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Vikesrock8411 · 04-27-2006, 05:52 PM

Please make sure you have the following programs disabled, if installed before running this fix:
While TeaTimer is an excellent tool for the prevention of spyware, it can sometimes prevent HijackThis from fixing certain things.
Please disable TeaTimer for now until you are clean. TeaTimer can be re-activated once your HijackThis log is clean.

Open Spybot Search & Destroy.
In the Mode menu click "Advanced mode" if not already selected.
Choose "Yes" at the Warning prompt.
Expand the "Tools" menu.
Click "Resident".
Uncheck the "Resident "TeaTimer" (Protection of overall system settings) active." box.
In the File menu click "Exit" to exit Spybot Search & Destroy.

Double-click the red SG in your system tray to Open Spywareguard

Click Option on the left
Uncheck the following
- Enable Real-Time Scanning
- Enable Download Protection
- Enable Browser HiJack Protection
Click Save Settings
We will re-enable it when we're done.

We need to disable Microsoft Antispyware to get you cleaned up:

Open Microsoft AntiSpyware.
Click on Tools, Settings.
In the left pane, click on Real-time Protection.
Under Startup Options uncheck: Enable the Microsoft AntiSpyware Security Agents on startup (recommended).
Under Real-time spyware threat protection uncheck: Enable real-time spyware threat protection (recommended).
After you uncheck these, click on the Save button and close Microsoft AntiSpyware.
Right click on the Microsoft AntiSpyware icon on the taskbar and select Shutdown Microsoft AntiSpyware.
We will re-enable it once we're done.

I have attached a file to this post alexa.zip. Please download it to your desktop and unzip it. Double click on alexa.reg and click yes when asked to merge it into your registry.

Reboot your PC and run Ad-Aware again, no need to post the log just let me know if it finds the same entries or not.

04-27-2006, 05:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
Vikesrock8411 Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,065 OS: Windows XP	Please make sure you have the following programs disabled, if installed before running this fix: While TeaTimer is an excellent tool for the prevention of spyware, it can sometimes prevent HijackThis from fixing certain things. Please disable TeaTimer for now until you are clean. TeaTimer can be re-activated once your HijackThis log is clean. Open Spybot Search & Destroy. In the Mode menu click "Advanced mode" if not already selected. Choose "Yes" at the Warning prompt. Expand the "Tools" menu. Click "Resident". Uncheck the "Resident "TeaTimer" (Protection of overall system settings) active." box. In the File menu click "Exit" to exit Spybot Search & Destroy. Double-click the red SG in your system tray to Open Spywareguard Click Option on the left Uncheck the following Enable Real-Time Scanning Enable Download Protection Enable Browser HiJack Protection Click Save Settings We will re-enable it when we're done. We need to disable Microsoft Antispyware to get you cleaned up: Open Microsoft AntiSpyware. Click on Tools, Settings. In the left pane, click on Real-time Protection. Under Startup Options uncheck: Enable the Microsoft AntiSpyware Security Agents on startup (recommended). Under Real-time spyware threat protection uncheck: Enable real-time spyware threat protection (recommended). After you uncheck these, click on the Save button and close Microsoft AntiSpyware. Right click on the Microsoft AntiSpyware icon on the taskbar and select Shutdown Microsoft AntiSpyware. We will re-enable it once we're done. I have attached a file to this post alexa.zip. Please download it to your desktop and unzip it. Double click on alexa.reg and click yes when asked to merge it into your registry. Reboot your PC and run Ad-Aware again, no need to post the log just let me know if it finds the same entries or not.