Think I have spyware un-knowingly installed.

[1666]

Hi, whenever I log into my PC the thing tries to connect to the internet, plus I keep getting shorcuts on my desktop to casino websites eventhough I have never been to one. I keep deleting these but they come back, plus I have used Ad-aware 6 to check for spyware but it finds nothing. I have looked in the registry for anything that runs at startup (in HKEY_Local_Machine > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Run) but can't find anything unusual.....what can I do to stop this PC trying to start the internet and clean it etc?

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[FaiTHLeSS]

Have you also looked in HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Run ?

Also suggest getting a program such as Spybot-S&D which scan your whole computer for adware and spyware that has been installed.

SpyBot -

http://security.kolla.de/

Also check your startup folder if anything has been entered in there.

 

[Lucifudge]

install Ad Aware 6.0 by Lavasoft. It is free and is, in my opinion, the best adware/spyware utility out there. You can google for it or go to

http://www.pcworld.-com

and search for ad aware.

 

[jrbarnett]

Adaware is available from:

http://lavasoft.element5.com/

John

 

[tellco]

Possiblity that your browser has been hijacked. Here's a link to a good article that explains what you can do when the spyware detection and clean-up programs just don't seem to get rid of your spyware problem:

http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/

Hope this helps.

 

[1666]

Thanks all I will take a look, but plz read all of my post as I state that I have used ad-aware 6 ..... I will post back my results.

 

[MitchCumstein]

Also try Spybot Search and Destroy:

http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download

Spybot + Adaware = death to spyware

 

[mks8500]

Seems silly, I know, but check in your add/remove programs. I found "programs" there that I'd never heard of (Tools for Internet Explorer) that turned out to be spam. That would be my suggestion. Good luck.

 

[UkGraduate]

Could also be the windows messenger service if you're using win2k??? Goto Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services and go down through the list and stop the one thats called Messenger. To make sure its definitely stopped you can try the NET commands in dos. Have fun!

 

[RoryJMcKenna]

try msconfig.exe if you are using win2k you will have to download it....