180 Search Ass

[limelight]

It makes a little icon beside the time on my computer and it puts popups while I'm surfing the net saying this ad is brought to you by 180 search.

How do I get rid of it? Any ideas.

 

[Cbxu_]

is it software or spyware... maybe you should clean up your computer with a anti-spyware program.. or if you installed it with something.. uninstall that thing again

 

[limelight]

It's spyware because I don't remember installing it.

 

[ironcross77]

Download hijackthis and scan...

 

[limelight]

I just tried Microsoft's Anispyware and it seems to have worked pretty well.

 

[MicrotechXP]

Yes that should work for somthing like this! I would also reccomend you doing a once a week scan to keep all these things out of your computer...

 

[limelight]

I know, my last scan was May 5th, 05. I'm getting really lazy.

 

[MicrotechXP]

Maby thats why you got the spyware!!!...also keep it updated with the latest anti-spyware deffinitions...

 

[chaganlal1]

I posted a thread on soem good softweare to get rid of this I had some kind of SaveNow adware installed it was awfull.

 

[limelight]

Maby thats why you got the spyware!!!...also keep it updated with the latest anti-spyware deffinitions...

Yeah, but I had some realtime spyware blocker or something enabled. I just thought that would stop it.

 

[prithvi]

I had 180 Search get installed in my machine a few times earlier.

It gets installed when you download and install certain free screensavers/desktop themes etc.
They come within the installation pack, where u have to select them or u can't install.

I also got 180 Search auto-installed when I was visiting a crack site and clicked on a 'Yes' button (although it was not needed, as I came to know later).

 

[limelight]

I dunno, for some reason every time I get my computer reformatted it comes with it installed.

 

[Conor]

Where do you get your computer reformatted?

 

[limelight]

Where do you get your computer reformatted?

A friend of my mom's does it for me.

 

[Alejandro]

It's Spyware, and very common, I've seen it many times, Microsoft Antispyware would be usefull to unistall it completely

 

[_Xero_]

I use Spyware doctor to get rid of that stuff. That damn 180 search thing makes me furious.

 

[03moscropl]

but remamber some anti spyware programs are made to make things eg popups to really anoy you. :liar: