i was just playing around with my mates computer and it seems he has spyware. that’s not a problem, we got rid of it.

now i think my computer has spyware. i have an old version of hijack this on here, and when i try to run it from C:\HJT it pops up for about a millisecond then closes. so HJT just doesn’t work.

also, when in firefox, firefox will just close randomly. I went onto filehippo.com to get latest version of HJT, but when i click on the HJT link, firefox just shuts down. its the same when i click on any other link on that page

so i tried typing avg anti spyware into google, and bang! firefox closes again. i’m thinking that my spyware is not letting me do things ‘anti-spyware’ related on the net.

about to run s&d now, but i’m just wondering if anyone else has had this happen before? and what type of spyware it is.

p.s all of this also happens on IE7 too.

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THIS IS A RUNDOWN OF MY FEEBLE ATTEMPTS AT SPYWARE REMOVAL

Hijack this still won’t run. So I can’t get antone a log sorry. I also can’t start windows in safe mode…
My avg anti virus wont run either.

spybot s&d ran and deleted some spyware
ad-aware ran and deleted some spyware
spy catcher express ran and deleted some spyware
ccleaner ran and deleted stuff
cleanup! ran and deleted some stuff
cwshredder ran and deleted a file
smitfraud fix ran and deleted some stuff
msconfig cleanup ran and deleted startups
ewido wouldn’t even let me install (same problem as HJT, opens for a millisecond then closes) (probably because its part of AVG now?)

Also, here are some things that I type into google, then firefox crashes:
avg
ewido – when i click on ewido site
avast
nod32
antivirus
antispyware

and other brands of AV software

Also, the Trend Micro HouseCall online AV scanner won’t work either.

Just failed at installing: (by fail i mean the virus is not letting the program run.)
Panda AV
Nod32
Kaspersky

Please help…..
cheers Jim