Unwanted installed programs

Teddy

New Member
Hi everyone,

I got this annoying problem sometimes when i visit some website they install stuff on my comp that its annoying. They install program on my startup. when i type msconfig on the run menu i have all this program that i never installed they usually consist of programs that add favorites to my favorites and they sometimes change my homepage setting and even my About:blank is changed into something else.I know this question has been ask 239186530956092356 times but how do u prevent these programs from installing on my machine besides staying away from those sites cause im not the only one using this comp.

Win98
IE 5.5

Thanx
 

Lixuz

New Member
Usually it asks you if you want to install the program or not. Just click no, cancel or whatever.

If it does it without you knowing, a firewall or something might work.

Hope this helps
 

weed

New Member
Teddy said:
Hi everyone,

I got this annoying problem sometimes when i visit some website they install stuff on my comp that its annoying. They install program on my startup. when i type msconfig on the run menu i have all this program that i never installed they usually consist of programs that add favorites to my favorites and they sometimes change my homepage setting and even my About:blank is changed into something else.I know this question has been ask 239186530956092356 times but how do u prevent these programs from installing on my machine besides staying away from those sites cause im not the only one using this comp.

Win98
IE 5.5

Thanx

well this funny annoying stuff is spyware... or adware its advertisement..they come in various forms usually sometimes when u install software or just broswing to a website.. its basically tracking software on your system, which is continuously using your Internet connection and reports statistical data to the host website and your personal information..spyware or adware sometimes hijacks ur brosower thus changing it to something else you didnt specify u can read more about hijackers at this site http://www.cexx.org/hphijack.htm.. u can google up some free hijacker software...

they are a various software applications u can use to get rid or this software.. u can use spy bot a free spyware adware remover tool which can be found at download.com here is the direct link to it.
http://download.com.com/3000-8022-10122137.html
or adware pay version
or you can try other software like spy killer http://download.com.com/3000-8022-10263115.html
a pop up blocker may be useful too... google tool bar does a pretty good job at it.
http://toolbar.google.com/
 

jdundas

New Member
Also...

I had a nasty problem with a highjacker twice. The first time was a couple of months ago. It ran two programs, one would put generate pop up windows, even when my browser was closed. The second program, started back up the first or recreated it, if it was stopped or deleted. There were multiple steps to get rid of it.... If this is your problem, google "drpepper", this was the main program I used to get rid of it. It will give you instructions.

Another was I believe from partypoker.com, <- a**holes. It changed my start page. I ran spybot search and destroy, I had to run it twice, after the first time I ran it, there was a file it couldn't get rid of. It asked me If I wanted to rerun at startup, I said "no". I still had the spyware. I reran again, this time I said "yes" to rerun at startup.... problem gone.

Joe
 
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