i have ever use ad-aware, spyware doctor, spam killer & i scan my PC with McAfee but those spyware can't be erased. Please give a solusion to me? because when i kill osaupd.exe from process the size of program become a bigger and bigger.....\nThanks.
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Sounds like you need to buy a program such as Webroot spysweeper which should be able to remove that infection.\n\nhttp://www.webroot.com/\n\nYou can run a spyware scan from their website to determine if it detects the osapud.exe file and then decide to buy it.
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Besides McAfee Anti-Virus, you need a good anti-spyware program.  It is nearly impossible to remove trojans, viruses, etc. by yourself.  Several good free anti-spyware programs are Spybot, Spyware Blaster, Ad Aware.  One of the best that you can buy is Webroot's Spysweeper.  You also need a good firewall to put a barrier between your computer and the Internet.\n\nWhen you install the apps, make sure that they are set to load at start up.  They will run in the background to protect your computer at all times.\n\nIt is important to run regular scans with these programs.  They will identify any viruses, trojans, keyloggers, etc.  I had a little machine called a Mail Station for several years before I got my computer.  All Mail Station can do is send and receive e-mail.  During that time, I heard all of the horror stories about what the nasties can do to your computer.  When I got my computer, I immediately got the security programs that I run.\n\nI know this sounds like a lot of work...and it IS a lot of work to keep all these programs running....but know that in the 3-1/2 years that I've had my computer, I haven't had problems with any of the bad stuff.  It is definitely worth it to get the security programs and to run them.
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Try Spy Sweeper, Webroot has a free trialware good for 15 days.  If you aren't going to any other websites after cleaning your system and reinfecting it, someplace on your computer they are being rewritten.\n\nSpy Sweeper has never let me down, it even cleaned out the last vestiges of the nefarious CoolWebSearch that Adaware and Spybot missed.  But, it slows my computer to less than a crawl.
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With Spybot nad Windows defende you're good to go. If neither finds anything you're as safe as pie.\nAlso I downloaded some other spyware adware program that claimed there was something and told me I had to buy their product to remove it. So be cautious.
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ad-aware and spybot both together work fine, don't listen to others who say to have both is wrong, it was recommended by download.com to have both, and i'm also a tech for over 8 years and do reviews of software for download.com, and to have both of those right now is your best protection, and neither one will conflict, it's a known fact....I run them both myself....\n\nfor one thing...Norton sucks, sorry to say, but it does, hogs resources like memory etc, and makes your p.c sluggish, plus it's not really easy to uninstall.\nfor anti-virus, try AVG or Avast, BOTH are proven to be top of the line right now, all the rest kinda stink in comparison
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★★ VIRUS SCANNERS & TIPS ★★\n\n◙ The very best virus scanners are free. Mcafee & Norton Antivirus are mostly hype and won't do as good as the free ones. -- About.com & Smart Computing Magazine\n\n◙ Download and install AVG. Use it first and see if it finds any viruses or trojans.\n\n☞ http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1\n☞ http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-virus-free-edition/lng/us/tpl/tpl01\n\n◙ After running AVG go here and run this virus scanner online. There is no need to install it on your computer.\n\n☞ http://housecall.trendmicro.com/\n\n◙ Microsoft's New Live Safety Center. Download this scanner to check and remove spyware, viruses, get rid of obsolete files and junk off your computer, and improve your PCs performance.\n\n☞ http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm?s_cid=msep\n\n◙ The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove any infection found. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious software was detected and removed. You can run this tool online FREE.\n\n☞ http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx\n\n◙ Before downloading email attachments in Gmail and Yahoo Mail click on the link that says, "Scan With Norton Antivirus".\n\n◙ Before downloading any software from the internet type it into http://groups.google.com/ to see if that title is known for spyware or viruses. Google Groups has over 1 billion posts spanning 25 years to help you. Even after checking it there ALWAYS scan it before opening it. You just can't be too careful. -- Smart Computing Magazine\n\n◙ A lot of the download sites like http://www.download.com/ and http://www.tucows.com/ scan software before releasing it to the public. But just for safety sake you should still scan it yourself.\n\n◙ Here is a really great article on browser hijacking. This will show you how to get rid of it. There is a tutorial and software to get rid of part of it. You'll need to make some changes to your computer's registry to get rid of the rest of it. Click on the chatroom link on their main page if you need help.\n\n☞ http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/hijacked/\n\n◙ Here is Yahoo!'s Internet Security section.\n\n☞ http://security.yahoo.com/\n\n◙ Below is Mcafee's Site Adviser. Type in a URL in the form here and you will find out if the site you want to go to is known for phising (getting your personal info under false pretenses), viruses, spyware, and many other things. You can use the tool on their site or download an program to do that.\n\n☞ http://www.siteadvisor.com/\n\n◙ Get more information at these PC Magazine Web sites.\n\n☞ http://www.pcmag.com/\n☞ http://www.smartcomputing.com/\n\n◙ Top 100 Computer & Software Magazines.\n\n☞ http://netvalley.com/top100mag.html\n\n★★ TOOLS FOR SPECIFIC VIRUSES & TIPS ★★\n\n◙ Sometimes you'll get a particularly nasty virus that cannot be removed with conventional tools. For times like these you can (quite often not always) download a removal tool for that specific virus. Below are some sites you should look at.\n\n☞ http://www.grisoft.com/doc/Utilities/Ing/us/tpl/tpl01\n☞ http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html\n☞ http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Download/browserFreeRemovalTool/\n\n◙ Below is a tool called "Stinger" that Mcafee put together with all 54 of it's tools in it.\n\n☞ http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
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belive me i had also all of these but now i have only ad-aware with ad-watch. i have no antivirus software but ad-watch is must. it is enough dont go for antivirus. if you go, don't enable realtime scan it will take lot of memory and it will not allow any program to run free. \n\ni think Ad-Aware with Ad-watch is enough and best.
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everybody uses AdawareSE \nhttp://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/Using_Ad_Aware_SE_to_remove_Spyware_&_Hijackers_from_Your_Computer-tut48.html\n\nSpybot (s&d)\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\n\nA good firewall is vital and this explains about them and offers a list\nhttp://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/Understanding_and_Using_Firewalls-tut60.html\n\nSpywareblaster will prevent many attacks.\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html\nSpywareguard too.\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html\n\nCWShredder\nhttp://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html\n\nBe careful with the cleaners, if in doubt, don’t delete, check first!!\nCrapcleaner\nhttp://www.ccleaner.com/\nEasyCleaner\nhttp://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm\nSmartbuster\nhttp://www.rovatronic.net/\n\nThen you have to choose an AV, AVG,\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php\nOr AVAST ,\nhttp://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html\nOr a-squared\nhttp://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/\nOr Computer Associates\nhttp://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/\n\nFor Trojans try these ( free to try),\nhttp://www.ewido.net/en/\nOr\nhttp://www.misec.net/trojanhunter/\nOr\nhttp://www.agnitum.com/products/tauscan/index.php\n\n\nAnti-spy\nhttp://www.trendmicro.com/spyware-scan/\n\n\n\nAnd if surfing gaming sites/adult sites etc scan every week\nhttp://housecall.trendmicro.com/\nhttp://www.webroot.com/land/freescan.php\nhttp://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner\nhttp://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm\nhttp://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx\nhttp://www.bitdefender.com/
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I would reccomend getting , AdawareSE \nhttp://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/Using_Ad_Aware_SE_to_remove_Spyware_&_Hijackers_from_Your_Computer-tut48.html\n\nSpybot (s&d)\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\n\nA good firewall is vital and this explains about them and offers a list\nhttp://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/Understanding_and_Using_Firewalls-tut60.html\n\nSpywareblaster will prevent many attacks.\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html\nSpywareguard too.\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html\n\n\nBe careful with the cleaners, if in doubt, don’t delete, check first!!\nCrapcleaner....\nhttp://www.ccleaner.com/\nEasyCleaner.....\nhttp://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm\n\n\nThen you have to choose an Anti-virus\nAVG....\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php\nOr AVAST....\nhttp://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html\nOr a-squared.....\nhttp://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/\nOr Computer Associates.....\nhttp://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/\n\nFor Trojans try these ( free to try),\nhttp://www.ewido.net/en/\nOr\nhttp://www.misec.net/trojanhunter/\nOr\nhttp://www.agnitum.com/products/tauscan/index.php\n\n\nAnti-spy\nhttp://www.trendmicro.com/spyware-scan/\n\n\n\nAnd always scan once a week with these free and trusted scanners as well if you go to gaming sites and porn and etc.\nhttp://housecall.trendmicro.com/\nhttp://www.webroot.com/land/freescan.php\nhttp://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner\nhttp://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm\nhttp://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx\nhttp://www.bitdefender.com/ \n\nAlso here is a site that has alot of good information about cleaning your computer..\n\nhttp://rgharper.mvps.org/cleanit.htm
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Ad-aware scans for spyware, not viruses.\nWhat comes up when you scan with Ad-aware?\nHave you tried scanning with Spybot Search & Destroy? http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html\nHave you scanned with an antivirus like AVG? http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5#avg-anti-virus-free\n\nDouble check that your e-mail company hasn't changed the settings on you.\n\nTry Thunderbird - it has much more flexibility than Outlook.\nOutlook can only filter e-mails by who sent them.\nThunderbird can filter them by who sent them, words in the subject, in the body of the e-mail, etc and combinations of these.\nThat's just one example.\nhttp://getthunderbird.com\n\nIf all else fails - roll back your computer through the System Restore. Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore. It won't touch your files (video, e-mails, etc) just programs.\n\nI also highly recommend Firefox...\n\nFree, fast, a small 5mb download, Firefox blocks pop-ups and sites from secretly installing programs on your computer. It will copy over your settings from other browsers (cookies, settings, bookmarks). Firefox is powerful too, it's more up-to-date than even IE7 according to the web standards (w3.org).\n\nThe main reason I like Firefox is because it's customizable.\n\nWhy is customizability important?\n\nImagine being able to do 2 small things and never seeing a banner ad, flash ad or an iframe ad again? (Remember, pop-ups are already gone)\nImagine being able to pause your computer's music player when the phone rings without having to switch to it?\n\nFirefox puts the power back in your hands!\n\nFirefox - http://getfirefox.com/\nAdblock Plus - http://adblockplus.org/\nAdblock Filterset.G Updater - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/\nFoxyTunes - http://www.foxytunes.com/\nFirefox Addons - https://addons.mozilla.org/
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do to download.com\nthen download adadware\nthen spybot search and destroy\ncounterspy\nand mcafee antivirus\nrun scans with all of them
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download spybot search and destroy,,,,,and ad-aware,,,from lavasoft,,,,,both free,,and scan your computer regulary to keep it clean...also if you dont have anti-virus use,,,,avg,,,also free.
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Get a free anti-spyware like SpyBot or Spyware Terminator and scan your computer:\nSpyware Terminator: http://www.spywareterminator.com/\nSpyBot Search and Destroy: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/spy...
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If you are talking about Spybot Search & Destroy.  The owner is a personal freind.  And friend or no friend I found his program that was built with the help of his students in a University in Germany.  The program only finds a few cookies an  always "DOS".    Remove the program.   \n\nsuperantispyware is an excellent free program that find spyware usually missed by others.  (Probably found all the spyware that is in the SpyBot Search & Destroy program).  The actual data base of spyware is in SBS&D and the program eithers changes the name of the spyware or deletes the spyware.
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Unfortunately with todays malware it is important to use a whole battery of programs to get adequate protection. These are my recommendations, all of which are free but still excellent products:\n\nAntivirus:\n\nAvast (Free) : http://www.avast.com\n\n\nAntitrojan:\n\nEwido (14 day trial but excellent so had to include) - http://www.ewido.net/en/\n\n\nAntispyware/antiAdware:\n\n\nSpybot Search and Destroy - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/\n\nTutorial for spybot: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial43.html\n\n\nLavasoft Ad-aware SE Personal - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/\n\nTutorialfor ad-aware: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial48.html\n\n\nSpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html\n\nTutorial for spywareblaster: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial49.html\n\n\nWindows Defender\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx\n\n\n\nAnd a tutorial on good practices on staying safe on the internet:\n\nhttp://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial82.html\n\nIf you think you may be still infected after using the below programs and want an expert to help you for free, you can post a hijackthis log at my forum.  Instructions for doing so can be found here:\n\nhttp://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic34773.html\n\n\nHope this helps.
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Howdy\n\nI have two free spyware removal programs.  I've tried both and each of them work just as good for me!\n\n- Adaware Personal Edition - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/\n- Spybot: Search and Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html\n\nI have a few Free Antivirus programs I can reccomend to you.. I have tried all of the following and liked them! :O)\n\nhttp://www.avast.com/ avast!\nhttp://www.free-av.com/ AntiVir HBEDV\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/ AVG Free Edition\n\nAlso, if your willing to experiment (this product as of now is still in testing)\nhttp://www.windowsonecare.com/ Windows OneCare Beta\n\nIf your fine with forking over a couple bucks, I have another solution -- I am VERY satisfied with the current version of Norton Systemworks. (http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/internet_security/nav2006/index.html ). This program is worth every cent, you won't be sorry!\n\nIf you would like to use Norton Antivirus for Free, along with many other tools (Adaware Personal Edition, for deleting spyware) it IS that is possible... You will have to download it through the google pack, which URL is provided here:\nhttp://pack.google.com/\n\nAlso, Check with your ISP (Internet Service Provider).  They are the people that connect you to the internet.  Sometimes your ISP can provide your with AntiVirus for free. (Netzero, AOL, comcast, etc, do.) :O)
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Scan your PC with these.\n\nAll of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.\n\nAVG Removes I-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5\n\nSpybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\n\nhttp://superantispyware.com/\nSUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!\nEasily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!\nMake sure after you download any of these, that you update them.\n\nhttp://ccleaner.com\nCCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware