On 10 Apr 2005 22:24:35 -0700, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, elfkar2001@yahoo.com
wrote:
>
> please help, I installed a spyware remover, called webroot spy remover,
[snip]

There is no such animal.

Webroot makes a (bad) product named "SpySweeper". They also spam:

<http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=Webroot+group:news.admin.net-abuse.*&sa=G&scoring=d>
<http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q="Window+Washer"+group:news.admin.net-abuse.*&sa=G&scoring=d>

Hence, no informed and ethical person would buy anything from them.

Meanwhile, "SpyRemover" is either:

- a known-rogue scamware product from <rizalsoftware.com>, or

- a putatively legitimate, but non-free, knock-off by <itcompany.com> of the
freeware (and excellent) "SpyBot Search & Destroy".

Even in the latter case, why anyone should prefer it to the original remains
an open -- and very good -- question.

> it ran ok and said the spyware was deleted, but when it is finished,
> all pop ups keep coming back.
[snip]

So what does this tell you about the efficacy of whatever it is you really
ran?

> os is win xp PLEASE HELP ME!!!
>
[snip]

That's a problem, in and of itself. There are quite a number of XP-specific
issues you need to be aware of:

<http://www.hevanet.com/peace/microsoft.htm>
or <http://www.futurepower.net/microsoft.htm>

and (read all three):
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/14/11winman_1.html>
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/21/12winman_1.html>
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/28/13winman_1.html>

and finally:
<http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html>


> WHAT DO I DO? thanks all..

What you *should* do is:

A. - Learn what you're doing. Notwithstanding ANYTHING else, that is a
prerequisite for avoiding the sort of problems you are now bemoaning (and many
others).

B. - Dump the crapware you've loaded onto your system, starting with WinXP
itself, and replace it with either a less problematic version of Windows --
Win2K being the last "acceptable" (if just barely, and even then only after a
thorough application of 2000lite/XPlite) version -- or better yet, side-step
the whole stinking mess: <http://www.knoppix.net/>, <http://www.linux.org:/>.

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