Please check the logs, I "think" I cleaned it good.

[Mike]

Hi Judy,

My uncle insists on keeping "pay for" antivirus no matter how much I tell him Avast is a fantastic program (I've had one problem in the past 3 yrs using it, AND it was my own stupidity).

I love having Teatimer on my own computer... can be annoying sometimes, but It's great to see all the registry changes it catches that my antivirus doesn't warn me aboutL. I will take your advice on my uncle's though because he would be calling me every five minutes. I'm reconsidering Zonealarm for that reason too.

I've removed Ad-Aware as per suggestion and installed, enabled and updated SpywareBlaster.

New HJT attached.

[jholland1964]

Frankly, there should be registry changes taking place on a computer if it is well protected, unless you are downloading unknown programs or doing a lot of P2P file sharing. But this is your own choice.
Only fix I see with HJT is this one
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {02478D38-C3F9-4EFB-9B51-7695ECA05670} - (no file)
Judy

[Mike]

Thank You so much Judy, I thought it was pretty clean... since the pop-ups stopped. If I can talk him into removing Kaspersky, is there a good program for removing the remnants or would I have to do this with HJT (with your help of course ).

Also, should I address the leftover Norton that you saw or is it nothing to worry about?

You make the internet a somewhat safer place!!!

Curiosity killed the computer... I'm guilty of downloading any and all unknown programs I can find. No more p2p for me unfortunately, not since the record companies started suing for millions. I always figured that teatimer was a third line of defense catching changes that are made by brand new viruses and/or spyware. I guess it's just another false sense of security for me.

[Mike]

Apparently Firefox doesn't make it too easy to block third party cookies so I won't bother with that either, I'll just tell him to make sure to have a glass of milk ready to have with all his cookies. At least they aren't responsible for browser hijacking or identity theft.

[jholland1964]

Apparently Firefox doesn't make it too easy to block third party cookies so I won't bother with that either, I'll just tell him to make sure to have a glass of milk ready to have with all his cookies. At least they aren't responsible for browser hijacking or identity theft.

Blocking third party cookies in Firefox is very simple. Click Tools, Options,
Privacy. Make sure there is NO check mark in Accept Third Party Cookies and there IS a check mark in Accept Cookies. This will allow the first party cookies. It also allows session cookies which are the cookies loaded from web sites which have various pages you wish to go through. When you close that website the session cookies are automatically deleted.

I always figured that teatimer was a third line of defense catching changes that are made by brand new viruses and/or spyware. I guess it's just another false sense of security for me.

Try SpywareBlaster yourself. You will truly be amazed. I run Spybot scans weekly...it finds NOTHING!