spyware that wont go away!

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spyware that wont go away!

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hi, this is for a friend, just been over sorting his computer, got rid of 65 viruses, installed an anti virus, firewall and adaware, everything is now fine apart from one thing, it says the computer is unsafe and is trying to get him to buy some antivirus software, cant get rid of it :bang: any ideas? when into the hard drive and deleted all the files i could find to do with it and its still there, thanks for any help!
 
This sounds like a rouge virus program, Run Ad-Aware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com and Spybot search and Destroy from http://www.safer-networking.org also run the programs in safe mode by pressing
F8 when you boot up the computer. Also try ewido anti-spyware from AVG, I can't remember the link for that try Googling it.

Hope This Helps!

Jamie.

If that doesn't shift it, Just ask for more help, I'll gladly reply!
 
Spybot and Adaware doesn't get it, from online research you need Smitfraudfix fixes, if you can be bothered. I couldn't and backed up my data and formatted the hard drive (computer was running slow before this anyway and it somehow got through the firewall and past the antivirus) *sighs* Did you get it sorted Alex?
 
Spybot and Adaware doesn't get it, from online research you need Smitfraudfix fixes, if you can be bothered.

:yeahthat:

The link I posted goes through the removal step by step. Any other software, short of using HJT won't touch it.
 
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