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[Aqizzar]

I've picked up a nasty adbot, or possibly a set of them.  I think it rode in with a game demo, but I'm not sure.  Anyway, I need to get rid of it, and I don't know the best method.  My usual method is just reformatting, but I'm getting really tired of doing that and I know there has to be a simpler answer.

I know it's the fake rundll32.exe program, and it came with something called gadcom.exe.  It keeps trying to open ad popups, and its so old, half of them point to non-existent sites.  Just tonight I noticed a new one called tinyproxy.exe which claims to be a system program but I know it's not, which apparently likes to fuck up my connection settings.  I'm getting constant audiovisual stuttering, and now my drives keep checking nothing every few seconds.

If anybody knows a reliable, safe way to get rid of this crap, I'd love to hear it.  I've pretty much given up on downloadable anti-virus programs, since the vast majority of them are now viruses themselves.

[Il Palazzo]

Well, I've been running AVG(free) for couple of years now, and never complained.

[A_Fey_Dwarf]

Yeah AVG free works well but I got a copy of (free/pirated) subscription to Norton that works even better.

As for Adbots, try Ad-aware,

But if you want a professional opinion, read this cnet security starter kit thingy. I found it helped a lot.

[Aqizzar]

Some links to these magic free anti-virus programs you guys use would be great.  I've tried downloading them before myself and just got fake bot programs.

[Il Palazzo]

http://free.avg.com/

[Darkone]

Also note that if you can't delete it through AVG/whatever, Ice Sword can pretty much force delete anything. Used ita  few time sto get rid of some really nasty ad-wares and spy-wares.

[DJ]

When it comes to spyware removal, I've had best results with Spybot.

[IndonesiaWarMinister]

When it comes to spyware removal, I've had best results with Spybot.

This.

Is very good one, when comes to malwares.
Well, maybe not virus, but still. you should try it first

[DJ]

Well yeah, it doesn't get rid of viruses at all. For that you need an antivirus, and the above suggested AVG ain't bad at all.

Anyway, if all else fails, you always have Cillit Bang.

[Fishersalwaysdie]

i prljavština je nestala.

[DJ]

Where are you from, dude? Not many keyboards have š, so I'm guessing you're probably somewhere in the neighbourhood.

[Kashyyk]

Hmm, what have I got?

I use Avira Antivirus Premium it is very good and you can also get a free version that is still useful.

[Fenrir]

Can you see the process in the task manager? If so, maybe you could try "Open file location". If you could find where it lives, could you just delete it? I've no experience with this, so please excuse me if that's an utterly stupid suggestion. I'm just guessing.

[PTTG??]

There's only one way, man. Only one way.
Gotta put your computer under a drawbridge.
I mean, reformat it. I subscribe to the "reformat every 6 months" school. If you're going to make backups anyway, why not use them?
This is where having a good Ghost of Imaging program is great; get everything registered and ready, image the drive, and load that back up every few weeks. Store your data on flash drives and externals.

Ok, that's what I would do if I had the willpower, but I don't. I use AVG and have no complaints. I really should upgrade it sometime.

[Strife26]

I don' frequent many webites.
Bay 12
TV tropes
Google image (for picture fight)
hotmail
wikipedia
My school's site

That's pretty much it. No malware for me! Except Norton, which I turned off.