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SERIOUS PROBLEM PLS HELP!!!

Apr 13, 2004 7:57AM PDT

ok so i was on google.com yesterday and i searched for skyline GTR pictures, so i clicked on one pic and it went to a site with a whole bunch of porn popups that some how got through my pop up stopper, i didn't think much of it until the next day when my homepage whas changed to 'coolsearch.com' or something like that, it disabled my pop up stopper and peer guardian, it doesn't show up on ad aware or pc cillin virus scan, and usually every 10 mins an internet popup shows up...there are 4 new processes running now: qfqcumx.exe; msbb.exe; optimize.exe; and actalert.exe. it also installed 'gold casino' on my computer but I uninstalled that.

i'm going to try and post this on a bunch of other forums to get as much help as possible...PLEASE HELP

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Re:SERIOUS PROBLEM PLS HELP!!!
Apr 20, 2004 12:04PM PDT

There is a small free program available to remove the coolsearch trojan. Download CWShredder.exe. Just search in google for a download site. The latest version is 1.56.3

Hope this helps

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Re:Re:SERIOUS PROBLEM PLS HELP!!!
Apr 23, 2004 1:31AM PDT

you might try another good program that i have found it is called ad-aware, you can also find it on cnet.com good luck

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Re:SERIOUS PROBLEM PLS HELP!!!
Apr 28, 2004 1:49AM PDT

First thing you should do is make sure you have the most recent ad aware build. To do this uninstall ad aware and then go to http://www.lavasoft.de/. Download ad aware version 6.0 build 181. After installing, update ad aware and then do a scan.

If that doesn't work then try spybot. This program can be found at spykiller.com. I never used it before but I hear it's the best.

If that didn't work then try system restore, if you're using XP. Make sure to back up your files before you do this.

I had the same problem and it was so bad that it was locking up my computer. I found out that my wife downloaded a program that had tons of spy ware and it was using all the systems resources. So I couldn't even use any programs on the computer. I ended up reformatting the hard drive. I hope you don't have to do the same. GOOD LUCK!!!!

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help for your problem !!
Apr 12, 2005 12:58AM PDT

I would advise using microsoft anti spyware beta it pulls out spyware and adware that lavasoft adaware 6 overlooks!! Heres a link to copy /paste in to your browser http://www.microsoft.com/athome/sec ... curity/spyware/software/default.mspx,This program only works on (windows xp).I would all so advise you to set up diffrent partitions on your hard drive so you dont download anything bad on to the partition your operating system is running on, Partition magic 8.0 is a pretty easy to use program for this and you dont loose any of your current files best of luck Daz...........

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Re:SERIOUS PROBLEM PLS HELP!!!
Jun 2, 2004 12:51PM PDT