bit torrent

[pistonie]

i installed bit torrent today

and now my IE is full of crap..

i get irregular popups and spam while surfing, and my IE home page changes all the time

how do i get rid of all this?

will uninstalling BT end it? or do i need an anti-spyware prog to get rid of it all?

[Pigs]

http://www.safer-networking.org/

is your friend

[Infusion]

Yup, alot of nasties with bittorent.

Don't install grokster either.

[Lizzy23Q]

Uninstalling the bittorent will not remove the spyware on your IE.

The one you have installed is just spyware and alot of people had the same problem, firstly remove the bittorent you have installed

Install Bittorent shadow's experimental (spyware free).

http://bt.degreez.net/

I find this one to be reliable more in speed.

Adware and spybot will remove most of those nasties but i still had a few constant popups and could not remove them, till a friend recommended pest patrol, excellent program (trial version).

Hope this helps

[bridget]

Hi pistonie

Sounds like you might have picked up CoolWebSearch - a particularly nasty piece of scumware. Unfortunately, it has more variants that you can poke a stick at, and programs like Spybot Search and Destroy, Ad-aware and Spyware Blaster simply can't keep up with them.

Fortunately, a student in the Netherlands has currently made it his life's work to keep on top of this nasty - you can download a removal tool and read all about the different variants on his website
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/

Good luck

Bridget

[pistonie]

no luck so far..

if i cant find a solution, ill just format this comp... (its got 101 other problems so i wont be regreting it...)

thanks anyways for the help...

ill be sure to install the "spyware free BT"

[disisdavo]

Have you tried Adaware, works for me.

davo

[SpaceMonkey]

Holy crap, sounds like a major ad/spyware attack.

Download these:
*Ad-aware 6
*Spybot - Search & Destroy
*CWShredder - this will fix your IE toolbar, the homepage problem or both, I can't remember

Thanks for posting this, because I was thinking about using bittorrent. But now that I know it's infected with ad/spyware, I'll just stick with Kazaa Lite.

[lloyd]

simple
download a good BT client..
downloading the BT that pops up in a small window isnt good.
shad0ws experimental is good.

[Big J]

hijack works aswell if you want it i'll upload it to my webspace