I want to thank everybody for their help. Things are much better now.
The SuperAntiSpyware program found 10 times more problems than Spybot,
Adaware and a couple others I used. I did not see SuperAntiSpyware listed
under SpywareWarrior though(?).
Running all the programs in Safe mode, and manually deleting registry
entries for Smitfraud-C and a manual deletion of Registry Cleaner 2006 did
the trick for now.
What a battle. Thanks again.
"Rube Bumpkin" <Someone@somewhere.world> wrote in message
news:QlNui.6743$Zk5.4394@newsfe23.lga...
> Steve L wrote:
>> Popups will not stop -- I am talking about one every few seconds! I have
>> run Adaware, Spybot Search and Destroy and Avast anitvirus software.
>> These programs always find malicious spyware but as soon as I clean it
>> out, they are back -- instantly. Even when there is no browser open,
>> they will come in. I have scrubbed IE and am using Firefox, but still no
>> use.
>> The computer is on a wireless connection (if that matters).
>>
>> I would appreciate any help. Thank you.
>
> There have been a few good replies already, so I'll try to not be
> repetitive.
>
> 1) read the a.p.s FAQ, there's a LOT of good stuff in there
> 2) Get the infected computer off the internet, turn off the wireless
> 3) Don't download anything without checking it out with SpywareWarrior
> 4) Do any downloads on the other computer you have access to
> 5) Download SuperAntiSpyware, the free version will do just fine. There
> were others mentioned as well. David H. Lipman has a Multi_AV tool that
> works, but you'll need to be on the internet to use it, AFAIK
> 6) Move anything you want to use to the infected computer
> 7) Reboot in Safe Mode
> 8) Run all of the tools, one after another; removing, quarantining, and/or
> disinfecting as you go.
> 9) Let us know how it all worked out. As others have pointed out we
> generally want/need more info than "I have a lot of popups" We need to
> know what you tried, what the results were, what sort of popups they are,
> etc.
>
> RB
Reply With Quote