[Rawe]

How is the system running at the moment?

Download Hoster.zip;

• Unzip Hoster to a convenient folder such as C:\Hoster.
• Run Hoster.exe from its new home.
• Click "Make Hosts Writable?" in the upper right corner (If available).
• Click Restore Original Hosts and then click OK.
• Click the X to exit the program.

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The machine is running so much better. After using the killbox application I've finally stopped getting random pop-ups. McAfee as well is coming up clean. I left the machine running last night to test and everything is looking good.

Rawe I really appreciate you spending the time to go through this machine with me, you've been a great help.

Keith

[Camaro24]

The machine is running so much better. After using the killbox application I've finally stopped getting random pop-ups. McAfee as well is coming up clean. I left the machine running last night to test and everything is looking good.

Rawe I really appreciate you spending the time to go through this machine with me, you've been a great help.

Keith

[Rawe]

Great job.. It appears your system is clean

Here's some tips for future to prevent spyware;

Detect and Remove Programs:

• How to use Ad-Aware to remove Spyware <= If you suspect that you have spyware installed on your computer, here are instructions on how to download, install and then use Ad-Aware.
• How to use Spybot to remove Spyware <= If you suspect that you have spyware installed on your computer, here are instructions on how to download, install and then use Spybot. Similar to Ad-Aware, I strongly recommend both to catch most spyware.

Prevention Programs:

• Spywareblaster <= SpywareBlaster will prevent spyware from being installed. (My favourite)
• Spywareguard <= SpywareGuard offers realtime protection from spyware installation attempts.
• MVPS Hosts file <= The MVPS Hosts file replaces your current HOSTS file with one containing well know ad sites etc. Basically, this prevents your computer from connecting to those sites by redirecting them to 127.0.0.1 which is your local computer
• Google Toolbar <= Get the free google toolbar to help stop pop up windows.

Other necessary Programs:

• AntiVirus Program <= An AntiVirus program is a must! Whether it is a free version like AVG or Anti-Vir, or a shareware version like Norton or Kaspersky, this is a must have.
• Firewall <= A firewall is definatley a must have. Two good free versions are Sygate and ZoneLabs.
• More Secure Browser <= Internet Explorer is not the most secure and best browser. There are safer and better alternatives available. I recommend Firefox.

And also see TonyKlein's good advice;
So how did I get infected in the first place? (My favourite)

If you want to learn how to help people with malware problems like I helped you, feel free to take a look at this thread; http://www.geekstogo...here-t4817.html

[Rawe]

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