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From: Ron on 23 Jan 2010 02:15 On Jan 21, 10:06 pm, "Lil' Abner" <blv...(a)dogpatch.com> wrote: > Andy Walker <awal...(a)nspank.invalid> wrote innews:4b584aca.691444390(a)news..webtv.com: > > > Lil' Abner wrote: > > >>I'm sure someone here is familiar with fastbrowsersearch but I've > >>never seen it discussed. A friend of mine contracted it from facebook > >>and it has totally crippled his ability to go anywhere, Malwarebytes > >>doen't touch it. Superantispyware doesn't touch it, and so far none of > >>the "solutions" that I've googled for has touched it. > >>How do you get rid of it? > > > The info I found in searches suggests that it's adware. Have you > > tried using Ad-Aware?http://www.lavasoft.com/single/trialpay.php > > Nope. Didn't try that one. I'll have to download it and get it to him some > way or another since the only place he can go is his home page and > fastbrowsersearch.com > Thanks for the suggestion. > If you haven't resolved the problem yet I would try Spyware Doctor free from Google Pack (XP or higher) and a-squared Free 4.5. http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
From: Dustin Cook on 24 Jan 2010 03:14 "Lil' Abner" <blvstk(a)dogpatch.com> wrote in news:Xns9D06C5BA5F1A3butter(a)wefb973cbe498: > I'm sure someone here is familiar with fastbrowsersearch but I've > never seen it discussed. A friend of mine contracted it from facebook > and it has totally crippled his ability to go anywhere, Malwarebytes > doen't touch it. Superantispyware doesn't touch it, and so far none of > the "solutions" that I've googled for has touched it. > How do you get rid of it? > Hi Abner, Any chance you can acquire a sample for analysis? I was under the mistaken! impression we got those. Sorry for the inconvenience. -- "Is there anything in Guul Draz that doesn't suck the life out of you?" - Tarsa, Sea Gate sell-sword.
From: Lil' Abner on 24 Jan 2010 22:03 Dustin Cook <bughunter.dustin(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:Xns9D0A21AD2AF6HHI2948AJD832(a)69.16.185.247: > "Lil' Abner" <blvstk(a)dogpatch.com> wrote in > news:Xns9D06C5BA5F1A3butter(a)wefb973cbe498: > >> I'm sure someone here is familiar with fastbrowsersearch but I've >> never seen it discussed. A friend of mine contracted it from facebook >> and it has totally crippled his ability to go anywhere, Malwarebytes >> doen't touch it. Superantispyware doesn't touch it, and so far none >> of the "solutions" that I've googled for has touched it. >> How do you get rid of it? >> > > Hi Abner, > > Any chance you can acquire a sample for analysis? I was under the > mistaken! impression we got those. Sorry for the inconvenience. I'll see what I can do. This friend lives in another town and we have been communicating by phone. I know he still hasn't gotten rid of it and I suspect he'll be bringing it to me before too long. -- --- Everybody has a right to my opinion. ---
From: Ron on 24 Jan 2010 23:58
On Jan 24, 10:03 pm, "Lil' Abner" <blv...(a)dogpatch.com> wrote: > Dustin Cook <bughunter.dus...(a)gmail.com> wrote innews:Xns9D0A21AD2AF6HHI2948AJD832(a)69.16.185.247: > > > "Lil' Abner" <blv...(a)dogpatch.com> wrote in > >news:Xns9D06C5BA5F1A3butter(a)wefb973cbe498: > > >> I'm sure someone here is familiar with fastbrowsersearch but I've > >> never seen it discussed. A friend of mine contracted it from facebook > >> and it has totally crippled his ability to go anywhere, Malwarebytes > >> doen't touch it. Superantispyware doesn't touch it, and so far none > >> of the "solutions" that I've googled for has touched it. > >> How do you get rid of it? > > > Hi Abner, > > > Any chance you can acquire a sample for analysis? I was under the > > mistaken! impression we got those. Sorry for the inconvenience. > > I'll see what I can do. This friend lives in another town and we have been > communicating by phone. I know he still hasn't gotten rid of it and I > suspect he'll be bringing it to me before too long. Send me an email with "Fast browser search" in the subject line to bigelile at cfl.rr.com and I might be able to help you out. |