Owned by Spyware!! Please Help?

[jholland1964]

What am I doing wrong? I feel a bit of a melvin here!!! In startup I held down f8 and it brought me to the same option window as if i just pressed f8..I presume it doesn't make a difference?

Hey, don't feel bad, I truly believe these machines have a built in command that says "make the operator feel like an idiot"...LOL...we all have felt that way, many, many times!

As far as getting into the command prompt, if you got in there then no problem.
Why not try using CCleaner that you downloaded earlier when we began all of this. It will clean out the files we are trying to remove anyway. Just run it in Normal Mode and use the Default Scan only. Let it analyze and then remove whatever it finds. Then reboot the computer and see if the errors still appear.

Also, have looked and looked for info on your "grayware" listing TSPY_PUPER and can find virtually nothing, except the same info from others that you have posted about it found by the Trend Micro scan but not removed. I would have to guess that it is also known, somewhere, by another name and quite possible one of those trojans found by your various scans and removed was probably this one also. Honestly? I don't know.

[spyware_victim]

Thanks, I run ccleaner every time I finished surfing.

[jholland1964]

Thanks, I run ccleaner every time I finished surfing.

Well, rats, then that obviously is not causing the problem! Can you run Internet Explorer even when this error comes up?

[spyware_victim]

Well, rats, then that obviously is not causing the problem! Can you run Internet Explorer even when this error comes up?

The window closes down after I send error report...hmm...maybe I should just live with it?

[jholland1964]

1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Click System.
3. Go to the Advanced tab.
4. Click Error Reporting.
5. Click the "Disable Error Reporting" radio box, but select the "But notify me when Critical Errors Occur".

[spyware_victim]

1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Click System.
3. Go to the Advanced tab.
4. Click Error Reporting.
5. Click the "Disable Error Reporting" radio box, but select the "But notify me when Critical Errors Occur".

Ok there doesn't seem to be an option for the instructions you gave me.
I took a screen shot to show what my options are.
[IMG][/IMG]

[jholland1964]

Whoops, forgot you were running 2K. This would take a regedit to disable.

[dontworrybehappy]

Download free SUPERAntis. Will take care of most of your problem.

[jholland1964]

Download free SUPERAntis. Will take care of most of your problem.

SAS is a good program but this thread is over 6 years old and chances are good the poster no longer owns this machine since this operating system has reached the end of its life cycle and no longer supported.