Can't get rid of spyware/virus. Tried almost everything. Help!

[Ben Bowen]

On Jan 18, 10:45 am, Ben Bowen <bozothedeathmach...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 18, 10:21 am, Ed <ex@directory> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On 18/01/08 07:47, Ben Bowen wrote:
>
> > > Hi all. I've searched this thread and tried a lot I've found, but
> > > nothing is getting rid of the spyware/virus I have.
>
> > > I'm having an issue with IE popups. I don't use IE regularly; mostly
> > > Firefox. But I still get these f-ing popups. I run Spybot every
> > > morning and it always finds the same things: AdRevolver, BurstMedia,
> > > etc. Mostly tracking cookie stuff. I clean them every day, but they
> > > come back every day. I've immunized with Spybot. I've also run AdAware
> > > and SuperAntiSpyware. As for virus clean-up, I've used Mcafee and
> > > TrendMicro's House Call thing. I've even used a CD from the IT manager
> > > at my company that boots the PC and scans the hard drive without it
> > > being mounted. Nothing will get rid of these damn pop-ups.
>
> > > Can anyone please suggest something else? I'm at wit's end here. I
> > > just want IT to re-image my PC, but they won't, at least not for a
> > > while.
>
> > > Thanks.
>
> > Can you give a few examples of sites where you experience this? I'll
> > check them out here.
>
> > Ed
>
> The only one I can remember right now is Celldorado. There's another
> adserver, I think. I will have to wait until tomorrow when my problem
> mysteriously appears again.
>
> I will try HijackThis in the meantime.
>
> Thanks!

I found something else. There are IE processes running. I can kill
them, but they keep respawning.

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"Ben Bowen" <bozothedeathmachine@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:7c3b4bb3-a836-40b3-a753-9d1a722db774@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On Jan 18, 10:45 am, Ben Bowen <bozothedeathmach...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jan 18, 10:21 am, Ed <ex@directory> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > On 18/01/08 07:47, Ben Bowen wrote:
>>
>> > > Hi all. I've searched this thread and tried a lot I've found, but
>> > > nothing is getting rid of the spyware/virus I have.
>>
>> > > I'm having an issue with IE popups. I don't use IE regularly; mostly
>> > > Firefox. But I still get these f-ing popups. I run Spybot every
>> > > morning and it always finds the same things: AdRevolver, BurstMedia,
>> > > etc. Mostly tracking cookie stuff. I clean them every day, but they
>> > > come back every day. I've immunized with Spybot. I've also run
>> > > AdAware
>> > > and SuperAntiSpyware. As for virus clean-up, I've used Mcafee and
>> > > TrendMicro's House Call thing. I've even used a CD from the IT
>> > > manager
>> > > at my company that boots the PC and scans the hard drive without it
>> > > being mounted. Nothing will get rid of these damn pop-ups.
>>
>> > > Can anyone please suggest something else? I'm at wit's end here. I
>> > > just want IT to re-image my PC, but they won't, at least not for a
>> > > while.
>>
>> > > Thanks.
>>
>> > Can you give a few examples of sites where you experience this? I'll
>> > check them out here.
>>
>> > Ed
>>
>> The only one I can remember right now is Celldorado. There's another
>> adserver, I think. I will have to wait until tomorrow when my problem
>> mysteriously appears again.
>>
>> I will try HijackThis in the meantime.
>>
>> Thanks!
>
> I found something else. There are IE processes running. I can kill
> them, but they keep respawning.