Tracking Cookie "Data Miner" keeps on coming!

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[Soyabeaner]

(BTW, I never have problems with cookies because I set Opera to never accept any except for login sites)

First of all, what browser are you using?   Each should have their own settings to disable or block cookies.  I only manually save and accept cookies for sites that require logins, like this forum .

That's what I've been trying to tell Tressco since the beginning, but somewhere along the way this thread kept trailing off into different anti-whatever programs.

[Rotty]

If someone was messing with the computer through VPN and he does not know for sure whether that was his friend or not, did not sound good.

To be honest, i would never let anyone mess with my computer through something that i cannot 100% monitor what they are doing.

The person that set the VPN up may have not set it up securely (Possible, not necessarily the case).

If it were me and a friend sends back "n..:=) m a friend..." after me letting them access my PC remotely and weird behavior ensueing.  I would nuke the machine immediately, re-write the router's firmware with a clean legitimate copy.

[pandlouk]

If someone was messing with the computer through VPN and he does not know for sure whether that was his friend or not, did not sound good.

To be honest, i would never let anyone mess with my computer through something that i cannot 100% monitor what they are doing.

The person that set the VPN up may have not set it up securely (Possible, not necessarily the case).

If it were me and a friend sends back "n..:=) m a friend..." after me letting them access my PC remotely and weird behavior ensueing.  I would nuke the machine immediately, re-write the router's firmware with a clean legitimate copy.

I would not let anyone mess with my pc, even if I monitored him.

Tressco if I were you, I would:
1. scan with various AVs the boot sectors of the hard disks.
2. format C:\ and installed a fresh, clean windows
3. would never allowed again anyone and I mean anyone to have controll over my pc; especially from distance!

p.s. when I help my friends I let them do the necessary tasks and the only thing I do is guide them. This way they will remember those things and probably the next time they will be able to resolve a similar problem by themselves.

[Rotty]

If i were going to allow remote access it would have to be an organization or person that i am willing to sue if they put a virus or steal my bank account(s). (And i take appropriate measures to retain evidence).  Overall that would be too much trouble so the idea is to not let it happen at all (-:.

[Tressco]

Cookie options was one of the first steps I made in order to get rid of this sucka. Even blocked similar sites.  Strange...!

[Soyabeaner]

It means either the core of the spyware or its remnants hasn't been completely eradicated. 

I have SuperAntiSpyware free, which is among one of the most popular ones around.  It has a slow scanning engine, but compensates for thoroughness.

Have you cleared your browser cache?  Deleted any suspicious files in the Prefetch directory?  Deleted other temporary files?  Tried something like CCleaner?

[Tressco]

 

Think something finally worked: The KAV engine scanner recommended on this site found four viruses and corrected 14 errors! Now, let's see how things will develop over the next few days...

Been there, done that, except the thing with the Prefetch Directory. What's that? Is CCleaner something like RegCleaner?

Stand by....................


Tressco


(Just restarted my CPU and the automatic scan, which enabled itself at start, has found some of the same problems in the registry. Redeleted them vià Spybot - again! Could it be, that something hooks up with my system every time, I turn on my CPU?)

[Rotty]

Please tell us what the viruses were called.

CCleaner deletes temporary files.

[Tressco]

Program didn't tell the name of the viruses. Spy-/Adware have been found:

gain.gator Spyware/Adware (x2)
look2me Adware
grokster Spyware/Adware

The reoccurring "problems" have turned out to be changes in the registry referring to start browser, search page and stuff. Changed all of them from Microsoft to Google.

Did a scan with Advanced WindowsCare again and...Cookie.administrator [ at ] rambler.ru/ still finds its way to my system.
Grmpf!
 


SpySweeper finds something called eqiso toolbar. Ever heard of it?

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