RE: Removing xupiter, spyware, malware

From: Alastair Cook <Alastair.Cook(at)crown.uk.com>
Date: Tue Jul 29 2003 - 11:16:14 EDT

Try using Ad-Aware from Lavasoft http://www.lavasoft.nu/software/adaware/, the free version is excellent, I use it all the time to clean up helpdesk PC's where users have downloaded rubbish from the internet.

Al

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From: Bill Hardstone [mailto:rhardstone@eudoramail.com] Sent: 29 July 2003 11:14
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: Removing xupiter, spyware, malware

Greetings,

Anyone has positively removed spyware/ adware/ malware/parasites i.e. xupiters and other apps as memory meter, calender, etc. completely without reinstalling the OS?

I have cleaned up the registry and and cleaned up the directory but it shows up again. It even piggybacks on another process. So, the user can't even see PID's in the task manager.

Any suggestions?

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Received on Tue Jul 29 18:33:31 2003