How do I get rid of When U Save Pop-ups?

message from =?Utf-8?B?bmljIGRpZ2J5?= on 7 Jun 2004

I have been getting constant "When U save" pop ups for a week, despite my pop-up stoppers. Have finally found out that it is 'mandatory' as part of two programmes I supposedly loaded (except I didn't). I have found one - "Clocksync" - and have uninstalled it. I CAN'T FIND THE OTHER SO CAN'T GET RID OF WHEN U SAVE!!! arrghhh! Apparently it's "Purityscan". I have clicked on "Remove or add programmes" in "My Computer" but Purityscan doesn't appear there....how can I find it to uninstall it to rid myself of these dreadful ads? many thanks

Bruce Chambers replied to =?Utf-8?B?bmljIGRpZ2J5?= on 7 Jun 2004

Greetings --

To deal with issues caused by any sort of "adware" and/or
"spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Smiley Central, Xupiter,
Bonzai Buddy, or KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately
(but without understanding the consequences) installed, two products
that are quite effective (at finding and removing this type of
scumware) are Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search &
Destroy from www.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions.
It's even possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your
system against most future intrusions. I use both and generally
perform manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc.

Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most common
varieties of scumware are available here:

PC Hell Spyware and Adware Removal Help
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml

Bruce Chambers

roger replied to =?Utf-8?B?bmljIGRpZ2J5?= on 07 Jun 2004

Hi,

Try toolbar cop:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/toolbarcop.htm

More info about parasites:
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

Download the utility CWshredder:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip

Unzip - close *all* instances of IE & OE, hit the executable and
follow
the prompts.

You can also download Hijack This from here:
http://computercops.biz/zx/phoenix22/hijackthis.zip
http://www.computercops.biz/downloads-cat-14.html
Go here:
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

For instructions on how to use it; you have to post the log it
produces

here:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/
so experts tell you what is good and what is malware
HijackThis Log Tutorial
http://www.aumha.org/a/hjttutor.php
HiJack This is a program that simply searches for programs that run at
boot time, and checks for browser plug-ins. The results this program
gives you are generally just informative. Most of the programs it will
come up with are valid programs that you actually want running. You'll
have to go through the results and tell the program to delete unwanted
programs. If you can't figure out what some of the programs are, don't
just delete them, research them and/or post them so experts can let
you know what the program does. Just type the program name into google
which gets a decent answer pretty quickly.

Try downloading, installing and updating the
spyware removers from the links below. Run both of them.
Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download

If these don't correct the problem, then get yourself a copy of
BHODemon,

available at
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm

It does not need installing - simply unzip and run the EXE program. It
is easy to use. It will find the hijackware DLL files, and give you
the
ability to disable them.

Hope this helps.

=?Utf-8?B?bmljZGlnYnk=?= replied to roger on 7 Jun 2004

many thanks for all this Roger. I have just run BHO Demon and it has found three and the suspicious one is wieasap2.dll....{BEB133E5-FD72-43B7-8AFF-681831CC72D9}.....how do I find out for sure what this is please?

roger replied to =?Utf-8?B?bmljZGlnYnk=?= on 07 Jun 2004

Hi nicdigby,

You're welcome :)

Take a look at this site:
http://www.computercops.biz/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=176621

They advice getting rid of this file:
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {BEB133E5-FD72-43b7-8AFF-681831CC72D9} -
C:\WINDOWS\wiesasp2.dll

Hope this helps

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