:headvswal please can someone help me get rid of this frigging spyware

that has come on to my pc its driving me :nana2:

 

it came about when i was asked to download a codec :headvswal

 

what can i tell you about it??

 

well its called spywarestrike and its a small icon by the clock on the pc and every 5secs it brings a message saying there is a virus and malaware on my pc, :confused:

 

in the program files there is a file called spywarestrike but it wont allow me to delete it as the file is in use :confused:

 

also in add and remove software if i try to remove it, it comes up with uninstall but dissapeares half way through :confused:

 

i have norton system works premier 2005 on my comp but when i use it to

get rid of the virus it just tells me to uninstall the spywarestrike!!

 

i have also used adware but to no avail, im sure also there is 2 icons flashing up by the clock and also brings up a message you have a virus worm or something :o

 

any help greatly appreceated

 

thanks ;)

right click on the icon, and diable it.

then try, it's working, so thats maybe why your getting the in use message.

 

failing that, start up in safe mode, and remove the fooker

Try this, Click Start. goto Run then type in MSCONFIG

Look in Services and Startup to see if anything suspecious is there then untick the box.. Should cure it... If not download Zone Alarm Pro ;)

download "Adaware se personal" save it and run it its a free download HTH

you could also try avg antivirus i have norton virus software but dosnt always work so also use AVG its also free on the grisoft site HTH

i use spyware doctor, spyware blaster, and spybot search and destroy. get em from http://www.download.com and it will clear everything up for you. Also try using firefox insted of internet explorer http://www.getfirefox.com much better than ie

Tried this? Click

 

Not tried it myself but it looks like fairly standard procedure.

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im at work at the mo but when i get home i will be sure to try them out

 

thanks

Tried this? Click

 

Not tried it myself but it looks like fairly standard procedure.

 

well after much :headvswal :headvswal this was the only way of getting rid of the damn thing :hyper:

 

many thanks to you all guy's

You must get Zone Alarm Pro.

 

Will use no other security but this. You can believe what goes on whilst your on the web.

 

Try the demo n see.

 

To get rid of your gremlins try and delete in while in safe mode.

o.k. norton antivirus is rubbish it hogs up your system resources meaning slows your computer down.

 

o.k. in my opinon use a Antivirus software called NOD32 (it has been winning awards for a long time) it updates itself daily and most important its very good at finding viruses/spyware/torjans etc.. its got a feature called out of wild meaning it can detect virus/spyware etc.. that have not been registered before. it uses minimum system resources. ive used it for years with no problem and eveyone i recommended it to have had no problems too.

 

spyware software = spy sweeper is the best with a defination of about 112,000

adware se pro has defination of about 40,000

 

i use both for peace of mind.

 

once you've installed these run you computer in safe mode and do a full deep scan from spysweeper or adware (make sure you have updated the versions to the latest defination)

 

 

hope it helps