"loanspyware"? taken over 2 of my computers

darth · Oct 9, 2006

2 of my 3 computers (the other one i hardly ever use) were recently infected with some kind of malware, maybe it is related to this, when i go to certain domains via clicking or typing the urls, i am redirected to google with search terms already entered in, or i am redirected via a url "loanspyware.com" to random porn sites. It only effects certain URLS, many web adresses still load ok.

I tired opera, firefox and internet explorer, happens in all of them.

I have run mcaffee virus scan, spybot saerch and destroy, adaware, the microsoft spyware tool, AVG anti malware and Trojan Remover.

And it is still there!

I searched for 'loanspyware' on google and came up with nothing.

Any suggestions?

chaslang · Oct 10, 2006

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"loanspyware"? taken over 2 of my computers

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