Removing CommonName spyware

[Tony Gilbert]

Can anyone assist me in understand a bit more about CommonName, a spyware
program. I have been battling to remove this parasite from my Win2000
machine for days. Spyboy S&D says it has been partially removed, but will
remove the last traces on reboot, but either it doesn't run, or it locks up
and doesn't complete, when I reboot.

I have been to their web site and used their so-called "online
uninstaller" - which did nothing. I have deleted the CommonName folder from
program files; it is not (and never was) visible in the add/remove programs
window in Control Panel. I cannot even see the programs running in Task
Manager any more. Yet Spybot S&D insists it is still on my machine and lists
a heap of files and registry entries detected for it.

How can I successfully remove this parasite from my machine??? More
importantly, where the hell did I get it from? Its appearance seemed to
coincide with the installation of "Avant Browser" on my machine, but that's
only a guess - no-one else seems to have complained of spyware with this
browser, so I am guessing coincidence.

Also, is a file called "004.dll" associated with this parasite, or is it
something else again???

TonyG

[sli]

Tony Gilbert wrote:
>
> Can anyone assist me in understand a bit more about CommonName, a
> spyware program.
>
Description and removal instructions here.
http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CommonName.html

[siljaline]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 04:14:48 GMT, "Tony Gilbert" <ozplan2003 @ yahoo.com.au> wrote:

>Can anyone assist me in understand a bit more about CommonName, a spyware
>program. I have been battling to remove this parasite from my Win2000
>machine for days. Spyboy S&D says it has been partially removed, but will
>remove the last traces on reboot, but either it doesn't run, or it locksup
>and doesn't complete, when I reboot.
>
>I have been to their web site and used their so-called "online
>uninstaller" - which did nothing. I have deleted the CommonName folder from
>program files; it is not (and never was) visible in the add/remove programs
>window in Control Panel. I cannot even see the programs running in Task
>Manager any more. Yet Spybot S&D insists it is still on my machine and lists
>a heap of files and registry entries detected for it.
>
>How can I successfully remove this parasite from my machine??? More
>importantly, where the hell did I get it from? Its appearance seemed to
>coincide with the installation of "Avant Browser" on my machine, but that's
>only a guess - no-one else seems to have complained of spyware with this
>browser, so I am guessing coincidence.
>
>Also, is a file called "004.dll" associated with this parasite, or is it
>something else again???
>
>TonyG
>

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/CommonName.html

HTH



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[siljaline]

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 21:45:53 -0700, "sli" <sli@sli.net> wrote:

>Description and removal instructions here.
>http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CommonName.html

Whoops....
Didn't read your post.


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siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_