

Answer 6

There is not only SpyDawn on your system. SpyDawn got into your computer by some trojan (I guess it is zlob). First of all remove SpyDawn
(http://www.spywareremove.com/blog/spyware_removal/archives/spydawn_removal/index.html ), then try this http://www.spywareremove.com/removeZlobTrojan.html. It could be enough to solve your problem.

Answer 7

check out
http://computer-probs.blogspot.com/
It gives free downloads of anti spyware/virus/adware/trojan/versions which can detect and eliminate completely.Best wishes

Answer 8

Not knowing your system. I would venture a guess. Go to your programs, find add/delete program and select the program you want to delete and delete that program.

Answer 9

type in smitfraudfix.com
download it and run it in safe mode
and keep this program to yourself ok

Answer 10

you can remove it for free here