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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 06:41 AM
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need tech help:adserver
I think my computer has been cartured by something called adserver.
I'm using a pop-up stopper that works pretty well, but now a lot are getting under the radar.
I found 8 files labeled "adserver..." and I can not delete them.
Any ideas for getting rid of this crap?
Thanks.
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seamarq Donating Member (159 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 06:47 AM
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1. Try a free program called Spybot...
You can make a donation if you like. It's found lots of spyware on my machine. http://beam.to/spybotsd
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 06:51 AM
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2. Do you have AdAware?
AdAware and Spybot Search & Destroy are both free and both are excellent for this. HijackThis is also a hoot if your browser or its search function has been hijacked by some malware program. Google any of these or try C/Net. (I'm not being lazy; you usually wind up downloading from a mirror site.)
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 06:51 AM
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3. Spybot S&D and/or Ad-Aware
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 06:56 AM
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4. I use two different free programs to get rid of files like that...
...Spybot and Ad-aware. The download sites are listed below. I have also included Pop-up Stopper if you don't already have a program to kill pop-ups.

Here you go:
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Spybot
<http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download>

Once you're at the site, scroll down to the download section and follow the directions. Once you install the program on your system, run it, and you'll be amazed at the number of files that turn up that are spyware files just like adserver.
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Ad-aware
<http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/>

Do the same thing you did for Spybot in terms of downloading, installing, and running. Using both programs will give you the coverage of your system to be able to clean those pesky ad cookies and other files like that off of your system. Sometimes Ad-aware will catch something Spybot misses, and vice versa.
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Pop-Up Stopper
<http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html>

Download this if you're having problems with pop-up ads...this will kill 95% of pop-up ads before they can actually pop-up.
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Hope this helps! Have a good one!
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 07:04 AM
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5. Thanks, y'all.
mission accomplished
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