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Posted: 7th Nov 2005 05:05 Edited at: 7th Nov 2005 05:05
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Hi
I got a hijacker on one of my computers. And none of my anti something programs will remove it. Its called CWS internet hijacker or something like that. Anyone know how to get rid of it?

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Eric T
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Posted: 7th Nov 2005 05:10
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If you were to google the words: "CWS internet hijacker"... the first entry may, just maybe, quite possibly, have a removal tool.

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Posted: 7th Nov 2005 05:15
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Just in case you don't know hijackers copy themselves into windows memory you must manually delete them but how?

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Posted: 7th Nov 2005 05:28
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hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Funny imitation smart guy. Who told you that? Anti-spyware software deletes that sort of stuff quick and painlessly!

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Posted: 7th Nov 2005 05:31
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find the file in the drive and in the registry and remove them so it cannot spawn again. thats what i did for my spyware.

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Posted: 7th Nov 2005 08:58
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Quote: " Just in case you don't know hijackers copy themselves into windows memory you must manually delete them but how?
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Or maybe you can go to that first listing and google, and use the removal tool from the author of hijack this which does the job more then adequetly... Of course, that would be the logical thing to do, and logic is not profound on the internet. Or so it seems.

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Posted: 7th Nov 2005 09:31
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Download these, reboot with your internet turned off/ unplugged, and run these in this order. It seems like you may have a variant of CWShredder. It won't hurt to run these even if you don't.

http://www.safer-networking.org/files/delcwssk.zip

http://www.trendmicro.com/ftp/products/online-tools/cwshredder.exe

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Posted: 7th Nov 2005 09:44
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Quote: "Or maybe you can go to that first listing and google, and use the removal tool from the author of hijack this which does the job more then adequetly... Of course, that would be the logical thing to do, and logic is not profound on the internet. Or so it seems."


That's not always the best solution with hijackers, Eric. I've had some that screw with the google results, while others and the same prevent you from accessing URLs with "cwshredder" and other spyware removing keywords in them

But still, much loves and kisses!


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Posted: 7th Nov 2005 10:20 Edited at: 7th Nov 2005 10:21
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"hijackthis" is another registry viewing program that helps with those issues as well, get a mac or an SGI if you want a machine that wont fall over when your pcs does, then you can trawl the net and download stuff to fix your pc when they all get infected.

there are forums for this type of issue.

http://forums.spywareinfo.com

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