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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:24 PM
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It's on my browsers. Any idea how to remove it? It's like a tool bar. I uninstalled firefox and can't find it under add/remove programs.

Scanning the compuer now...not letting the wife watch tv online anymore..
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:43 PM
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combofix + malwarebytes
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 06:00 PM
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Online TV FTL! Best bet is to stick to hulu, netflix and the TV channels website.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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If a site is willing to illegally host copyrighted material to attract visitors that it should be obvious that that site would be willing to use illegal means to make money off of said customers with malware. No legitamate company is going to advertise on those sites so they go to make money somehow.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 07:01 PM
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I agree. It took one short 4 day business trip


So....anyone know how I can get it off my comp without doing a full restore?
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 09:00 PM
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It can't be uninstalled. Your nodez are haxored.


On a serious note, check the processes that are running on your machine, try to narrow down the name of the process that is running. Look it up in google to see how other's have uninstalled it; or take the brute force way and simple delete it from your computer. Of course that requires that you know a bit as to how to do so to ensure you remove it from many places (registry, startup scripts, etc), not just your filesystem.

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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 09:06 PM
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time to get all the pictures off and do a restore. Glad I made a disk.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by vas25tl
time to get all the pictures off and do a restore. Glad I made a disk.
Looks like there are many others that question how to remove it ...

http://www.google.com/search?source=...447450a6ad570e

Post #4:
http://forums.whatthetech.com/index....owtopic=117959


http://www.computing.net/answers/sec...hqu/31089.html
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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Contact Whiskers, he only charges $60 to remove a virus.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 10:06 PM
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think he's boycotting until we have a dedicated IT section
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:03 PM
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Contact Whiskers, he only charges $60 to remove a virus.
I'll do it for half!
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 11:11 PM
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stunna check your Pm's
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Sly Raskal
Thanks

I've been searching around and really I think my best option is to just do a restore. I don't have anything on the computer that I can' replace, just need to put all the pictures and some documents on a external hard drive.

At least the computer will be like new again
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