So there I was minding my own business, surfing on the tsunami of the internet super-major roadway. The stuff, I was looking for was mostly educational, you know, stuff like “WareZ XXX 13 Yr. Old Lesbian Boob Sex Crackz”, and “How to refinance your mortgage (using dead babies as capital)”, when all of a sudden I was under attack.

Boom, crash, hull breach.

Before I realized it, my Windows based system was flaring up. First my wallpaper changes from pictures of smiling, laughing children, like usual, to an ad that informs me that I am under attack by spyware! Oh no. It tells me that I need to spend money on their products to get rid of spyware. Amazingly similar to blackmail, but I suppose it could be worse.

After some internet snooping I found out the manufaturer of the spyware does make an uninstaller. How quaint, I thought. These aren’t so bad. They feel bad about forcing their Spyware on me and want to make it right. So I download the uninstaller. After running it, it didn’t fix the problem, but it sure did take to a website survey of theirs, that they use to better serve their customers. I guess I was a customer in the same way rape victims are customers. So I gladly filled out their survey. When they asked why I decided to uninstall their amazing beneficial software none of the pre-written answers seemed quite right, so I obliged by writing my own.

After that I went to a forum for other “customers” that were having problems, and someone was nice enough to list out the couple of easy steps needed to unsintall this valuable oportunity from my computer.

Hello henpantaeinai , Welcome to the MTS. This is what I suggest you do. Download CWShredder from my signature below. Unzip it on the desktop. Open CWShredder and with ALL other windows closed, click fix. Go here and run online scans (all), allow them to delete whatever they find: TrendMicro HouseCall eTrust AntiVirus Web Scanner Panda ActiveScan Note any thing that can’t be fixed Reboot when done. Next: Even if you’ve already run these, make SURE they’re up-to-date and run per instructions. Make sure you have the up-to-date versions of Spybot V 1.3 and Ad-aware SE Build 1.05 . All are free and available below in my signature. Download Spybot, install and update. Then download Ad-aware, install, and update. Spybot: Install the program and launch it. Go to Start > Programs >Spybot > Search & Destroy and choose Spybot S&D Close ALL windows except Spybot S&D Click the button to “Search for Updates” and download and install the Updates. Next click the button “Check for Problems” When Spybot is complete, it will be showing “RED” (RED) entries “BLACK” entries and “GREEN” (GREEN) entries in the window Put a check mark beside the RED (RED) entries ONLY. Choose “Fix Selected Problems” and allow Spybot to fix the RED (RED) entries. Ad-Aware FULL SCAN: Install the program and launch it. First in the main window look in the bottom right corner and click on Check for updates now then click Connect and download the latest reference files. From main window :Click Start then under Select a scan Mode check Perform full system scan. Next deselect Search for negligible risk entries. Now to scan just click the Next button. When the scan is finished mark everything for removal and get rid of it.(Right-click the window and choose select all from the drop down menu and click Next) Empty Recycle Bin Reboot and “copy/paste” a new HJT log file into this thread.

Oh Spyware, you sure make life interesting!