can't get rid of this spyware

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20-04-2005, 09:42 PM

Ish

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can't get rid of this spyware

hi

i've tried doing a full scan with mcafee and with various spyware removers but can't get rid of these popups in internet explorer.

i keep getting popups from www.888.com & offeroptimizer

how the hell do i get rid of them

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20-04-2005, 10:56 PM

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Hi mate,

In my opinion, best way to get rid of this sort thing is to use a free program called "Hijack This".

See my other post...
https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...672900#1672900

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27-04-2005, 06:22 PM

DanRSturbo

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Ish, what spyware app's have you run to try and get rid of it ? The old school way is to simply hack them out of the registry

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27-04-2005, 10:49 PM

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spybot search and destroy i find has been the best, gets rid of everything i have ever had get it from here
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html