[AT] OT - Spyware problems - Update

[Mattias Kessén]

Most are harmless but they will decrease the speed on your computer
and especially of a slow connection. Further more it's a privacy
matter.

Mattias

2006/9/14, charlie hill <chill8 at cox.net>:
> I might be wrong but I believe the web sites you are visiting, Yahoo, Juno,
> etc. are loading Bargain Buddy and others on your computer.
> I get bargain buddy fairly often too.  It is relatively harmless.  I just
> keep letting Ad Aware and the other anti spyware programs delete it.
>
> Charlie
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> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Spyware problems - Update
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>
> OK,
> Here's what I did.
> 1. Turned off System Restore
> 2. Started Windows in Safe Mode
> 3. Ran Ad-Aware and deleted Bargain Buddy along with 16 other cookies
> 4. Rebooted in Normal Mode and went to a couple of web pages (Yahoo, Juno
> ect)
> 5. Bargain buddy is back
> Is there a way I can manually delete it? Ad Aware says it is a registry
> key??
> Thanks for the help.
> Mike
>
>
> -- Ed Stewart <edstewart1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hi Mike. Have you installed any of the free programs like weatherbug or
> any screensaver programs or toolbars? A lot of the freebee stuff comes
> with programming built in that downloads the spyware garbage. you remove
> it and it just redownloads it when you startup IE the next time you go
> online. I do a good bit of computer repair here and some machines I get
> are loaded so bad a format and reinstall of windows is the only way out.. Ed
>
> msm10301 at juno.com wrote:
> > I'm having a big problem trying to get rid of a spyware item. Bargainbuddy
> > appears to be on my system. Ad-Aware caught it and I thought it was
> > deleted, but it keeps coming back. If I delete it through Ad-Aware and
> > stay off the internet, I can scan again, and it will still be gone.
> > However, the minute I open IE and go to any website, I get it back when I
> > scan again. I tried Spybot, and it doesn't see it. Any help would be
> > appreciated, it's very frustrating.
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >
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