How do you get rid of adware?

Answer 1

--You need to run these 4 essential steps to remove all the spyware on your computer.

1. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

2. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot

3 Run Superantispyware

4. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

Use Mozilla firefox or the Google chrome browser for browsing unsafe websites

Install ThreatFire

ThreatFire, features innovative real-time behavioral protection technology that provides powerful standalone protection or the perfect complement to traditional signature-based antivirus programs offers unsurpassed protection against both known and unknown zero-day viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, buffer overflows, spyware, adware and other malware.

Install a good antivirus in your computer.

Keep your antivirus updated. If automatic updates are available, configure your antivirus to use them.

Keep your permanent antivirus protection enabled at all times.

Adware deletionWhen I ran my McAfee scan, it associated two files with Adware-Virtumondo: setupd.exe and _update.dat.

I removed the files by going in to the "safe mode and command only" option of the safe mode start menu.

It gave me a c:\>

At the prompt I changed to the directory where the files were located (c:\>CD windows)

At the new prompt I deleted the setupd.exe file (c:\windows>del setupd.exe)

Then I changed directories again to where the second file was: (c:\windows>CD temp)

At the new prompt I then deleted the second file (c:\windows\temp>del _update.dat)

I then rebooted my computer and the adware-virtumondo files are now gone.

More input from FAQ Farmers:

I filed a complaint demanding immediate removal of my email address and adware receiving from their database. My system was clearded in a day. That was one week ago and I haven't seen anything since.

Virtumundo 8400 W. 110th Street, Suite 330 Overland Park, KS 66210 Phone: 913-660-1300 Toll FREE: 1-866-356-8636. http://www.virtumundo.com/

You can get rid of the Adwares, by following these steps .

1 Download and intall the Superantispyware on your computer .

2 Update your Superantispyware

3 Scan your computer for all the pop ups in your computer .

4 Remove all the malwares , found while scanning with the Superantispyware

5 Restart your computer .

You can download this form http://www.superantispyware.com/download.HTML

Manual removal guideVirtumondo can be also removed manually. Detailed removal guide: http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-virtumundo.HTML

Also see the step-by-step Virtumondo manual removal instruction using OSAM Autorun Manager:

http://www.online-solutions.ru/en/how_to_remove_vundo_trojan_virtumonde.php

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Trojan.Vundo Removal Tool from Symantec-follow the directions there.

http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoff...112210-3747-99

ATF Cleaner, and AVG Anti-Spyware from the links on the page below....Follow the instructions to run both from that page. (Do not forget to update the AVG Anti-Spyware immediately). Go to post #15 on the first page of 5 pages there...The bottom post!

http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/...d.php?t=135442

After quarantineing the files keydll.exe & lldyek.dat w/ the AVG Anti-Spyware, dump the files finally using that tool.

The viral processes will now be finally killed...Now all that is left is to go get rid of the leftover keys in the registry. I used CCleaner.exe for this;

http://www.ccleaner.com/update/?v=1.34.407&l=1033

Install it,

Run Cleaner repeatedly until it removes 0 bytes.

Run Issues, Scan for Issues, Fix all Issues found, always backup the changes by creating a CCBackups folder in My "Documents",

1 key you will find on the first pass will be; C:\DOCUME~1\Locals\Temp\lldyek.dat (the nasty re-creator of the keydll.exe file and that key will finally be deleted. Dump any file found using a drive search by the names in the very second paragraph of this post. (keydll.exe, lldyek.dat, or both using the file extension of .config or .bak).

Scan for Issues again until clean (No Issues Found).

Then check the Start-Up Folder by using the Tools Function of CCleaner, then the Startup Button. highlight and delete *keydll.exe if present there. Also cleanup other entries you wish in the Startup folder using that tool. (***NOTE: look up the files first using a Yahoo or Google search first if you don't know what they are).

It should be clean of that nasty offending beast. Now use Spybot S&D 1.4.exe, Bazooka Scanner.exe from Kephyr.com, SpywareBlaster.exe, and Ad-AwareSE Personal.exe from Lavasoft and get the rest of the spyware out.

Lastly Run HijackThis and delete any item there referring to the above listed files...They will be listed as "(file missing)" which is a good sign...an 02 BHO, and a 20!

Good Luck!

Answer 2

You get rid of spyware/adware by installing a spyware remover and running it. In some cases, you can just go to the Control Panel and remove it from there if you see it listed. Most would need to be removed using other software.

Two of the most popular ones you can use for free are Spybot Search and Destroy and Lavasoft Ad-Aware. The links are included below.