Do you have Adware, Spyware, Virus/Trojan or a Browser Hijacker?

So has anybody seen anything that locks up the Desktop wallpaper like the spyware I saw on my friend's computer?

As I said, basicly when you go to the Display Properties the whole Desktop tab is greyed out and you can't change anything.

 

hi, is it possible for Firefox to have a browser hijacker? its very strange, it used to be able to block almost all popups. now, i get popups all the time even with firefox. i have the option checked where it blocks pop ups, so its not that. i have reinstalled it and i have the newest version. i used to have Norton Internet Security 2005 but recently got rid of it. i have another virus scanner though so i dont think its a virus. any help?

 

it looks like this is a malware issue and not a popup blocker because even if you a very good popup blocker and there is some program installed on your computer that keeps on opening some links it'll still work. The browser doesnt see it as popups. So my suggestion is to scan your computer and clean it up. use the following:

Ad-aware: http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html
SpyBot: http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10401314.html
MS MalRemover: http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/
MS AntiSpyware: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
TM Housecall: http://housecall.trendmicro.com
AVG7 AV: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

 

ok. im having problems. when i use firefox, i get a popup called "http://media.fastclick.net" and it is a fake "registry cleaner" . no other popups seem to appear with firefox, only that. also, when i use internet explorer, i keep getting 2 sites, one of them is called "winfix" or something, but my explorer blocks it so its just an empty page. another site is this.... http://antispyware.winantivirus.com/?aid=vm_fm_wav&lid=&ax=2 . it first ask me if i want to scan for spyware and no matter what i click it goes to that site. i have ran almost everything i can think of. ad-aware, spybot, trend-micro, avast! anti virus. STILL cant get rid of it. this is becoming very annoying. it was probably installed by another memeber of my family that has no idea how to use the computer, because i am very careful with what i install. can anyone help me with this?

 

@ Cbielling

Have you tried everything ddp and I posted?

 

lol i scanned my comp with house calls and it didn't find the subzero or backdoor thing...how do i remove this problem!! macafee isn't detecting either.

 

everything but AVG7 AV. i already have anti virus and it didnt say anything about Adware removal. maybe i missed that?

 

dude845 and Cbielling

it looks like you guys have to do some work yourselfs actully. Try this and let me know what happens:

In Run in the Start Menu type msconfig and press OK

That should open a Microsoft Configuration window. In that window click on the startup tab and uncheck everything other than you AntiVirus. It's the last tab.

If you dont recognize something, uncheck it even if you end up unchecking everything. Then reboot and see if that fixes the problem.

If it does then you have some program running at Startup that's doing all this and from there we can work on removing but first see if that works.

 

nope couldn't find it.

 

what couldn't you find?

 

hi, i have unchecked everything besides Avast!, Peer Guardian, Trend Micro, Spybot S&D and my soundcard. i STILL am getting the Pop-up for Explorer asking me to install WAS5Scan.cab, and still getting the "fastclick.net" adds for firefox. i use Trend-Micro every time i start the computer, and it sometimes finds a CoolWebSeach varient, but it says it deletes it. What else can be done? this is getting very very frustrating, knowing i have all these programs supposed to stop this kind of crap....

 

running windows in safe mode? or the programs? not sure what u mean

 

no, explain please...

 

I've only checked some of the more recents posts. Did not see "Spyware Doctor" listed. Adaware and Spybot are good. However, Spyware Doctor, right out of the gate that found stuff the other's had not. Give SD a try. Get it at www.download.com

TC

 

to run Windows in safe mode, right after you pass the BIOS part where it detects your drives keep pressing F8 and you will get a menu choose Safe Mode and press enter.