Spyware help...

[Kane Knight]

Norton has picked up lycos ss.exe (adware keeval) on my computer. I've attempted to remove it through norton, and attempted to follow their instructions...It tells me to use add/remove programs to remove the file (In safe mode). It's not there, however, leaving me stuck for a result.

Anyone know what to do?

(System: windows 98 SE, I can proviide other details).

[Raising Kane]

Not to be a smartass, but it's not a hidden file is it?

[Raising Kane]

also check this and see if it helps

http://www.pestpatrol.com/PestInfo/l/lycos_sidesearch.asp

[Kane Knight]

Not to be a smartass, but can you even have a "hidden file" in the add/remove programs settings?

The link doesn't work because it won't show up in my task manager (The site itself says win9X does that).

[Raising Kane]

Oops... Missed that part. :lol: SORRY :mad:

[V]

why not try using ad-aware instead of norton, it helped me get rid of some spyware norton found and coudlnt' get rid of a long time ago, i duno if it'll help or not, or if this is obvious advice, but get it off download.com... ad-aware 6.0 by lavasoft

[Funky Fly]

I had that. It was a bitch to get rid of, but I set Adaware to scan on start up and it got the fucker.

Lycos is stooping pretty low with this.

[Kane Knight]

why not try using ad-aware instead of norton, it helped me get rid of some spyware norton found and coudlnt' get rid of a long time ago, i duno if it'll help or not, or if this is obvious advice, but get it off download.com... ad-aware 6.0 by lavasoft
Ihave it on my computer.

The only reason I was doing it on Norton is because it caught it, whereas AA didn't.

I'm runnin gan updated search since Funk mentioned he got it, so my fingers is crossed.

[Funky Fly]

Yeah, I should mention that McAfee Viruscan picked it up but couldn't remove it. Make sure that you set adaware toscan at startup.

[Funky Fly]

So did it work?

[Kane Knight]

So did it work?
Since Norton's still picking up a threat on my comp, I'm guessing no.