Try something else; and, good luck on uninstalling Spykiller:
Quote:
Google Groups:
> I wanted to get a free scan from spykiller.com and
> thought that it would be like pestscan.com (that it would
> do a scan and thats ALL)-
> but I followed the steps and I got the 30 day trial
> installed on my pc of spykiller- I decided to uninstall
> it and clicked on the uninstall part- But for the last 5
> days, the icon on desktop is still there- wont go away- I
> cant do the scan but I want ALL of that erased- any help
> would be great-
I had the same problem. Had to manually delete the folder from
C rogram files\
And delete the registry entry that launches it on boot from
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
It appears to me that this is just Spyware in sheeps clothing and
shame on Download.com for posting such a piece of crap in their
downloads.
Get "Spybot Search and Destroy". I do this for a living. So far, there
is nothing better and it's truly free.
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Also, from
some guy's blog, although I've seen it elsewhere:
Quote:
Patrick Kolla, author of Spybot Search & Destroy (a highly recommended tool for deleting malware) is having a problem with unscrupulous advertisers on Google using his trademark. It appears that these adverisers actually provide software that installs spyware on your machine which they then charge you to remove!
News - The home of Spybot-S&D!
Big fake warning
For the past two weeks, I got massive complaints from people who saw recommendations for Spybot-S&D on some TV show or heard about it on TV, and tried to go for it through the TV/radios website. Somehow, a bad link to Spybot-S&D is on its way and leading people to think that SpyHunter or SpyKiller would be the recommended Spybot-S&D. People downloading these two are forced to pay to remove spyware, and in the case of SpyKiller are even directed to us for support!
So my warning: please double-check what you've got before you pay anything!
Also, if you were mislead to SpyHunter or SpyKiller through Google AdWords, please contact Google. Google promised me some weeks ago they wouldn't do any more advertisement on my trademarked name "spybot", but I again receive complaints that they do, and this struggle with Google is going on for 4 months now.
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At the moment, I can't even get to the Spybot site, so get Lavasoft Ad-Aware for now.