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Problems found by SpyBot
06-07-2014 4:10 PM
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I've just run SpyBot, and it has found two problems which it cannot remove. These are 'Montera .toolbar' and 'Win32.downloader.gen'. When it tries to deal with them, it comes up with the warning about being unable to create C:\Windows\wininit.ini.
Has anyone any suggestions about how to deal with this, please?
Thanks
Has anyone any suggestions about how to deal with this, please?
Thanks
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Re: Problems found by SpyBot
06-07-2014 4:39 PM
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Re: Problems found by SpyBot
06-07-2014 6:10 PM
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Thanks Gtowen. I've done as you suggested and tried both of these. The Kaspersky didn't find anything, and the Montera ToolBar Removal didn't produce output such as the control window as per shown in their user guide. Their report lists a number of things which don't mention Montera specifically. In fact, the report doesn't seem to mention Montera anywhere, but the control window says to untick anything I don't want removed. I don't know what should and what shouldn't be removed, but some of the things are in the registry so I don't want to cause yet more problems. In the report there are things like Greentree Applications, also Linkeys, and other things.
If there is any guidance you can offer, please, I'd be grateful
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If there is any guidance you can offer, please, I'd be grateful
Thanks
Re: Problems found by SpyBot
06-07-2014 6:22 PM
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I would download Malwarebytes (free version) and follow the instructions for using it, it is a very good program
http://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/
http://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/
Re: Problems found by SpyBot
06-07-2014 8:46 PM
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I didn't say so in my original post, but I have Malwarebytes, and the first thing I tried when SpyBot found but couldn't deal with these problems, was run Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes didn't detect either problem, not even after updating. MSE also failed to see these problems. Only SpyBot mentioned them. It goes to remind us that we shouldn't rely on just one form of protection.
I will rerun the Montera removal, and carry (blunder) on, and hope that it do0esn't cause more problems.
Will report back with the results (if I can) 8¬)
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I will rerun the Montera removal, and carry (blunder) on, and hope that it do0esn't cause more problems.
Will report back with the results (if I can) 8¬)
Thanks
Re: Problems found by SpyBot
06-07-2014 9:17 PM
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I'm surprised Malwarebytes failed..... another good program is Superantispyware which also has a free version, you could try that.
http://www.superantispyware.com/
http://www.superantispyware.com/
Re: Problems found by SpyBot
06-07-2014 9:20 PM
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Did you try to run Malwarebytes in Safe mode ?
F8 before windows starts , unusual that it didnt find anything
F8 before windows starts , unusual that it didnt find anything
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Re: Problems found by SpyBot
07-07-2014 5:46 PM
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Hello Gtowen - your solution worked, and without problems. Thankyou very much for your help
Hello Rongtw - I didn't go into Safe Mode when running Malwarebytes. I ran it as soon as SpyBot failed to deal with the problems it found. Would that have made any difference? Thanks for the suggestion anyway. You never know when something will do the trick until you try it.
I was surprised that Malwarebytes didn't detect these problems. It has a very good reputation, but I guess everything has a weak spot.
Anyway, thanks once again
Hello Rongtw - I didn't go into Safe Mode when running Malwarebytes. I ran it as soon as SpyBot failed to deal with the problems it found. Would that have made any difference? Thanks for the suggestion anyway. You never know when something will do the trick until you try it.
I was surprised that Malwarebytes didn't detect these problems. It has a very good reputation, but I guess everything has a weak spot.
Anyway, thanks once again
Re: Problems found by SpyBot
07-07-2014 7:20 PM
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Glad you got sorted

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