The new MS Antispyware/aka Giant Antispyware

I just installed the new microsoft antispyware (downloaded from here) and ran my first scan. Two things showed up, WEBHANCE(spyware), and SEARCHSQUIRE(adware) which I removed after setting a restore point. After rebooting, only my wallpaper comes on the screen, none of my programs or desktop items are loading anymore!!! HELP!! I restarted in safe mode and then did a system restore and things are OK but what the hey happened?? How can I get those infections (if they are real) out without affecting my system? They are obviously important to the system operation. The 'help' section said to uninstall other antispyware programs before installing MSAntispyware--which I did not do-- I also have Spybot, Ad-Aware SE, Spyware blaster, Bazooka scanner, Norton AV &firewall. Incidentally, neither Spybot nor AdAware found those infections that MSAntispy did. So I guess my question now is did I totally mess up my computer with this thing or what? CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE?!?

 

Halo thanks! I just updated it now on your advice. The WEBHANCER thing is indeed system32\sporder.dll, and also \sporder(3).dll -do I just leave it alone then?

SEARCHSQUIRE shows this:

HKEY\Current\User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur....I can't see the rest

and another HKEY just the same as above but I can't see the rest--how do you see the rest of it?

 

Hey, folks- MS Antispyware found "SearchSquire" on my PC, too- the registry keys found were in "internet settings/zone maps/ domains"- no other files found- it's listed as adware from a "NewMedia Properties LLC" (listed on symantec's web site as "low"; from Jan. '04 I think)

 

I quarantined my 'searchsquire' and everything is OK.

But

How do you read the rest of the location descriptions:
HKEY_Curren_User_Software_Microsoft_Windows_Cur.....how do I get the rest of it?

 

right-click on the string (HKCU etc.) and hold

 

I right clicked but no further string info happened...just a box around it.

 

Be careful, some of the mods have found the program to be giving false postives on searchsquire.

 

Thanks for that info, Adrynalyne. NewsFlash, I think that once you got the box around it, then you "click and hold" again (man, now I can't quite remember- I'm mentally irregular, though, got to excuse me

 

MikeH, I did 'click and hold' and it's not showing the string.

 

I deleted the stuff, and now I really can't remember how I did read the whole key- sorry I know it's there somewhere (I read the whole string before doing anything to it; maybe you can't read it when it's quarantined??)- there's another thread on this in "Lounge" ( http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=51534 ), maybe ask there?

 

MikeH, OK thanks and thanks to everyone else for their input. Cheers!