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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 00:57
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I have some kind of spyware in my system and my anti spyware software cant find what it is. It kind of removes images and words from sites. Does any one have any idea what it is?

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H4ck1d
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 01:01 Edited at: 2nd Sep 2006 01:02
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Well if it really is spyware, try out spybot search and destroy. It's worked really well for me in the past

Site: http://www.safer-networking.org/
Download.com: http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 01:05
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I have that, it found stuff, deleted it, but I still have the same problem. It happens in IE and firefox.
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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 01:13
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Try adaware, it does a nifty job, or the 15 day trial of Zone Alarm Pro, now thats a piece of security I tell you, its kept my PC clean in the whole 15 days I had it, blocked loads of cookies, spyware, adware etc as it showed in the status thingy. It comes with a firewall, antivirus and spyware app, if you have an AV or tell it you have an AV, Firewall or Spyware blocker, it will monitor how they're doing rather than protect it, so I guess for to get the best, don't tell it anything .

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 01:18
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Musashi, would you mind linking me? I cant see any thing with the spyware, it blocks words so I cant read the sentences.
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Dazzag
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 03:53
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Personally I swear by SpySweeper. One time I couldn't get rid of something no matter how hard I tried (and I normally succeed after a fair bit of googling for difficult ones). In the end it even blocked Spysweeper and other programs for updating themselves. Even trying to download something wouldn't work. In the end downloaded an update to my other machine and updated Spysweeper. It then sorted it out by automatically cleaning the serious bug while booting windows (ie. in DOS). No stopping it then. Nice.

Worst one I find is the MS one. Either in it's old beta form or the new defender beta. I've run that on computers that I know have problems and it says there are *no* issues. Not even small ones. Bung Spysweeper on and pretty soon a good sized list appears

Cheers

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French gui
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2006 01:16
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Not sure it's a spyware or virus. It looks like only numbers and letters written in bold (bold if you can't read it ) are missing.
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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 3rd Sep 2006 01:28
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Okay Higgins;

Zone Alarm trial download page;

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/trial_zaFamily/trial_zaFamily.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=db_trial

Adaware Free Version (Only scans and deletes, no real time protection in the freebie);
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

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