Title: CoolWebSearch Spyware
Description: THANKS, AIMOO....
Sona - February 4, 2004 10:42 PM (GMT)
Okay, I got some spyware from Aimoo...(At my site, never go there) And, its called CoolWebSearch/DNSRelay, was the last one I had...Im not sure what it is this time, but its CoolWebSearch....Azurill and I have been looking at stuff from it..
And it hasnt said anything good...Ive had browser problems, and I lost contact to my ISP yesterday. And then, yesterday, some pop up killed it nearly....Anyone know which one it is?
blkwdw13 - February 4, 2004 11:30 PM (GMT)
Why don't you get a spyware and pop up blocker.
Sona - February 5, 2004 12:55 AM (GMT)
Its not just that. It can probaly come back, and there are so many different kinds of it.
It specifically says RegBlock and XCleaner works...But, I dont want to get that, I want to remove it for good, manually. And since there are so many different kinds, its going to be hard. Then, Ill get all that stuff. Azurill keeps tellin me to get spybot. Ill get that, Ill get McAfee renewed, and a fire wall, maybe guard ghost...
Lion - February 5, 2004 10:48 PM (GMT)
Get Norton antivirus
and a STRONG firewall
Get a pop-up blocker
Download Spybot
Sona - February 5, 2004 11:07 PM (GMT)
I know. Im gonna sometime, and I need to bother Aimoo. They say we have no evidence they gave it to us....Well, how come like 3 of my mods, me, and webby got it...Webby claims she never had it before and then all of a sudden she gets stupid ads all of the time after she went to my site...And, none of this happened before I went to Aimoo....
Also, I see NOTHING cool about CoolWebSearch....-_-
blkwdw13 - February 6, 2004 12:11 AM (GMT)
Spybot is a must, you should get it immediately.
Sona - February 11, 2004 10:57 PM (GMT)
I will next week....Or as soon as Im out of my, "I want to die" phase...............-_-
FairytaleNightmares - February 12, 2004 01:04 AM (GMT)
dont get a firewall though... they prohibit to many things when you first get them. and if you dont know how to turn some #### off, its wicked fricken annoying.
blkwdw13 - February 12, 2004 01:27 AM (GMT)
A fire wall is more important than a spy ware remover, it stops all the viruses and worms that can ruin your comp.
FairytaleNightmares - February 13, 2004 12:31 AM (GMT)
i never said it wasnt important. just annoying.
Lion - February 13, 2004 12:33 PM (GMT)
it depends on your firewall, mostly. if your firewall is very strong or if the security level you set is too high, then I see trouble ahead.
I have Norton Firewall, works wonders for me, but it's too strong, the only site that gives me problems with it, is Neopets, everything else works great for me!
So I stronly recommend a firewall.
Lion - February 14, 2004 05:07 PM (GMT)
something to add something someone at Invision free posted.
CoolWWWSearch.SmartKiller (v1 and v2) is a new, real ugly variant of CoolWWWSearch. When running, it will close every browser window you use to visit a large list of anti-spyware-sites, and even will close Spybot-S&D and some other anti-spyware applications as well.
So if your copy of Spybot-S&D (or the anti-spyware application of your choice) closes a few seconds after starting, or your browser closes whenever you try to visit an anti-spyware site, check our CWS.SmartKiller removal utility on this page,
http://www.safer-networking.org/minifiles.html