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help!; spyware trouble!
Topic Started: Jun 5 2005, 11:44 AM (612 Views)
tropicaldawn (CC)
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my bakcround has changed into a spyware removal advertisment and i can't change it back! I right click and press properties but it doesn't bring up display properties!
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Francis
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Have you tried running an anti-virus program?

*Francis doesn't want to advertise any...
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cowsgonemadd3
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Hello how are you?

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You have some big trouble if its changing your background.
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Rory
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i;m a mess
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^ Surely there is another way you can help without advertising?
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Jory
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I would recomment Hitmanpro.
It combines 8 existing anti-spy/ad/malware programs.
( Ad-Aware SE (6.2), Spy Sweeper 3, Spybot Search & Destroy 1.3, CWShredder 2.15, SpywareBlaster 3.3, Spyware Block List, Sysclean Package and SuperDAT VirusScan)
On installing, it installs all those programs and updates them.
If you run it, all programs will scan your disk.

*Qj really likes it :)

Only problem: I have no idea where to find an english downloadsite :P
Just google for it.
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James
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Well, Ad-Aware and Spybot have some problems with each other (read Spybots news site for the history) so i'd suggest running just one of them, and get a good antivirus.. free one like AVG will do. Run HijackThis and post your logs on castlecops.com's forum or another helping community and they'll fix it.
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cowsgonemadd3
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Well rory not really. He needs to run hijackthis or it probably wont go away but come back. Ad-aware and spybot are not meant to fix everything. I know what im doing. I dont see why if its on topic I cant ask a person to come over and post a hijackthis log. James said go to castlecops so....

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or another helping community and they'll fix it


I run a site dedicated to removing spyware and helping people on there computers its what im good at. I was not advertising really but offering my help! Its 100% on topic. I was just trying to help out.
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tropicaldawn (CC)
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OMG I AM SO SCARED!

I can't change my backgroound!

My display will only let me change resoloution, colour and screensaver! I'm very worried so I'm gonna try adaware
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James
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When you say you can't change it, is it greyed out?
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tropicaldawn (CC)
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it isn't there!

When i go onto display properties, it just has the theme tab, the appearence tab, the settings tab and the screensaver tab!

Backround tab has VANISHED!!
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Das
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Smells of rich mahogany
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tropicaldawn
June 5, 2005 02:32 PM
it isn't there!

When i go onto display properties, it just has the theme tab, the appearence tab, the settings tab and the screensaver tab!

Backround tab has VANISHED!!

Screenshot?
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James
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Start, Run, Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

You don't by any chance have:

NoDispBackgroundPage

or anything like that in there do you set to "1"?

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tropicaldawn (CC)
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no.
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James
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right button in the right hand pane then, New > , DWORD Value, call it:

NoDispBackgroundPage

Double click it, set the value to 0

Does it show up now?
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