Spybot

Forum discussion tagged with Spybot.
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    Solved! Why won't Bitdefender work with spybot and does Bitdefender do what spybot does??

    Why won't Bitdefender work with spybot and does Bitdefender do what spybot does??
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    Solved! S-1-5-18 windows accounts on spybot S&D?

    I am using Spybot search and destroy feature that allow you to disable cookies on windows accounts, but when I select to disable there are many profiles that showed up for selections (other than my own). They have names like s-1-5-18, 20, 21.....And I don't rememeber uninstall windows that many...
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    Malware hunt gone wrong... Help!

    When it happened? I had just finished restoring immunizations from recently added "Spybot" (I'll explain why later), and because I know next to nothing about what was quarantined (from yesterday's scan), I opted to restore that as well (note: they were all usage tracks, nothing more), when...
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    avast clean up spybot

    Hello. On a recently purchased HP Omen (open box) i went for a free trial with avast with clean up, having fixed about 200 registry errors which in itself baffled me on a new system, avast is suggesting i sleep spybot as it is supposedly slowing my system severely. as spybot was added by me for...
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    Help! Suspected Botnet

    Greetings! I let my mom used my computer for a day since her laptop needs fixing and I'm off to work. When I logged my computer this morning, these things keep on popping up like about every 5-10 seconds. I tried troubleshooting such as having my anti-virus scan my drives and deleting my...
  6. AreeSoothsayer

    adsstore.club can't find it

    I've scanned with Avast. Spybot. Went to google and manually looked in the locations it said to find it. There was no sign of it everywhere. But for the past few days I get that thing popping up 2-3 times daily. I shut it as fast as I can but I need help getting rid of it and Herd Protect isn't...
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    Can i Install these 3 different programs?

    Hello, im sure everyone hates viruses and malwares and every anti malware/virus/etc are different. Some can detect some malware that other cannot. Therefore im thinking of installing these different programs : Malwarebytes , Spybot 2 and SUPERantiSpyware while Avast is running . All of them are...
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    Spybot Antibeacon & memory Usage

    I started using antibeacon around the last august. when I installed w10. I understand it works by modifying the hosts files. It never occurred to me until recently that my memory usage is around 50~55% during idle (16gb). SO I started looking into it as it might be a malware/rootkit. Mbam wasn't...
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    spyware or background process slowing down overwatch and battlefront

    I ran spybot but it froze up i havent rerun it yet. I tried to run selective startup. I hit apply after unchecking load startup items but then when I open msconfig again its somehow reset back to normal startup. Nothing else is slow because its not using the whole cpu but my games are...
  10. tfitch11

    Looking for AV/Malware Protection after possibly being hacked/keylogged

    Hey Toms! Recently I had a lot of accounts randomly compromised, including Facebook, Amazon, Netflix + more. Per the message I received from Amazon, a list of emails + passwords was published somewhere, and I was one of those emails on it. I am in the horrible habit (which I'm trying to...
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    spybot search and destroy 2.6 for windows 10

    is anyone out there using it with windows 10. if so how is it working
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    plz!!!help me to recognize what is this ....a virus or bot?

    so one person on my facebook friendlist sent me a link "www.sxi<REDACTED>" i thought it was suspicious and might be a phinishing site and then i open the link in tor browser .......then viewed the source code and this is it : " <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h1> What were you...
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    Avira won't scan

    My avira won't start any kind of scan. But when I use spybot s n d it scanned no problem.. am I infected? spybot snd only turned up some low level threats detections...
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    redirects: zwiiky and gosearchme... in Firefox...

    I admit defete. The bastards that created these should die. How do I get rid? I've tried full cookie cleans etc. Malwarebytes, spybot.. AVG.. Safe mode.. They are making me very ill. Please help.
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    How do i get read of this phantom music thats on my lap top?? is it from an add? whenever i turn it on the music pops out, som

    Im having trouble with my lap top, it starts some short rap thing - music every minute.Doesnt matter if i have browser open or not.I cant watch or listen to anything.Tried scanning and using spybot.Nothing helps.Advice, please?
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    Ads By Adsalert (Need help to Removal) *NO UNINSTALLER!! D:*

    Hi, guys I tired to remove "Ads By Adsalert", but there is No Uninstaller program, i did follow some steps from webpage to removal, Adwcleaner dosen't Detect any Ads by Adsalert, I tired Spyhunter, ( during after removal scan, some-what made my HDD broke so Running HDD in IDLE mode) So is...
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    opinion needed on hacked / bullying email and how to fix

    last night ran spybot and malwarebytes and Kaspersky on my friends machine. I also looked through task manager and the running services. i'm far from an expert but there were no obvious issues to tell how someone got my friends email. my friends " friend/ex" (who also maintains her system for...
  18. Darkrose

    Removing Kodak Easyshare leftovers... HELP!

    So every time I boot, I get a message about a bad link or whatever to Kodak Easyshare that I uninstalled months ago. I've tried the free tool Kodak made to remove it, and have used MalawareBytes, CCleaner, Spybot S&D, all with no luck... Searched for files manually and can't find anything...
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    Computer (laptop, connected to larger screen) running slow. Used Spybot a few days ago. Found usual adware and cleaned it. Sti

    Looking for solution as to why there is no picture and the computer (laptop, connected to larger screen) is not booting up. Checked connection to large screen. Connection fine. Tried four hard boots, a few hours apart. Only fan apparently working. No access to bios. Computer was sluggish prior...
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    Botnets: What They Are, and How They Threaten Your Computer

    We often hear about 'botnets' formed by countless 'zombie' computers herded together by cybercriminals. But what exactly is a botnet, and what danger does it pose to the average computer user? Botnets: What They Are, and How They Threaten Your Computer : Read more