[AT] OT - Spyware problems - Update

[Ken Knierim]

Another one to try might be to run Firefox instead of Internet Exploder. :)

Ken in AZ

(I cheat and run linux. Jumped from RH9 to FC5 and love it)

On 9/13/06, Michael P. Maynard <mmaynard at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> Mike, have you tried a google search on this?  I am sure there is a ton of
> articles on your exact problem :-)
>
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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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