De-clogging Vista

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by Koconnor, May 28, 2008.

  1. Koconnor

    Koconnor Private E-2

    Hello, and thank you in advance for your consideration and advice.

    I am running a reasonably new Vista (it was purchased for school in August).
    In general I have not had many issues with the computer and have been pleased with its speed and ability.

    A month or two ago I made the brilliant decision to check out limewire. My computer soon began experiencing spyware issues, and I promptly 86'd limewire.

    I have been trying to clean and de-clog my machine for weeks now, but it's still persistently leaving tracks of spyware of some sort on my machine. In this process, I have read MajorGeeks' "READ & RUN ME FIRST. Malware Removal Guide" and was not able to completely remedy this situation.

    Through this laborious process I have a new problem: I have too many spyware protection software running on my computer and I need to figure out what to eliminate and what to keep.

    I have: McAfee Security Center
    CyberDefender Internet Security
    SuperAnti Spyware
    MalwareBytes' Anti-malware
    Spybot S&D
    and... AVG



    My frustration is this: Whenever I run any of my protection software except cyberdefender, the scan result is either nothing(A supposedly clean machine), or very minor things.

    CyberDefender, on the other hand, lists three spyware worthy of my attention (that, with the free version, I am unable to remove):

    CWS, (search Hi-jacker)
    Try Media, (Registry)
    Parental Control Tool or ASProtect, (Registry)



    None of my other spyware software acknowledges these three threats.
    What is the best way to clean out my computer? :confused:
     
  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    Welcome to Major Geeks!

    If you have run the READ & RUN ME then you need to do what is requested in it so that we can help you. I will quote from the READ & RUN ME what you are supposed to do:


    I also suggest that you attach a log from CyberDefender that explicit shows exactly what and where it is finding problems.
     

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