Removing Trojan Search Hijacker

Head Boy · 2005-02-21, 05:13 AM

Viruses and trojans aren't the same thing, and you can't expect one piece of software to guard against everything. For example, no AV program will protect you against downloading the Google spybar, or running the AOL CD. Running actiive-x routines is the same as running an installer program from your CD, so take care and check before you run any active-x (Flash relies on active-x btw).

Malware is now so diverse that you need to research the specific problem and find the best method for removal. Again, no one product will do everything, and you need to be sure that the removal tool you are running won't install its own spyware and modify your settings. Microsoft is constantly adding new backdoors and adding "vulnerabilities" for it's own purposes - you need to check on these as well if you want to stay secure. Similary the big net corps have auto-updating spyware so that they can vary and increase their advertising revenue at your expense.

ronnie · 2005-02-21, 01:32 PM

I am by no means a microsoft fan, but I have to admit their new anti-spyware tool, really helped me. Cleaned up everything, even a difficult home page/browser hijacking. Before that I used ad aware, bazzoka, spybot and pest patrol, none of them even found the ones I had.

The MS one took about 7 scans, but got everything back to normal. And the last time I got zapped by a ton of crap, I could not even do a system restore, even going back a month or more.

ronnie

2005-02-21, 05:13 AM	#1
Head Boy Hello, is this President Clinton? Good! I figured if anyone knew where to get some tang it would be you Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: England Posts: 442	Viruses and trojans aren't the same thing, and you can't expect one piece of software to guard against everything. For example, no AV program will protect you against downloading the Google spybar, or running the AOL CD. Running actiive-x routines is the same as running an installer program from your CD, so take care and check before you run any active-x (Flash relies on active-x btw). Malware is now so diverse that you need to research the specific problem and find the best method for removal. Again, no one product will do everything, and you need to be sure that the removal tool you are running won't install its own spyware and modify your settings. Microsoft is constantly adding new backdoors and adding "vulnerabilities" for it's own purposes - you need to check on these as well if you want to stay secure. Similary the big net corps have auto-updating spyware so that they can vary and increase their advertising revenue at your expense.

2005-02-21, 01:32 PM	#2
ronnie Wheither you think you can or you think you can't, Your right. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: midwest Posts: 2,274	I am by no means a microsoft fan, but I have to admit their new anti-spyware tool, really helped me. Cleaned up everything, even a difficult home page/browser hijacking. Before that I used ad aware, bazzoka, spybot and pest patrol, none of them even found the ones I had. The MS one took about 7 scans, but got everything back to normal. And the last time I got zapped by a ton of crap, I could not even do a system restore, even going back a month or more. ronnie