Spyware help needed

[smidsy]

Hei Guys,
Normally spyware blaster stops this garbage but "AZE search" got past it.
Tried running spybot S&D but the crap comes back every time.
I can't delete IE and re-install it because IE is no longer in the list when I got to add/remove programs - also tried a manual delete through win explorer but it won't let me do that.
Tried a file search for aze files but one is a .dll I can't remove and the ones I can remove come back faster than I remove it.

I found the site below, but the tasks it says to kill in task manager aren't there and I can't find a copy of regsrvr32.

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/p...x?id=453094055

The menu bar is also in windows explorer and as fast I reset IE the crap is back there on reboot.

Where do I go from here?
TIA
Paul

[Zed]

reformat and reload baby! those ar$ewholes insinuate themselves so bad you can never be sure if you;ve cleansed your system.

the one time I couldnt get rid of some crap like that I set up a .bat file to fill the hard drive with a bunch of files (to write to every sector) then I did a safe delete with spybot, then formated the HDD then rebuilt windows.

I am now clean..... I suggest you give the site a miss too....

[Grunt]

What Zed said. I had to rebuild Ms. Grunt's PC a few months ago 'coz it was so badly infected.

[smidsy]

I was actually looking for a crack code for some software - serve me right I spose.
Reformatting while nice is an option of last resort - if I only back up my must have data I'm still looking at about 10gig to back up.

Surely there must be a tool I can use to sort this out without a reformat.

[soundman]

Try adaware and make sure its patched up to date.
You can only try.

[Sprog]

Hei Guys,
Normally spyware blaster stops this garbage but "AZE search" got past it.

Where do I go from here?
TIA
Paul

Everything you need to know about AZE Search - link to info and removal steps

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/p...x?id=453094055

about halfway down the page

[smidsy]

Hei Sprog,
That's the same link I posted in my original message - but the tasks it says to kill in task manager aren't there and I can't find a copy of regsrvr32.
Paul

[Barry_White]

As Soundman says Adaware SE personal will get rid of every thing without any problems. As he says get the latest pattern files.

[boban]

I think most people underestimate the value of the format/reload procedure. Get a Win 98 startup disk. It will make the whole process easy.

I do it about every 6 months (reformatting that is) and cant recommend it highly enough. I have been doing it since I got my first PC.....

Is that enough ammo to work with guys....off you go.

[boban]

Oh yes I almost forgot. I use the three following programs to control spyware.

1. Adaware
2. Spybot
3. Spyware blaster

Do the checks regularly and you should be right unless you like your ....

[smidsy]

Hei Guys,
I use those three programs plus a firewall and usually I never have a problem - I was looking for a serial number for a program and got sucked in to opening something I wouldn't normally open.

Someone another forum recomended a program called killbox.exe which allowed me to remove the .dll file and that seems to have sorted it out.

I agree with what you guys say about a windows reload, and if I could I'd do it about once every year. The problem is that it gets hard to do when you have 10gig of data that you need to back up.

Cheers
Paul

[boban]

I dont know your financial position or extent of use of a PC so what I am about to suggest may not be viable for you but here it goes.

As far as backing up your Data is concerned, get a second HDD. I have a relatively small HDD on which I have my programs installed. The other hard drives contain the data i want to keep. Makes the whole process easy, but I do remove the data HDD before formatting the C: Drive.

Another option is a DVD burner and 2 discs (you'll get this for about $100).

[smidsy]

This machine is currently running a 60gig drive that is partitioned to 10/20/30 - I'm no expert but I can do basic hardware stuff
What you say makes sense so when I get some money (is hell due to freeze over anytime soon) I may pick up a second hand 10gig drive and use that for backing up.
Most of what I need to back up could go on CD's except for the 2gig of music and 4 gig of assorted video.
I've got a DVD burner and I've copied movies disk to disk but I'm yet to suss out how to use the 4.7gig disks for data.
Cheers
Paul

[Gumby]

I gave up on the freebee type spyware programs and purchased Xoftspy over the internet. It got an excellent write up in one of those computer mags (can't remember which one) and it downloads updates all the time and got rid of about 30 invaders which Spybot had missed. I use McAfee Anti virus as well. haven't had a problem since. (I used to be a reload every 6 months type too)

[boban]

This machine is currently running a 60gig drive that is partitioned to 10/20/30 - I'm no expert but I can do basic hardware stuff
What you say makes sense so when I get some money (is hell due to freeze over anytime soon) I may pick up a second hand 10gig drive and use that for backing up.
Most of what I need to back up could go on CD's except for the 2gig of music and 4 gig of assorted video.
I've got a DVD burner and I've copied movies disk to disk but I'm yet to suss out how to use the 4.7gig disks for data.
Cheers
Paul

It's no different to doing it on CD's but you must buy decent disks. Taiyo Yuden if you can find them (JPL Displays in Melbourne have these) or Ritek discs. With DVD's good media is vital, there is a lot of crap out there. Given that your backing up spending slightly more on the media is a good idea. If you do your research on the net you will see what Im talking about but if you buy those discs you wont go wrong. Buy cheap - have no data in 12 months.