Re: anti-malware progs ineffective

From: john jardine (john_at_jjdesigns.fsnet.co.uk)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:07:26 -0000

"Alex Parkinson" <ahparky@ufl.edu> wrote in message
news:ctdl17$rkg$1@spnode25.nerdc.ufl.edu...
> john jardine wrote:
> > I've got some trash called "Cool web search" on my PC at the moment.
> > *Nothing* can remove the core component.
> > "Spybot" will crash the PC on finding it. Others just acknowledge that
this
> > POS is present.
> > Even the purpose written "CW Shredder" crashes on attempting to remove
it.
>
> John,
>
> There is an extra program to remove the spyware that crashes CWShredder.
You can
> download it here:
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
>
> Run this program, then run CWShredder and HijackThis.
>
> Hope it helps,
> Alex Parkinson

Thanks Alex.
I ran the prog and it reported No CoolWWW present. Anyway, then ran
Shredder. It found 2 CoolWWWs and removed them without crashing. Whoopee!
must be on a winner here.

Then ran Hijack-this, removed some host redirections and a couple of lost
links.
Then ran Spybot. It told me I still had 7 varieties of CoolWWW still
present. Tried to fix them but Spybot crashed out (though this time without
taking the PC with it). According to Spybot 5 CoolWWW varieties are still
active.
I'll know for sure in about 10 minutes, as the browser redirections and
other programmes and pack-mates of CoolWWW start knocking on the door.

To me it looks like CoolWWW had regenerated itself inbetween running the
progs. The guy who wrote Shredder pretty much admits it's impossible to
remove.

regards
john

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