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| 246302 | 2004-06-21 11:56:00 | I tried system restore (don't know why i didn't think of it) it seems to have been disabled. It runs through it's routine but reports it can't restore, even for a month ago which is two weeks before I installed zillapopupkiller. I cant run a disc check either as it can't get direct disc access. | phil.b (4456) | ||
| 246303 | 2004-06-21 13:26:00 | I suggest you try Pestpatrol (http://www.pestscan.com/ ). It's something else to try after all, just keep badgering away at it. I've had numerous items of crudware on various comps I've used and *touches head* touch wood never had to take the machine to a shop. |
mark c (247) | ||
| 246304 | 2004-06-21 23:17:00 | Would there be any chance that it has entered itself in your Hosts file? Some spyware/adware programs and viruses/trojans are notorius for fiddling with that one. ;-) | Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 246305 | 2004-06-22 09:50:00 | I got Pestpatrol & wow it got another 98 spyware/adware files. It makes you wonder if Adaware or Spybot do anything. I'll just have to use all three. Sadly ZillapopupKiller is still altering the Mozilla proxy. Fire & Ice, I did a search for a host file & it came up with lots of them. Could you be more specific as to where it's likely to be please. Phil |
phil.b (4456) | ||
| 246306 | 2004-06-22 10:19:00 | I tried that Pestpatrol too - it found 15 files... Doesn't run in Mozilla though, sat there waiting for a few mins before trying with IE lol. Anyway, it seems to think that the Google Search Bar is part of the CoolWeb variants. This concerned me until I found this link (www.webuser.co.uk), which basically says that PestPatrol brings up false positives. Probably to convince you to buy the program from them, as, although they give you detailed instructions on how to manually remove problems, they are so long-winded and written to make the automatic removal by the paid-for version of PestPatrol the only way to remove the 'nasties'. Just beware that not everything out there is bad. Even if Pestpatrol says it is! J :D |
Jester (13) | ||
| 246307 | 2004-06-22 10:31:00 | Thats true Jester. BTW I didn't pay for it. Nods as good as a wink to a blind horse. Know what I mean. Phil |
phil.b (4456) | ||
| 246308 | 2004-06-22 11:16:00 | Its probably a bit irrelevant to your problem but the Hosts file is just that - Hosts with no extension. In Win XP the one you are after is likely to be in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc. Open it with Notepad. Note: you need to have view hidden and system files enabled in order to see it. |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 246309 | 2004-06-22 12:21:00 | Hi People, I've sussed it. Go to documents & settings/your username/application data/mozilla/ profiles/default/875p5psz.slt Right click user.js & edit it by deleting everything in it. In the URL bar type about:config & press enter. Scroll down to Network proxy.http, right click & reset it. Right click Network proxy.http_port, right click & reset it. Right click Network proxy.no_proxies_on, right click & reset it. Go to edit/preferences/advanced/proxies. Click direct connection to the internet. Log off & back on. Hey presto Thanks for all your help & suggestions Phil |
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