Help, need assistance in getting rid of spyware software?

Question

I have an old computer, a pentium 3 and recently downloaded internet explorer 7.0. However when I did this, I did this through the yahoo website. In addition to internet explorer I also downloaded yahoo spyware. The problem I have is that I have tried to delete this application but my "control panel" is locked out. I keep getting a message that "The administrator has disabled this feature". I cannot get into my control panel or remove this software without getting an error message. On top of that, I keep getting the icon that my computer has spyware and it needs to be scanned. I have no idea what to do. I even tried to do a system restore and format my harddrive and still unable to do this.

Any suggestions would help.

thanks.
Alan

Answer 1

No antivirus or antispyware protection is perfect but a good mixture of the two will help you clean your system and indeed keep it clean.

SuperAntiSpyware will remove the majority of difficult Trojans not just the easy ones.
http://www.superantispyware.com/

If you are infected it is recommended that you load the application in normal mode but run it in Safe Mode. Safe Mode can be started by continually pressing F8 during the boot sequence.

If you are badly infected you might need to run SuperAntiSpyware more than once to give you a totally clean system. If the only infections now being shown are in System Restore, once you are completely satisfied that you can boot ok, you can either delete the infected restore points manually, or temporarily turn off System Restore.

In addition I suggest you download & run Avira. Unlike a lot of the free antivirus applications this will give you real time protection and is very quick to load at boot up.
http://www.avira.com

Assuming you have some real awkward infections and the two above failed to totally clean your system I suggest you download a Smitfraud removal program from:
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/desktop_software/desktop_security/smitfraudfix.cfm

Again run in Safe Mode.

Good luck & safe surfing.

wdw

Answer 2

I have used AVG Anti Virus, Zone Alarm Firewall, Spy-bot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware both spyware killers for years. They are all free for personal use and I have had no trouble with Viruses Trojans etc. AVG does not slow the system down as much as some other products and Zone Alarm allows a lot of personal configuration unlike the Windows Firewall. They can all be downloaded from the following link. http://www.computeractive.co.uk/... On the home page select downloads and then the appropriate category.I also use Windows Defender from the Microsoft site. It is safe to use two anti-spy products but never use more than one A/V as it can cause conflicts. You should run A/V and anti spy weekly. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

This is a list I have compiled of what I feel are the best free-anti-spyware websites. When I use them together on my system it does an excellent job in keeping it clean.

Advanced Windows Care http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html?Str=download

Ad-Aware 2007
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

Advanced Spyware Remover
http://www.evonsoft.com/Download.htm

EMCO Malware Destroyer
http://www.tucows.com/preview/414285

Malware Sweeper
http://www.malwaresweeper.com/download.html

Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Spyware Begone
http://www.spywarebegone.com/download.html

Super Anti-Spyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html

Answer 4

Go to http://download.com and get the free program Spybot Seek&Destroy. Install the software.

Then reboot your computer into Safe Mode. (Turn it on and being to repeatedly press the F8 key until you get a screen with the Safe Mode option). When your computer is booted in Safe Mode only the minimum files needed to actually start Windows are permitted to load. This prevents most spywares and viruses from being able to load or run in Safe Mode. Run the Skybot scan in Safe Mode and it should be able to remove whatever has inflected your PC.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

search for superantispyware it work for a similar problem i had download the free version

Answer 7

google search the free anti-virus program called AVG it should help clear up the viruses