Thank you so much. Appreciated. Mind at rest. Assume protection and Tea Timer actually working as they should. Gab
Don't have a reg cleaner. Which do you suggest?
RE-install and updade don't help. I use Adaware, Spybot, SpywareBlaster. Never had any conflicts before: using all three for months
Thanks. Uninstalled then re-installed Spybot. Same problem. And yes, same as the thread you pointed me to. Only difference now is that 1986...
I get an error message (in German) at the end of the Spybot check. And when I try to Immunize, I'm told there are 1996 items in the database and...
Well, it all seems to be working fine. A bit slower than usual but I think that's Zone Alarm which I didn't have before. Is there anything I...
I have followed Infinity's detailed instructions after he or she cleaned my Registry. At the moment, IE6 is working, in the sense that I am no...
Sorry! I'm learning not to trust anything, but it's taking a while.
If you need my email address, it's: Removed email address to prevent harvesting ` Blackspear
I have posted the log as a new topic under Hijack This and Start Up Lists. Hope that's right. Gab
I'll do that now. Thanks Gab
Thanks. I am getting to the point of a complete re-install of Windows. But I am so grateful for the help you're trying to give me. I installed...
No Winupdates, only Program files\Windows update
Got the private message now. Still desperate. Cups of tea no longer helping! Gab
I have tried Hijack This. How do I get back to the private message I didn't read?
I have copied and pasted all the exe and dll files into Search. Nothing found Gab
Can't find Host File Restore function in Adaware. I got a "private message from ...". Didn't dare open it! Is it normal? I am still getting...
One final thing. I have now tried the instructions in the Lavasoft thread, as suggested. I found an entry named AdStatus. I removed it. After the...
I am still infected. Still doing my nut. 1. Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER expansion up to Run, no sign of Windupdates 2. Giant AntiSpyware will...
There's nothing at all in Regedit when I get to Run as you instructed, except empty folders. As you suggest, I'll go on to the Lavasoft site,...
I have done that. NOthing there about windupdate. I have unchecked loadqm (on a forum saw that ou could do this). I managed to run Spy Doctor...
I know very little about the Registry, but I know how to get a HijackThis log. I'm on Windows 98 SE. There is no Start Up in the Programs list....
I was beingre-directed to porn sites -- pretty bad because my young son uses this machine. Disgusting links in Google. I ran Sypbot and it picked...
Adaware didn't pick it up. Spybot said it destroyed it. I'll rin both in safe mode and let you know. Thanks for your help. Gab
Spybot picked up Hacker.ag, dialler costing you 99 Euros per call. I can't see it on the reference list. Should it be there?
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