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have to post this again, cant seem to find my old post
i got spybot for adwares, is it good?
& www.outwar.com/blabla always pops up in IE every time i turn on my pc
i cant find anyth on msconfig --> startup that seems to b responsible for it
any help?
thanks
Spybot is pretty decent. I removed your previous post since other members might get infected by clicking on the link (put a warning beside the link please).
You might want to check IE's home page. You might also need to check the registery. Do you have AV software?
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I've altered the title to warn users about outwar itself.
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My apologys to you ominous if you read my post in your last thread , many people try and sucker others into clicking on outwar links to up there points in a game and screw people like you with their hijackers. Have you tried using the advanced options on spybot? (should be in your main menu) http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ is also worth trying. If it is a very new hijacker you may need to use "hijack this" http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/ . IF you use "hijack this" do not delete anything , just post the log at www.cexx.org (in the forums) and someone will be able to tell you what exactly needs to be deleted.
Hi,
You might like to look at:
http://www.webattack.com/get/hostadmin.html This is an "easy" Windows "Hosts" management tool.
Also when using SpyBot S&D take the "Immunise" option to prevent the stuff getting on your machine in the first place.
lumpyporridge has pointed you to Lavasoft who do "Ad-Aware" 6.0. This is another product that complements SpyBot. WARNING if you use SpyBots advanced options to block browser hi-jacking and changes to IE from within IE (changes have to be made via Control Panel) Ad-Aware will report two entries as malware. They aren't, they are these two security features in SpyBot :)
Also with the Hosts Administrator, some defence mechanisms will register stuff in here (Spyware Guard/Spyware Blaster?) These entries point to 127.0.0.1 which is an internal loop. This is quite safe and intentional so don't remove them; the entries effectively block the malware from "phoning home" ;)
Hope that this helps...........Good Luck!
A free detection script can be found at http://www.doxdesk.com This script is a very nice beginning point, and has a very comprehensive list of spyware and parasites. Plus, it runs as a javascript that simply detects whatever plugins are installed on the browser, and which ones have been registered as spyware/parasites. Its free, doesn't require an installation of anything, and is updated frequently. Can't ask for more than that, huh?
I'm a bit fan of hijackthis.. and as lumpy implied out, you don't just delete everything you see.
there's a good tutorial to be found at http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/htlogtutorial.html
Turing.. thanks for your link but I'm a bit confused..
I'm assuming you meant the java script found here.
wouldn't this just be for pages on your own site ?
Now since no one has mentioned this yet.. I found that using IE-spyad is a good way to enter malious sites to your IE restricted zone.. not sure if outwar.com is one that has been included.
you can find IE-spyad here .
and let's not forget putting entries into your hosts file... although Steven Martin (smartin-designs) doesn't maintain/update the hosts file anymore, you can still get a list of sites that do maintain it at http://www.smartin-designs.com/
edit : oops.. I see that nihil already mentioned info on the hosts file..