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schloaty

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Can anyone tell me how to get this *&^%$ program off of my computer for good? Norton doesn't get it. Uninstalling it doesn't work. Spybot SAYS it deletes it, but it comes back worse than a D. capensis.

What do I have to do to get rid of the thing?!?
 
Download HiJackThis and run a scan.

Post the results of the log at this forum and they should be able to help you:

Castle Cops
 
I'd say throw away that junk you call a computer and get yourself a mac...
No viruses, no spyware (unless you know what you're about), never any problems... had them for 6 years, never had a problem, never had antivirus nor any disk utilities... makes you wonder eh?
 
*begin vent*
Ugh, here we go again. Mac doesn't not have the virus/spyware problems that PC has because it is better... It doesn't have AS MANY problems because it isn't that popular. Why would people target a system that isn't as common? As more and more people go to MAC *thinking it's safer??* These problems are becoming more common on this platform as well. Run a search, and you'll find topics like this one.
Yes, I use PC and I find it frustrating that whenever someone asks for computer help here, everytime it seams, someone has to suggest going to MAC. *end vent* (LOL)
Andrew
(The above are my views, and I await PAK to comment on getting a MAC also hehe)
 
Indeed its less common due to it being way more expensive and reliable (cant argue the power and reliabilty of mav vs pc). However, if you compare bare Windows XP and bare OS X, you'll find that naked OS X is way harder to hack into than Win.
But anyway, I have used both systems and made my choice after about 1.2 seconds. PC is only usable for low quality pornography and games. Macs are for graphics, audio, and anything else that you want done flawlessly without having to restart every 2 minutes due to your computer crashing
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[b said:
Quote[/b] (Dimka @ Dec. 31 2005,3:40)]PC is only usable for low quality pornography and games
...nice.
 
can you say otherwise?
anyway, I don't wanna grow this into a fight, so nothing personal.
 
  • #10
Hey, if that's all you feel it's good for then great. Obviously, many people don't agree. Also, I like Chevy over
ford... As Ford can only be used for moving cow poop down a steep hill. LOL Someone else will come along and say the same thing about Chevy, Dodge, Toyota, Honda........
This is what I'm saying. You *and others* think MAC is awesome. Others don't. Those that don't, should be able to come here and talk about PCs. Just like someone recently here asked for some help on a driver for another OS. I don't recall seeing anyone jump on him about switching to mac though
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That's all... I hope the starter of this topic got the help he needed. And if others need help with their COMPUTERS of any "race" they feel they can come here for help without getting pooped upon.
Andrew

Oh, and your right, it's nothing personal. It's just computers.
 
  • #11
Deleted video for launguage... sorry.
Andrew
 
  • #12
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]PC is only usable for low quality pornography and games

That's right. If you want high quality porn, it's mac all the way.
 
  • #13
*runs to buy a mac*






....for Est
 
  • #14
[b said:
Quote[/b] (Gawd_oOo @ Dec. 31 2005,5:18)]*runs to buy a mac*






....for Est
Get one for me while your at it...just don't tell my wife
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  • #15
Well, let's admit it: a comment like that and you deserve it.
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Besides, everyone knows that Linux is far superior.
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Just to have my propaganda thrown in (because that's what everyone else is doing! lol) Linux is better because it's stable like Mac OS, it costs NOTHING (unless you pay for a corperate edition with lots of extras, but you can always legally get it for free,) there are very few viruses that you need to worry about with Linux, you can pick your flavor (SOOO many choices,) etc etc. If it wasn't secure, then why would businesses and admins use it as a firewall? Besides, then you don't need to worry about hardware differences (eg MAC, PC use different CPUs.)

Remember when you're flaming: "PC = windows" is wrong. Have a nice day.
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addition: To remain germane, if you're having problems, you can feel free to PM me/post your hijack this log here and I'll take a look-see.
 
  • #16
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]Linux is far superior.

Eh, tried it, the learning curve was to high. I couldn't any programs to work. I gave up.

[b said:
Quote[/b] ]Linux is better because it's stable like Mac OS

Well I hope it's more stable then Mac OS... Mac OS in my experience is far less stable then Win XP.

[b said:
Quote[/b] ]it costs NOTHING (unless you pay for a corperate edition with lots of extras, but you can always legally get it for free,)

Was gonna have something to say there until I got to Legally..

[b said:
Quote[/b] ]Besides, then you don't need to worry about hardware differences (eg MAC, PC use different CPUs.)

Eh, atleast a few years back when I tried Linux out, there was still troubles finding drivers for all the hardware.
 
  • #17
Linux has gotten a lot better over the past couple of years. That's part of the beauty of open source software: it's growing and changing and improving so much faster.

[b said:
Quote[/b] ]Eh, tried it, the learning curve was to high. I couldn't any programs to work. I gave up.

Learning curve can still be pretty steep, but if you get someone to set it up, then the knowledge needed to use it isn't very extensive. For instance, Fedora as well as some other distrobutions (I believe) use a simple package program. You just open up the program, select which category you're interestred in (games, science, programing, interactive, educational, etc,) find something that interests you by it's description, click the box and it does the rest. Nowadays, the generic drivers will set you good with most things straight off (though it can still be trouble, but if you wanter to talk DRIVER TROUBLE then don't get me started on windows.) That's one thing I like about Linux: you tell IT what to do, not the other way around; I've had it too many times where Windows tells ME what to do.

[b said:
Quote[/b] ]Well I hope it's more stable then Mac OS... Mac OS in my experience is far less stable then Win XP.

I've never crashed Linux to the point where I couldn't get it back. lol Admittedly one time I uber-screwed it up, but we could still remote log in (log in from another computer) and get it to unfreeze. Of course, if you've got unreliable hardware, then you can't blame that on the operating system!

[b said:
Quote[/b] ]Was gonna have something to say there until I got to Legally..

Yeah, I figured it might come to that. Not only is the OS free, but you can get free wordprocessing, games, apps, everything. Even if you're using Windows, I'd highly recommend using Open Office for all of your word processing, powerpoint, spreadsheet, and presentation needs.

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Quote[/b] ]Eh, atleast a few years back when I tried Linux out, there was still troubles finding drivers for all the hardware.

lol I already touched on this. It's getting better all the time, though! I remember not too long ago that it was a PAIN to get wireless drivers in Redhat to work, but by now we have no more problems with it.

All in all, I think Linux's greastest pitfall is that if either you or someone close to you doesn't know a considerable bit as to what's going on, you can run in to trouble.

Furthermore, thinking about it, I have no idea how windows got lumped with "low quality porn." lol! Oh well, when you think about it, what's the majority of uses for computers/the internet: games 'n porn! Still, I don't see how the latter of the two have ANYTHING to do with porn.
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  • #18
Personally i don't like chevy nor ford. ford has good motors, but worthless transmition, chevy is all worthless... both of them are a waste of money anyway
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get yourself a horse!
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About the movie... that guy must have never used a mac... because NONE of the things he named there ever happened to me in my experience, and believe me, I have one with Macs.
Maybe they are true judging by the ancient iMac he was showing us... iMac=same junk as PC, if you want a real computer get a PowerMac (good ones are $3000+, but you won't have a single problem in years), and OS X on those old ones is pretty much like XP on IBM 486... maybe thats why you thought XP was more stable? try it on an ancient machine and see.

Also, YES Linux is da crap! because it is UNIX based (like OS X) so I totally agree with you.

High quality porn is also business for Macs... why you think I got 3 of them? hehehe
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But seriously, why I use them is because I do graphics on my free time (digital restoration of old hand painted icons), and PCs just can't handle it, and its just better looking and stable
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Edit: Bypassing filter...no no no!
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Gee...how did I miss this topic?? Macs rule!! Go Dimka!
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  • #19
Mac, "PC", whatever. I'm thankful I even have a computer with internet connection, with which I can source great CP information, order plants, and communicate with folk I'd otherwise never be able to meet! Banzai!
 
  • #20
[b said:
Quote[/b] (adnedarn @ Dec. 31 2005,2:19)]Mac doesn't not have the virus/spyware problems that PC has because it is better...  It doesn't have AS MANY problems because it isn't that popular.
OK... got a number of problems with y'all.
No. 1, Andrew, this is no longer particularly correct. You can break a Macintosh the same way you hack any other UNIX clone - practically speaking, there are just about as many Windows machines accessible on the internet as UNIX boxes. My hardware router gets hacked more than my Mac, and all I do is delete unknown executables and run the built-in Mac firewall. "Security by obscurity" has long been the bane of the computer security industry and, right out of the box, Macs come with as much protection (besides a virus scanner, which is sorely missing) as you could ask for for any computer connected to the internet. Everything runs the same internet protocols, so getting in is the same on one computer as another. The big difference is in the executables, but any hacker with a sixth grade reading level worth their weight in farts can look up a manual and figure out how to apply their strategy to any machine.
Next, I would really appreciate it if Windows-philes out there stopped claiming that Macs are unstable. This is unfair, untrue, and has been inaccurate for several years (almost a decade in my experience - I haven't had stability problems on my Macs since OS 8.1, back in the late 90's.) I've owned a G5 (the first make, even before Apple fans considered them stable) for three years now and have left it on almost constantly since first taking out of the box. You know how many crashes (computer reboots itself) I've had? None. A few times, my BitTorrent client shuts down unexpectedly, leaving the rest of the system untouched, but I've never, ever had to do an emergency powerdown or root through my system to find malicious programs. I rewrite my kernel, play with XWindows applications, and even emulate Windows 98 on my system and they're all rock solid. I have also worked at the computer center at my college for several quarters, in the Macintosh lab as well as a mixed lab with dual-boot Windows 2000 and Red Hat Linux machines. Want to know where I spend most of my time? Want to know what computers my coworkers dred servicing? I'll give you a hint - it's not the Macs. Gawd, that little video of yours is cute, but I defy you to show me that applications on the Mac are less stable than any other OS. If you have stability problems on a Macintosh, it can almost always be attributed to the program you're running, and not the details of the operating system.
If Macs were really so much worse than PCs, Apple would have died out a long time ago - there just aren't enough reasons for people to stay with Macs if they're really so unbearable. They're expensive, and it's particularly hard for consumers to find software and support for the Macintosh. The reason the Mac is still alive is because people appreciate its strengths. They're easy to use. They have consistent, well-designed interfaces. They aren't built to confuse users and they don't require licensed, specially trained technicians to perform simple, everyday tasks like system/network maintenance and upgrades.
Look at all the operating systems out there. UNIX, Mac, Linux, Irix; even dead OSes like OpenStep, DOS and BeOS have hoardes of fanatical advocates who would sooner die than admit that maybe their OS isn't the best. I've only found one OS that lacks this type of following, and it's Windows. People just don't care about Windows - the only support I see for it comes from people who own Windows machines by some unfortunate circumstance and get teased about it. It's so-so, and if it weren't for the fact that all the popular games and office applications were on it, and business virtually requires you to use it, and all the bargain basement computers came preloaded with it, I can see no reason why anyone would seek out Windows for their own use. If Windows were satisfactory, we wouldn't have so many people clamboring for other systems. Windows has found its place in the industry not on superior merits, but superior marketing and business strategy.
I have been studying computer science since middle school, and I have yet to find anyone with a strong general knowledge of computers who can give me a cogent reason why Windows is any better than anything else. My computer science professor, who wrote much of the software that runs your telephone while working at Bell labs, refers to her Windows machine as 'the toy' because the only people in her house that use it are her kids, for games and email. She and her husband (another comp. sci. professor at my school) don't even try to work with it, because it's just more trouble than it's worth. Even my godfather, who works at Microsoft, can't articulate why Windows is better, except that it has lots of games on it. Quite the contrary - in my experience, it seems that the more educated people are on the methods and history of computer science, the more they tend to dislike Windows on grounds of its poor engineering and Microsoft's startling lack of ethics and innovation.
Finally, how many people have switched from a Mac to a Windows machine and really been happy about it? I know of one, really - my friend got rid of his old, System 7.5 Mac IIc and traded up to a Pentium 3 Dell. He liked it better because he could play Max Payne, and that's really all he did with it because the system was buggy as all hell right out of the box. When he finished Max Payne, he went and dug the Mac IIc out of his garage until he could buy a new (Apple) laptop. On the other hand, how often do you hear about people going the other way?
~Joe
 
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