22-02-2005, 04:02 PM | #1 | ||
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Okay, so I've been given the task of cleaning this old pile of **** of all adware, spyware and the like. Registry cleanup etc done, but still I have issues with two pieces of adware that the anti-virus program failed to remove.
They called "adware.look2me.f11", and reside in C:\windows\system\uklmon.dll and dcwox.dll. I cannot remove these two files. So, I'm asking you a question: What, apart from a complete HDD reformatt and system reinstallation, I can do? |
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22-02-2005, 04:25 PM | #2 | ||
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Edit the registry but dont ask me how to do this...
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22-02-2005, 05:11 PM | #3 | ||
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Have you tried using some programs like spybot, Lavasoft's Ad-Aware, or even ms antispy?
Since you have look2me you can try using this look2me remover program as well you can get it here http://www.atribune.org/downloads/l2mfix.exe if those don't work, you could always head to some of the forums like caslecops or spywareinfo and post a hijackthis log, to see if it can be removed via that route.
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23-02-2005, 04:06 AM | #4 | ||
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Well if the above fails, I suggest trying out Spybot Search & Destroy. Use this as well as Adaware fairly regularly and your system should be free from all the junk.
Also you tend to get alot less spyware with using a browser other than Internet Explorer I've found. I scan every month or so with Adaware and SS&D and they only really get a couple of tracking cookies. So yeah use Firefox too... or Opera, just not IE. |
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24-02-2005, 01:59 AM | #5 | ||
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have you tried the hijacker?
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24-02-2005, 09:00 AM | #6 | ||
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The best is to use specially designed adware remover, but if you know where the file is, you could try booting your computer up in fail-safe mode and delete the file that way.
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25-02-2005, 12:12 PM | #7 | ||
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Ad-Aware, Spybot and look2me remover all tried, and promptly failed.
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25-02-2005, 03:15 PM | #8 | ||
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Another program that might work, is called Webroot's Spy Sweeper, it runs on a 30 day trial but it will remove spyware/adaware during that period and you can update the program, see if that helps.
Otherwise you might want to download hijackthis and post a log over at one of the forums at spywareinfo or castlecops and see if it can be removed via that route,
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27-02-2005, 01:58 AM | #9 | ||
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I recognized the Look2Me parasite immediately and can sympathyze with you as it is a truely nasty bug to try to get rid of. However, i have found your solution as I have been compiling my database.
BE WARNED!!!! Have not had time to analyze this one and see if its safe or not. Use at you own risk. I am attaching the file because its only 14K but if you would rather download from another website, here is the addy from major geeks where i downloaded it. http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4166.html |
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28-02-2005, 03:16 PM | #10 | ||
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I didn't try that one, but the Majorgeeks site had a link to an official remover. Worked like a charm after used, now completed an anti-virus scan with 100% success ratio. k: Thanks.
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