Praxis has discovered the evil of spyware (was: EEAAARRRGH!)

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-10-23 03:33pm

I figured I'd try HijackThis! , though I didn't expect much since I used FireFox. Thing is, I used IE for a few months before I switched to FireFox on this PC.

And I've let relatives (parents, siblings) and friends use this computer.

So I have one question:
WHICH ONE OF YOU IMBECILES INSTALLED BONZI BUDDY???

*gasp*...well, I don't see the evil monkey but there is the registry key.

44 *gasp* infected files...*gasp*...
Even Gator...who...did...this...to...me...???!!!

Anyway, I googled Hijack This and found Hijack-this.net, with a program called NoAdware. It found 44 adware but refuses to kill it unless I pay $30. Curse you!

Title edit to increase clarity - Phong

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-10-23 03:37pm

I'm running Ad-Aware now, and I found the real HijackThis. Will post log soon...

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-10-23 03:38pm

Use Ad-aware and Spybot, both can take down Bonzi.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-10-23 04:14pm

We have a dedicated thread for HJ entries.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-10-23 04:54pm

Gotcha on that.

I think Ad-aware got everything...100-something...yikes

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2004-10-24 01:07am

Praxis wrote:Gotcha on that.

I think Ad-aware got everything...100-something...yikes

Run Spybot S&D to be sure

ad-aware is awesome, but dosn't get 100%.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-10-24 09:58am

That sounds bad. How bad did it screw up your computer's performance?

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2004-10-24 03:44pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:That sounds bad. How bad did it screw up your computer's performance?

Really, really bad. lol

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2004-10-24 07:56pm

Thing is, using FF is fine and good, but it won't protect you from spyware if you start downloading shareware programs left and right. They tend to stick things on your machine without your knowlege or permission.