what's the best way to get rid of the spyware "coolwebsearch" (the one that gives u all the pop-ups)?
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try purchasing Panda antivirus(full pack)\n\nit protects you from everything, or download it cracked
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did you try windows system restore?\ngo to www.smartcomputing.com and click the tech support center\nonce in tech support center,scroll down to the security and privacy section.click the how to get rid of link\n\nclick link of item you are trying to remove and you will be provided article on how to eliminate it\n\nalso microsofts windows antispyware(free beta;www.microsoft.com) the system explorer utility grants you access to internal system settings,you can also easily restore IE settings by simply clicking a category and clicking the restore button,but not a good program for spyware protection,use another one spy sweepr is decent
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MyWebSearch is spyware.  Get rid of it.
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two free programs available on line to defeat spyware, pop-ups and viruses:\n\nhttp://www.lavasoft.de go here for Ad Aware 6.0 (Free)\n\nhttp://www.grisoft.com go here for AVG Anti Virus (Free)
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You should get a spyware sweeper (Ad-Aware works great), and you should also use a pop-up blocker (I use Google and I'm very happy with it). These are both free products and can be found using any search engine.
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use popup blockers\nscanthe comp with spyware doctor \nthen use google toolbar etc...\n\n\nThe best thing is use mozilla firefor as ur browser
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I have two adware removers.  Try Spybot Search & Destroy and Lava Soft's Ad-aware SE.  Both are free and you can find them at http://majorgeeks.com
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In your browser go to Internet Explorer and the privacy tab. Enable or check popup blocker. If you use Firefox there is a tab for that too.\nGet Ewido free 14 day trial. Reboot your computer in safe mode and run this program to get rid of spyware or adware. Microsoft has Defender which you can download too.
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I used to face the same problem too. It is because of "browser hijacker". \n\nThe simplest way to remove the About:Blank adware is to use a specially designed tool and clean up your system. Step one is to flush out all the temp files on your system: Cookies, Temporary Internet Files and Temp files (you can do this via Internet Explorer's Tools-Internet Options or for a more thorough clean, use a privacy tool such as Tracks Eraser Pro 5). Next up, get a copy of CWShredder. This should kill CoolWebSearch and allow you to change your home page from About:Blank, plus it will kill those pop up windows.\n\nIf these options don't work, you may need a more in-depth tool .\n\nThe About:Blank deception is devious enough already - it may be altered in the future, so keep an eye out for other programs that contain it (main sources: free programs with adware files) - and stay clear. Finally, consider adding an anti-adware tool to work next to your anti-virus software.
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download adaware by searching for it on yahoo... it gets rid of most spyware. You can also try to do a system restore if your pc supports it.
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I would recommend \n1. Antivirus\n2. AntiSpyware MS Defender, Adaware SE, Spybot S&D, SpyGuard, SpyBlaster.\n3. Firewall\n4. Google tool bar. It has a very effective popup blocker\n\nThese are all free and located at http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic3616.html
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Would suggest doing a search for a program called "Adaware" which is a free spyware removal tool.\n\nAlso look into downloading the newest version of Yahoo! Companion toolbar with the Pop-up blocker AND Anti-Spy spyware search feature.\n\nLook into purchasing a virus scan program that detects spyware (most of them do now a days) and also you'll want a firewall if you do a lot of online searching and shopping, this stops a lot of spyware.\n\nAlso look into downloading the Mozilla Firefox web browser. It's an amazing alternative to Internet Explorer. Firefox is faster, safer, and has loads of more features built right in INCLUDING spyware protection and pop-up blocking.\n\n\nSimply put, if's it's not a spyware problem. The Yahoo Companion toolbar catches 95% of them for me, and that would the simplest solution. But you may already be using that as your pop-up blocker.
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I use "Ad-Avare SE" and "Advanced Spyware Remover".  They are both free and seem to work well.
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There is a Microsoft spyware remover: Windows Defender Home. It´s free
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try an anti spy ware program, run it  and let it delete it if possible... a week ago I had  some darn ad ware that invaded my PC... kept giving me pop ups and redirecting my browser... I tried everything to get rid of it  went searching thru every file etc... some of these   things embed themselves so deeply its almost impossible to remove them !  finally I had to to a total system restore... it was the only thing that worked ... so if all else   fails, save all your files to a disc  or floppy , then  do what I did.... it was worth the time it took to re-install everything... my PC is now clean !!
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Try some of these:\n\nSpyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Keyloggers, Popups:\nhttp://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3003-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=tab_rev\nhttp://www.ewido.net/en/download/\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html\nhttp://www.download.com/Bazooka-Adware-and-Spyware-Scanner/3000-8022-10247782.html\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\nhttp://www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10379544.html\nhttp://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/\nOnline Scanners:\nhttp://www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweeper/freescan.html?\nhttp://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx\nhttp://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.htm\nhttp://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html\nhttp://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/\nhttp://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner\nhttp://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php\nhttp://housecall65.trendmicro.com/\nSpyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Keyloggers, Popups Lists:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/104\nhttp://www.download.com/Adware-Spyware-Removal/3150-8022_4-0.html?tag=dir\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/software/antispyware/setarea\nhttp://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/AntiSpyware/3-9-0-0.html\nAntivirus:\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5\nhttp://www.avast.com/\nhttp://www.free-av.com/\nhttp://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html\nAntivirus Lists:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/1\nhttp://www.download.com/Antivirus/3150-2239_4-0.html?tag=dir\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads29.html\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/software/antivirus/\nhttp://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/Antivirus/3-1-0-0.html\nFirewall:\nhttp://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=staticcomp_za\nFirewall Lists:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/97\nhttp://www.download.com/Firewalls/3150-10435_4-0.html?tag=dir\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads34.html\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/software/firewalls/\nhttp://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/Firewalls/3-5-0-0.html\nIP Blocker:\nhttp://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/peerguardian/pg2-050918-nt.exe?download\nBrowser:\nhttp://www.mozilla.com/firefox/\nEmail, News, RSS:\nhttp://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/\nSystem Cleaner:\nhttp://www.ccleaner.com/\nSystem Cleaning List:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/98\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads12.html\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/software/cleaning/\nSystem Info:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/92\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads9.html\nhttp://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/System_Utilities/System_Tools/3-50-0-0.html
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Download a popular spyware/adware removal program (such as Adaware or Spybot Search & Destroy). Just pick one from this website, download it, and run a scan: http://www.download.com/Spyware-Center/2001-2023_4-0.html?tag=dir\n\nafter you're done with the scan, remove the adaware and spyware that is found by the program