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cwshredder will eliminate all the hijacks. Search on google.

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The biggest problem that is propagating the spyware is a hole in Micro$oft's version of the Java Virtual Machine that allows invisible "fly-by" installs. As suggested before, not using IE and switching to Firefox or Opera is your best bet if you're running windoze, but there are alot of sites that are poorly written and depend on IE. I have about 40 new workstations that I'm rolling out right now and what I did was completely remove the MS JVM and installed SUN's RJE. I tested all the Java apps/pages that my users need and it works great and doesn't have the gaping security holes that the MS versions do.

Another program I find usefull that no one has mentioned yet is BHODemon. It checks for Browser Helper Objects (the .dll's TekPhobia is looking for) and is backed by a constantly updated list to determine which are malicious and which are not.

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Yes, everyone has a different way of doing things. However, a lot of spyware will attach itself to Explore, so you'll want to get rid of it anyways.

Provided you typed the command correctly, then yes, there will be a file in C:\. There ARE spaces in the command:

listdlls > c:\foo.txt

(there's a space after listdlls, and after >)

-Tim

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Actually..no. Microsoft no longer distributes the JVM with IE anymore. It's not Java that's the problem, it's ActiveX. The ability to exploit a wide opening in ActiveX to download/install a program.

Just look in C:\windows\downloaded program files\ for some of the crap that's installed.

-Tim

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As of the time I created these Ghost images with IE 6 about 2 months ago, the MS JVM was installed with IE. I haven't downloaded any new copies of IE since then. When did they stop distributing it with IE?

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prolly with SP2

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When that ---- started happening to me I took my ---- to some dude and paid him $60 to clean my computer. I lost all my pron, but it fiexed that ----. He reinstalled XP and gave me a fresh start.

That ---- really pisses me off. It's like somebody is in your house stealing your money, eating your food and fuking your girl.

-="Dude.. you paid $60 to have a dude do that? lmao, I can do that ---- in 10 minutes tops. "=-

^^^ is bullshit... 10 mins tops? takes over 30 mins jus to load xp and like atleast 10 mins jus to clear the hard drive... ur shittin ur self or doing some fake ---- and fulling ur self thinkin u did it but u didnt... come on man be real. my opinion since he was so lazy, 60 bux is decent... to do it ur self is free but takes a while... some comp. people charge like 100+ jus to reformat ur ----. as far s the spyware goes... don't kno how to "get rid" of them and hate them to death.. die spyware ---- die.

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Grr..looks like it's still supported, just not distributed:

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/

Unles you're speaking of Javascript. Cause I know on any recent Windows installations, Java won't work until you get JRE from Sun.

-Tim

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i just reinstall.

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That would make sense and would explain why my workstations still had it. I don't plan on installing SP2 until all the bugs are worked out.