Spyware has totaly taken over

[Creature]

can anyone give me some advice on what to do

ive used ad aware spybot and all sorts of others and it just cant get rid of the spyware..i think the file keeps changing name so by the time ive rebooted
the file has changed and it keeps installing other crap everytime too..

i get flooded with tons of pop ups and little windows boxs

can anyone give me some advice before i format this hard drive again

its realy pi$$ me off now..
the people who invent these programs should be hung and left to die in pain

[Knoxville]

I know it may seem stupid but you tried running adaware and avg while in safe mode? I had a similar problem and that sorted it.

[Creature]

wots avg ?

[Shogun]

Avg antivirus. Also turn off system restore. As the file can back itself up to there and you cant touch it.

[da_ging]

go here http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/...0-17-150.shtml

and down load hijackthis and cwshredder and see if they help

Also post a screeny of what you task manager shows please

[Creature]

da_ging

thats the ones m8....

there the ones that are coming up but wont get outeven with spyware tools

cheers m8y ill give them ago

[rox0r]

Persistant little beggar is CoolWebSearch, had to re-install many machines followed by a slap on the wrist for the user because of it and it's various mutations.

[Punky]

i use Spyware Doctor from download.com does the job well AFAIK

[Creature]

well i fixed the problem by

disconnecting the hdd and running it slave on another machine,
and then running a spyware checker that way

and then running cw shredder to remove the little bits

and then running hijackthis by removen the rest of the stuff out of my reg

i then ran norton system work to repair any broken reg lines

[Agent]

and do you still use IE now ?....

[Creature]

lol yes........

ive just found an easier way to have delt with it aswell
Lava soft have brought out a Vx2 plugin for it..and thats what my prob was
blooby vx2 spyware

what browser is best to use ?

[nichomach]

I prefer Opera, but Firefox is very nice and getting nicer.