Highjackthis and spyware removal resources and tips.

October 6th, 2004, 10:51 am

great link mate! guess it is time to patch my windows!

[ATNO/TW]

October 7th, 2004, 10:52 am

Found another excellent resource this morning.

This very handy tool comes from Sysinfo.org:
http://sysinfo.org/bhoinfo.html

The BHOlist application is an online/offline tool that can be used for identifying spyware Browser Helper Objects and can be toggled to a Toolbar list for help in identifying Toolbar spyware / adware

You can load the lists from the online servers, but the key is you can dump the lists to your hard drive for use when online access is unavailable. I also like that you can toggle between BHOlist view and Toolbarlist view. The biggest thing to me is that it is searchable which to date I have not found on any online counterpart.

The status key is at the bottom of the above page link. X = spyware, L = legit and O = "open for debate"

The executable download can be found on the page:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/bholist.zip

There is also a companion proggie BHODemon:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/bhod/

Another very handy BHO tool.

Enjoy!

October 13th, 2004, 8:21 am

one of my favorite scanners is Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner. The scan takes roughly two seconds and it then produces a list of spyware on your computer. It will not remove the files for you, but it will produce a log file that shows you what files/keys triggered the alert as well as provide you with a link to a page that details how to manualy remove the piece of spy ware found.

http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/

October 19th, 2004, 11:11 pm

ATNO/TW wrote:

Found another excellent resource this morning.

This very handy tool comes from Sysinfo.org:
http://sysinfo.org/bhoinfo.html
...
Enjoy!

That's a very handy utility. I've been referencing Tony Kline's BHO list on the web but this makes the chore much easier. Thanks!

October 27th, 2004, 3:00 pm

I have that DSO thing too and was going to start asking about it as well, plus my computer keeps trying to change homepages on IE, even though I don't use IE it still bugs hell outta me with Spybot.

October 28th, 2004, 3:36 am

CWShredder Returns To The Web

Quote:

CWShredder is back. Merijn has sold the source code and rights to CWShredder to Intermute. They have published an updated version at cwshredder.net. CWShredder still is a free download and now is being updated once again on a continuing basis to deal with new variants of the CWS hijacker.

Full Story

Download Page

November 1st, 2004, 8:39 pm

1st, thanks for the links back to my site
I was just checking the referrer logs and saw quite a few hits from ozzu.com (almost 1000 for October)

2nd, there's a patch available for the Spybot DSO bug.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4392.html
**version 1.3 final must be installed prior to using the patch**

[ATNO/TW]

November 1st, 2004, 8:52 pm

*smiles -- thanks for the patch link radio and welcome to OZZU.

November 1st, 2004, 9:16 pm

radio wrote:

1st, thanks for the links back to my site
I was just checking the referrer logs and saw quite a few hits from ozzu.com (almost 1000 for October)

2nd, there's a patch available for the Spybot DSO bug.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4392.html
**version 1.3 final must be installed prior to using the patch**

Yes, welcome to ozzu.

I've seen that patch but it was removed from safer-networking.org:
http://www.safer-networking.org/files/spybotsd131tx.exe

That gave me the impression that it may not be ready for release. I searched safer-networking.org for info and couldn't find anything about the patch. Not sure what to think about it. *shrug*

December 19th, 2004, 2:24 am

I just discovered on online Hijack This analysis tool. You can paste a copy of your HJT log into a text box or upload it and receive a detailed analysis.

http://hijackthis.de/en

May 26th, 2005, 4:53 am

JrzyCrim wrote:

• Alexa Toolbar
• Bargain Buddy
• Bonzi Buddy
• Comet Cursor
• Date Manager
• Download Accelerator Plus (Free version)
• Hotbar
• Huntbar
• Kazaa
• Memory Meter
• My Search Bar
• New.Net or NewDotNet
• SearchSquire
• SideFind or IS Technologies SideFind
• Smiley Central
• Weatherbug
• WebHancer or WEBHANCER AGENT
• WebSearch Toolbar
• WildTangent
• Winad
• Windows SyncroAd or SyncroAd

Oh my gosh! I never realised how many I had! I have half of those! *Gasp*

October 4th, 2005, 9:48 pm

Is Download Accelerator Plus an adware? I thought it brings up ads which are related only to the program window. And that also can be stopped by some tips I found here
http://tweakxp.com/article37278.aspx

[labrego]

October 5th, 2005, 9:57 am

Take a look a this pages pramitroy.

http://www.infopackets.com/freenewsarti ... pyware.htm
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/arti ... agers.html
http://research.sunbelt-software.com/th ... eatid=4615

October 5th, 2005, 11:36 am

To speak about performance I can see that DAP is nowhere criticized. But now I am more assured that it contains adware or is adware.
Well, I uninstalled it long ago reading this list by Jim
http://www.ozzu.com/sutra152935.html#152935
But now I can find no free download manager to choose.

[labrego]

October 5th, 2005, 11:48 am

hehe, yeah I know, I felt the same about DAP. I used it a long time too.