After the Dust Settles...

and you look around and wonder what happened and how the heck did I get here?
The everyday ramblings of a sometimes busy, sometimes not so busy, MIDDLE AGED, work at home mom.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah and Praise the Lord!!! My computer is working and the spyware is gone, gone, gone!!! After hours of trying to figure out what to do, waiting for the phone call from the computer guy that never came, paying for an antispyware program/download that removed stuff, but not the problem....I finally found a FREE, yes FREE, antispyware program that removed so much stuff, and the stupid spymaxx. YAY!!!

Since my business is totally online, I try to take extra good care of my computer. I run AdAware, Spybot Searh & Destroy, and AVG anitvirus regularly. I clear my cache and cookies, and I empty my recycle bin. I run defrag (oh, I should do that tonight) and scan disk every so often. I got this spyware from a stupid website that I went to, to look for song lyrics. I did NOT download anything. I just went there. So even if you are careful, it can happen to you.

The program I found is SuperAntiSpyware and it is a free download for home use. Not a trial. And dang, it WORKS! I am so happy, happy, happy : ) And actually, since I stayed off the computer for most of the day, I got things done....3 loads of laundry, poured my molds, glazed some piggy banks, did the dishes, scooped the poop, washed the windows and picked Leia up at school and stopped at the library. Oh, the kiln got loaded and fired too. So, the day wasn't a total waste....notice I didn't say cooked dinner. I still hate to cook. Don't care. We had chicken tenders and pierogis tonight and they were tasty.

2 Comments:

At April 8, 2008 9:30 AM , Blogger douchrti said...

Im glad you were able to fix the problem. Im interested in seeing how SuperAntiSpyware works for you down the road.
Its strange that Ad-Aware and S&D didnt fix the problem.
They both usually look for Ska.exe and ska.dll.
I'll keep in touch to see how it works for you.
Great Blog by the way.
Take care,

 
At April 9, 2008 4:10 PM , Blogger Lynn said...

Aaah, it took me another whole day to clear the the computer. Once I got rid of spymaxx, I found out I had a trojan virus, vunda, I think it was. After multiple scans, I finally got rid of it by using Malwarebytes (freeware) in normal mode and AVG antispyware in safe mode. I followed instructions I found on a forum and at last, things are back to normal.

 

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