Tuesday, June 27, 2006
I Shot the Sheriff.....
After a week of sheer torture, I am proud to say I have conquered Spy Sheriff which is a very nasty virus that snuck it's slimey way into my computer! I had never heard of Spy Sheriff, but it is actually an anti-spyware software that acts like a trojan horse. SpySheriff hijacks the desktop, changes the wallpaper to a warning message to lure the user into using the antispyware software [which fixes nothing]. It wormed it's sneaky way into my computer, and tricked me true trojan style into clicking on a message that appeared above my task bar saying that my computer is in danger, and to protect my computer I should run the windows desktop antispyware program. Needless to say, I clicked, and everything went black.I have no idea how this thing wormed it's way into my computer, but in my investigation of how to get rid of the pest, I discovered something very disturbing. There is an actual website called www.spysheriff.com (don't click on it) where you can download the vermin. This is what the description says:
(Not True) SpySheriff an award-winning spyware removal tool will help you fighting all kinds of spyware & adware including key loggers, trojan horses, password thieves & on. With new & unique protection module once cleaned your machine will not get infected ever again.
I am very hostile about this particular bug, because it is super hard to get rid of. What worked for me was downloading "Ad Aware SE Personal." Word to the wise, do the scan in safe mode. You can access safe mode by starting your computer and repeatedly pressing F8. Make sure it is in Safe Mode @ Networking. First do a full system check, then run an ADS scan, and select C: Drive. Worked like a charm, but took me a week to figure out. Hope that is the last I see of that virus...it is NASTY!
| posted by Warm Fuzzies at 11:43 PM
Yippee! I have fixed my comment box. I have a few more kinks to fix, and we are happening! Thanks for having patience!
Sherry