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Spyware Help (aka, I'm an idiot)
« on: December 19, 2009, 05:53:00 PM »
I accidentally let a spyware program add in an autorun registry edit, and told Spybot to not bug me about it again (in case you're wondering it's the Spyfighter infection).
I managed to delete the spyware installer file, and get rid of most of the registry things...but the initial registry that started the whole mess is still there.
I changed the entry to read " ", and while it's staying that way, I still can't delete it.
I haven't heard from it at all since then (this was about 10 minutes ago), so should I be worried?
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Re: Spyware Help (aka, I'm an idiot)
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2009, 07:10:55 PM »
What's your OS?
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Re: Spyware Help (aka, I'm an idiot)
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2009, 07:17:28 PM »
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Re: Spyware Help (aka, I'm an idiot)
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2009, 01:38:13 AM »
Spybot is a spyware finder, not a malware fighter. It can pick up some trojans, but is not to be used as a general malware protection program. This is what you need.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
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