Time for a clean slate

Okay a long time ago I posted a tread asking how to make the pop-ups go away, WC and orph helped by telling me about ad-aware. it helped me some, but it only delayed the inevitable, its gotton so bad that I can't go on my computer without some crap like "win real money in an online casino" comming up. Thats why im posting form another computer that hasnt been infected yet.

So my question is how do I whipe the hard drive clean of all programs and such, but keep windows components? So basicaly I want to start over from the begining, I have already prepared my files I want to keep on CDs and now im ready for the next step, WHAT DO I DO?

Solution:

Programs that are need...

Spybot Search & Destroy
Adaware
Trojan Remover
Registery Mechanic
PCBug Doctor

Run them in this order:

1. Run Adaware. Search for your entire PC, then delete all files brought up. If asked to startup when you restart windows, select "Yes". (NOTE: Do not restart your PC yet)

2. Search for your entire PC, then delete all files brought up. If asked to startup when you restart windows, select "Yes". Now, go to Immunize, and install the program that "blocks all bad pages silently". (NOTE: Do not restart your PC yet)

3. Run Trojan Remover. Let it search, delete all files pulled up. (NOTE: Do not restart PC yet)

4. Run Registery Mechanic. Search your entire PC, and fix all found problems. (NOTE: Do not restart PC yet)

5. Finally, search with PCBug. Fix all selected files, and then restart your PC.

Now, your PC Should be sprinklee clean ^_^!

If problems still persist, I suggest the Google ToolBar (Built-in popup blocker)

alot of programs will leave information in your windows registry even if you delete them. Anything you don't plan on reinstalling is best removed by running the uninstall program that came with the program.

Uninstalling spyware is basically impossible without a lot of programs I listed. They claim to be gone, but their still there. Others trick you into thinking your not the system administrator and wont let you remove, and some say "Shutdown; will remove when windows restarts", but they are back when you start up windows.

This weekend, I fixed all the spyware and such on my moms pc (I dont use it much; but I guess Id help), and I did everything I listed above. It worked perfectly. Spyware had set my IE page to some search engine no matter what I uninstalled, or changed it back. And I got 6 popups when I started IE, and I was on the page "about:blank". After my work above ^ I got no pop ups, and no more IE homepage changes.

Vash, you should take down that link to a cracked .exe seeing as it's illegal and all.

sounds good ill try it :biggrin:

ed:ya I got it (exe) already so get rid of it

The internet is colapsing onto itself. Its weak.

For example, years back some idiot or compagny decided to promote themselves/annoy you with pop ups. Then came the time where someone wrote a program to kill pop ups. Now its gone to the point were pop up killers announce themselves on pop ups :sad:

Was waiting for omega to grab it; gone :smile: .

Cheers Vash, don't want Lep getting in trouble. :smile:

Do a google for hijackthis, its pretty useful for me.

Thanks vash it worked out fine, the annoying phrase :"The app. has failed to start because MFC70.dll was, bla, bla" is gone after I did what you said, you are a true master.........

Its never too late for a good ol format!

oh and watch out for kazza, i used to get 50+ spam emails an hour and when i uninstalled it, i only get 10 a day...

you are a true master.........

Finally, someone recognizes my true self. Im going to go stapple my balls with a nail gun (hold my calls), cya!

(And glad it worked Omega)

GreenDragon said:
Its never too late for a good ol format!

oh and watch out for kazza, i used to get 50+ spam emails an hour and when i uninstalled it, i only get 10 a day...

Thats what I wanted to do but vash showed me the light.