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djflish · 04-19-2006, 07:11 AM

I just completely uninstalled a spyware program, SpywareQuake, but there is still part of it running in the utility tray.
Every 2 mins or so it pops up saying comp is infected, which it's not. It even comes up when I'm playing games.
But it shouldn't be running there at all, how can I find where it is to delete it?
It's there every time I startup

Jinn · 04-19-2006, 07:19 AM

Google and download Adaware (by Lavasoft) and Spybot: Search & Destory. One of those tools should detect this false "utility" and help you delete it; likely through a boot-up scan and removal process.

Also; a quick google for "spywarequake" comes up with a quite detailed explanation by someone obviously more familiar with it than I:

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...html#automated

There are detailed instructions for automated removal of the virus.

Of note, there seems to be a variant of SpywareQuake that came out yesterday, and the instructions for removal of the new variant are already posted.

fresnelly · 04-19-2006, 07:30 AM

Do what JinnKai has said, but make sure you get the authentic versions. There are some dodgy knock-offs out there.

djflish · 04-19-2006, 11:04 AM

Thanks I'll give that a try.
I've already got Spybot and Adaware, and I've also got Spyware Blaster and none of those are detecting anything.

sailor · 04-19-2006, 01:13 PM

Go to Start > Run, type in msconfig and go to Startup. Find the program in there and disable it. See if that works at all...

djflish · 04-20-2006, 04:01 AM

The tutorial Jinnkai provided worked perfectly. Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sailor

Go to Start > Run, type in msconfig and go to Startup. Find the program in there and disable it. See if that works at all...

I did have a look at that, but I'm not sure which ones should be there and which ones shouldn't!

Antikarma · 04-20-2006, 06:49 AM

Wait no, damn. I gotta remember what it was or start hitting the googles, but I remember a virus that my dad had that acted as a spyware program that could NOT be removed or found. I had to clean it out and lemme tell you, it was a PAIN.

Hot Diggity damn here it is, I got something right on the computer boards WOOT!
http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-spyw...FTXeIgodYH8ifQ
http://www.f-secure.com/sw-desc/spyaxe.shtml

There you go. I remember it being more complicated to clean, but it's been a few months.

04-19-2006, 07:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
djflish The Mighty Boosh Location: I mostly come out at night, mostly...	Spyware clean-up I just completely uninstalled a spyware program, SpywareQuake, but there is still part of it running in the utility tray. Every 2 mins or so it pops up saying comp is infected, which it's not. It even comes up when I'm playing games. But it shouldn't be running there at all, how can I find where it is to delete it? It's there every time I startup __________________ Europes two great narcotics, Alcohol and Christianity. I know which one I prefer.

04-19-2006, 07:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	Google and download Adaware (by Lavasoft) and Spybot: Search & Destory. One of those tools should detect this false "utility" and help you delete it; likely through a boot-up scan and removal process. Also; a quick google for "spywarequake" comes up with a quite detailed explanation by someone obviously more familiar with it than I: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...html#automated There are detailed instructions for automated removal of the virus. Of note, there seems to be a variant of SpywareQuake that came out yesterday, and the instructions for removal of the new variant are already posted. __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel Last edited by Jinn; 04-19-2006 at 07:21 AM..

04-19-2006, 07:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
fresnelly Functionally Appropriate Location: Toronto	Do what JinnKai has said, but make sure you get the authentic versions. There are some dodgy knock-offs out there. __________________ Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life

04-19-2006, 11:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
djflish The Mighty Boosh Location: I mostly come out at night, mostly...	Thanks I'll give that a try. I've already got Spybot and Adaware, and I've also got Spyware Blaster and none of those are detecting anything. __________________ Europes two great narcotics, Alcohol and Christianity. I know which one I prefer.

04-19-2006, 01:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Go to Start > Run, type in msconfig and go to Startup. Find the program in there and disable it. See if that works at all... __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

04-20-2006, 06:49 AM	#7 (permalink)
Antikarma Psycho Location: Yellowknife, NWT	Wait no, damn. I gotta remember what it was or start hitting the googles, but I remember a virus that my dad had that acted as a spyware program that could NOT be removed or found. I had to clean it out and lemme tell you, it was a PAIN. Hot Diggity damn here it is, I got something right on the computer boards WOOT! http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-spyw...FTXeIgodYH8ifQ http://www.f-secure.com/sw-desc/spyaxe.shtml There you go. I remember it being more complicated to clean, but it's been a few months. __________________ "Whoever you are, go out into the evening, leaving your room, of which you know each bit; your house is the last before the infinite, whoever you are."