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Any one knoe a good free spyware removal app...
For some reason i had an app called virus heat install itself and its making my machine run like crap, after looking in wiki for it it appears to be spyware...
but i cant find a good piece of software to remove it...
Any suggestions?
step 1. type up your cd key in notepad and save it..
setp 2. format your computer...
step 3. use... ow wait ..
/stupidity
can you tell us what the spyware/virus/maleware you have i may have a fix lined up for ya :D
LOL... there will be no formatting thank you.... went down that road about 3 weeks ago..
Its an app called Virus heat, apparently it gets installed through a trojan called Zlob.trojan..
i've scanned my registry and found 193 instances of it..
If you have legit windows installed try Windows defender...
Otherwise... maybe adaware?
and first google for me...
Spyware Doctor - Best Spyware Removal. Free Trial Download.
but then again, it might be a spyware removal program that is spyware itself! :O
If you find a good one, report back Ratty!
Quote from Ratty;340216:
LOL... there will be no formatting thank you.... went down that road about 3 weeks ago..
Its an app called Virus heat, apparently it gets installed through a trojan called Zlob.trojan..
i've scanned my registry and found 193 instances of it..
193 -.- you might be driving a derailed train if we try to fix this..
but...
try and download superantispyware.
SUPERAntiSpyware.com - AntiAdware, AntiSpyware, AntiMalware!
its one of the spyware/virues it can find and clean ... with fire .. enjoy
the problem is they only installed this morning....
ROFL with a name like that... it just has to be SUPERAWESOME!!!
i'll give it a try
ok soo... psyave i ran the spyware doctor and it only found 100 or so....
i ran the SUPERantispyware and it came up with 156 so far..... looks like we have a winner!.
Nice and small to D/load and easy to use..
Cheers guys..
So long as tf2 still works :)
Quote from Ratty;340225:
ok soo... psyave i ran the spyware doctor and it only found 100 or so....
i ran the SUPERantispyware and it came up with 156 so far..... looks like we have a winner!.
Nice and small to D/load and easy to use..
Cheers guys..
good to hear it worked for ya :D
WINNAA, its ok psywave.. we have to loose once every so often :P
/pose /FLEX
ROFL yes yes that is very very very true....
lol thanks dragon
seems i spoke to soon.... i now have another few that are new lol
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dragon xr - step 1. type up your cd key in notepad and save it..
setp 2. format your computer...
:)
Quote from dragon xr;340213:
step 1. type up your cd key in notepad and save it..
setp 2. format your computer...
.. save the key to a file, then format the drive? why bother with step 1 at all?
oh ofcourse
step 1b. backup all inportant files to your 2.2TB file server.
rofl... i figured out what it is.... my pc decided it would be a good idea to upgrade IE to IE7.... but it didn't do the security patches as well... and since i dont use IE i didn't know...
running windows defender now... see how that goes.
sounds bs to me. if you've got a trojan its because you double clicked/ran an infected file.
most likely you wanted to watch porn, got asked to download and install a codec and agreed, instant trojan.
Spybot S&D + Roguescanfix fixes pretty much everything from personal experience.
lol... nope.... there is a trojan in an app called Virus heat that installs itself... which is what happened... i wasn't even at my pc when it started spazzing
besides if i wanted to watch porn i'd stream it.. :P
Seriously....
Less then a minute searching on google..
How To Remove Virusheat (removal Instructions)
try to help yourself, before you give up.
Don't listen to brain dance. The only true way to get rid of it is to nuke the bastard and format!
personally, I agree, format for the all clear for sure, but if you don't want to do that, then you have the instructions there to use.
and pala was right, someone got you the zlob worm, which is distributed via video "codecs" so yeah, if it wasn't you, someone was using your comp.
Actualy psyave... brains idea has worked... there all gone all 22 that were left...
thanks brain...
hmmm maybe... my GF had used my machine... and i had gone to a lan recently....
Quote from psyave;340256:
Don't listen to brain dance. The only true way to get rid of it is to nuke the bastard and format!
From orbit.....it's the only way to be sure.
bet it was a tf2 hack gone wrong :P
Quote from paladin;340251:
sounds bs to me. if you've got a trojan its because you double clicked/ran an infected file.
most likely you wanted to watch porn, got asked to download and install a codec and agreed, instant trojan.
Quote from Ratty:
lol... nope.... there is a trojan in an app called Virus heat that installs itself... which is what happened... i wasn't even at my pc when it started spazzing
besides if i wanted to watch porn i'd stream it.. :P
Quote from teh intarnetz:
VirusHeat is the latest rogue anti-spyware program infecting your computer through the installation of Zlob Trojans. VirusHeat is installed on your computer when you download and install a Trojan masquerading as a video or audio codec required to view a movie on the Internet.
why do people doubt me? WHY!?!?!
ROFL .... nothing personal its just that u cant trust a sniper...
@mepm... sif i need hax for that game to pwn!
Quote from dragon xr;340213:
step 1. type up your cd key in notepad and save it..
setp 2. format your computer...
Actualy such a method would remove all spyware and virus with the added bonus of preventing future infection.
sif try and blame other ppl for you shenanigans lol.
I checked my PC, typical random stuff but nothing you got.... Musta been all you Rty :P
PFT.... shut up sanders...
Webroot spy sweeper - it's not free but I'm sure you can find a "trial" version.
I had a major infection once (one wrong click to a dodgy site by mistake) and I decided to see what I could do before formatting - it picked up over 500 instances of malware AFTER I had run adaware and spybot S&D. I never ended up formatting (then) - everything was sweet.
It routinely finds arounf 10-15 instances of things like tracking cookies per week - I have it scan every night at 3am.
Hope it helps you.
use anti virus so you dont get them in the first place.
proactive beats reactive :)
I found the files associated with the trojan. I couldn't delete or rename those files because they were being used by windows and NOD32 can't do shit about them.
Here's what I did:
- Remember where the trojan files files are located
- Ensure that your booting device will not pre-maturely activate in the booting process (ie, chuck it in an external SATA/USB connection).
- Boot clean from another drive designated as C: (You might have to fiddle in the BIOS for this to trick the trojan).
- When all is booted, run a console or file manager and turn orn your "HUNT, castrate OR DESTROY" mode. (I played Metallica while doing it).
- When all is clean, and alright, return power down, and turn everything right back on.
- Run your anti-virus again to confirm your success (some trojan have sleeper components that will actively seek its code in your system... if it couldn't find it, it might try downloading a copy of the necessary code via internet so you should have a firewall. Most trojans infects EXPLORER.EXE because it has super user privileges so if your firewall sais it's talking to strangers unnecessarily, you can suspect it has been possesed.)
If you know the files, boot from knoppix, remount drive as read/write, delete files.
Quote from Knight Of Nih;340371:
use anti virus so you dont get them in the first place.
proactive beats reactive :)
i had 3 different antivirus installed chow... non picked it up....
it hasn't come back since i used the app brain dance advised sooo im happy as...
no format needed at all.
what programs do ya use ratty?
wait you use 3 different antivirus programs at the same time on the one pc?
that could work out worse than the virus
eset ftw
Quote from Ratty;340417:
it hasn't come back since i used the app brain dance advised sooo im happy as...
no format needed at all.
Wait a second, I didn't advise shit....
All I did was show you the first google result for "virus heat removal"
Lrn2google
not all at once MEPM..
i have AVG on all the time... when that fail's i uninstall and whack NOD32 on there....
And after that failed i had a copy of Nortons laying around so i tried that...
@brain
i did google it and didn't get that result at all... i got 2 wiki pages and 3 other spyware apps that looked dodgy as shit..
dont take the credit i really dont care.... just you helped me out so i did the nice thing and thanked you...
Lrn2accept thanks.