hawkinsa21
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Hey guys, I've got a strange issue that has happened just this evening, if anyone can shed any light on this, it'd be great... 
My active desktop suddenly removed my background and displayed a message to say that 'Your computer is infected - windows has detected spyware infection!' and then goes on about my pc being infected with spyware etc, and that it'd auto download some spyware to fix it.....
It then installed something called spyware detective (I think) and it is one a MS recommended bit of software, so I ran it and it found 492 bits of spyware, which mainly included loads of 'severe' threats like Trojan Horses and Dialers.... bummer thing is, I couldn't fix them cos you had to register this POS.
What :jerkit: gash fucking software :ar:
Anyway, I then Dl'd Spydoctor - at this point I'll say that I already have spybot running and always on...... - and ran Spydoctor, which confirmed the first POS softwares initial findings, shit loads of Trojans and Dialers and other nasty stuff.....
I knew that Spydoctor won't wipe that shit cos you gotta pay for the privilage of that too.... i.e "Hello, you have a totally screwed PC, we've found loadsa evil shit on it and ain't gonna to squat till yo' pay us"....
Killer is, running Spybot after updating it, didn't yeild any significant findings as the others did, and I've deffinately picked up something, cos my PC is slower due to other 'strange' processes going on in my Task Mgr, that soon got zapped... someting called 'Tool 2' and 'PayDel' which I've never seen, and which were opening others once I'd killed 'em in Task Mgr as well.... something also had my 'winlogon.exe' running at 350,000kb, pushing my page file and normal memory running past 1/2 gig in windows alone...... I've uninstalled Spybot and re-installed it but no change.
I've deleted these files doing a 'search' and they've not come back.... yet.
Either way, XP keeps telling me that 'there's a spyware infection' in that crappy little box in the bottom right hand corner, and the PC isn't at full speed :banghead: so I'm basically wondering:
a) has anyone had this happen with Spybot not picking this up?
b) know how to get around, without the obvious means of signing up and paying con men to allow me to install their POS software?
.......... Im not being tight, its partly a matter of principe that Freeware can do the same stuff, and also its Christmas FFS, I'm spending that money on beer!
Cheers guys, sorry for the mindless drivel so thanks for reading if you got this far, and apologies if it makes no sense or has missed the obvious....... I've had a :smoke: but ain't as bouncy as me little smiley mate here...... damn PC... its a love hate thing :dribble: :hands: :humpin: :awhip: then eventually :stickpoke :banghead: :ar:
I'll shutup now, bye!
My active desktop suddenly removed my background and displayed a message to say that 'Your computer is infected - windows has detected spyware infection!' and then goes on about my pc being infected with spyware etc, and that it'd auto download some spyware to fix it.....
It then installed something called spyware detective (I think) and it is one a MS recommended bit of software, so I ran it and it found 492 bits of spyware, which mainly included loads of 'severe' threats like Trojan Horses and Dialers.... bummer thing is, I couldn't fix them cos you had to register this POS.
What :jerkit: gash fucking software :ar:Anyway, I then Dl'd Spydoctor - at this point I'll say that I already have spybot running and always on...... - and ran Spydoctor, which confirmed the first POS softwares initial findings, shit loads of Trojans and Dialers and other nasty stuff.....
I knew that Spydoctor won't wipe that shit cos you gotta pay for the privilage of that too.... i.e "Hello, you have a totally screwed PC, we've found loadsa evil shit on it and ain't gonna to squat till yo' pay us"....
Killer is, running Spybot after updating it, didn't yeild any significant findings as the others did, and I've deffinately picked up something, cos my PC is slower due to other 'strange' processes going on in my Task Mgr, that soon got zapped... someting called 'Tool 2' and 'PayDel' which I've never seen, and which were opening others once I'd killed 'em in Task Mgr as well.... something also had my 'winlogon.exe' running at 350,000kb, pushing my page file and normal memory running past 1/2 gig in windows alone...... I've uninstalled Spybot and re-installed it but no change.
I've deleted these files doing a 'search' and they've not come back.... yet.
Either way, XP keeps telling me that 'there's a spyware infection' in that crappy little box in the bottom right hand corner, and the PC isn't at full speed :banghead: so I'm basically wondering:
a) has anyone had this happen with Spybot not picking this up?
b) know how to get around, without the obvious means of signing up and paying con men to allow me to install their POS software?
.......... Im not being tight, its partly a matter of principe that Freeware can do the same stuff, and also its Christmas FFS, I'm spending that money on beer!
Cheers guys, sorry for the mindless drivel so thanks for reading if you got this far, and apologies if it makes no sense or has missed the obvious....... I've had a :smoke: but ain't as bouncy as me little smiley mate here...... damn PC... its a love hate thing :dribble: :hands: :humpin: :awhip: then eventually :stickpoke :banghead: :ar:
I'll shutup now, bye!
and thanks Outrunner, I'll check that out and also cheers Frag, always a pleasure mate 
