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Software => Computer viruses and spyware => Topic started by: curtis on July 22, 2005, 10:39:49 AM

Title: Cannot delete from favorites & more
Post by: curtis on July 22, 2005, 10:39:49 AM

A program has placed unwanted items into my favorites. When I delete & sigh back on they reappear.  Spybot does not solve the problem. Whan trying to install"CounterSpy" protection I get  an error message which stops the program from loading.  Any Ideas?  

Title: Re: Cannot delete from favorites & more
Post by: Raptor on July 22, 2005, 11:49:32 AM

Virus scanners
AVG Free (http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1)
-- Anti virus scanner


Anti spy/malware
Microsoft Antispyware (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en)
-- Anti spyware scanner. Windows XP Home and Professional only.
Spybot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html)
-- Anti spyware scanner
Adaware SE Personal (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/)
-- Anti spyware scanner

Firewalls
Using only one firewall is advised. Dual firewalls may cause problems.
Using a hardware firewall and a software firewall is even more adviced.
ZoneAlarm Free (http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp)
-- Free firewall - more user friendly
Sygate Personal (http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm)
-- Free firewall - more configuration options

Removal tools
The following files are not substitutes for the ones described above.
They are either diagnostic tools or removal tools for malware of a certain kind

HijackThis (http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip)
-- Manual malware remover. Post the HijackThis log generated only if requested!
McAfee Stinger (http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/)
-- Virus removal tool. No substitute for a fully functional virus scanner!
CWshredder (http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html)
-- CoolWebSearch removal tool. Widely known and persistant Hijacker.