Advice and assistance on computer matters
stussy
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by stussy » Wed 18 Jun, 2008 21:24
I keep getting SWS spywear popup on my pc, cant get rid of it, It opens up a new tab , I have tried Norton & Spybot s & d , I`am running Vista, Hope someone can help.
ShinyDave
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by ShinyDave » Wed 18 Jun, 2008 22:48
Ad-aware is great - try AVG 8 Free from free.grisoft.com also.
And reset Internet Explorer 7 (Tools - Internet Options - Advanced - Reset - Reset)
Do the ads mention 'CID' in the top left corner by any chance?
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pangster
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by pangster » Thu 26 Feb, 2009 14:59
try Malwarebytes or Avast! - both of which are excellent programmes and free.. in fact Avast! usually outperforms paid software in benchmark tests..
HTH
Justin Time
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by Justin Time » Thu 26 Feb, 2009 19:39
Use Mozilla Firefox instead of IE7. There is a reason Microsoft employees use Firefox instead of their own program
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AntMan
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by AntMan » Thu 26 Feb, 2009 19:59
I use super anti spyware it's free and has found and removed things that spybot etc have completly missed or not removed correctly.
SpunkyM
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by SpunkyM » Fri 27 Feb, 2009 14:06
Malwarebytes will get rid of that.
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Zim
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by Zim » Fri 27 Feb, 2009 17:04
+1 for malwarebytes.. great piece of software..
/Z
PooBear
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by PooBear » Sat 28 Feb, 2009 08:55
Zim wrote: malwarebytes
Go for AVG free! I put this on all of our home workers machines that have serious infections to remove the threat.