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Spyware

by John Cole|  December 21, 20039:12 pm| 20 Comments

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I have spent six hours trying to fix my computer from a spyware problem. I have this awful lop.com thing which has infested my IE toolbar, and even though I have spyware killer, it can not get rid of it.

Help, please.

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  1. 1.

    Geoffrey

    December 21, 2003 at 10:01 pm

    Get ride of IE for starters. Mozilla Firebird is great.

  2. 2.

    Mason

    December 21, 2003 at 10:04 pm

    Don’t have a lot of time, so a short answer is to search http://answers.google.com for lop.com.

    Next step is to stop using IE. Try Opera, Mozilla, Netscape, or any other browser.. IE is chock full of holes. (I use Opera.. it’s a great browser)

    If you need more help, I’ll be around later tonight (after midnightish).. catch me on ICQ.

  3. 3.

    Brandon

    December 21, 2003 at 10:23 pm

    Try Lavasoft (www.lavasoft.nu) or Spybot S&D (security.kolla.de). Since I’mm late to the game here, you may already have done that.

  4. 4.

    Andrew J. Lazarus

    December 21, 2003 at 10:40 pm

    I’m using Opera right now (7.23, on Win XP). It seems slower than earlier versions, with long pauses during which it stops retrieving.

    The interface and feature set are better than IE.

    Safari on OS X is also v cool.

  5. 5.

    Mito

    December 21, 2003 at 11:36 pm

    If you know the name of the program doing it and the folder, here is probably the easiest way. Windows will stop you manually deleting it because the files are in use.

    So you restart the computer in DOS mode and then delete them from there.

  6. 6.

    Lonewacko: I'm Still Blogging Across America

    December 22, 2003 at 12:21 am

    First I’d look on groups.google.com. Then, I’d look in the registry using regedit.exe and in Windows’ other private places. And, as suggested above, I’d switch to MS-DOS to get rid of it if you can’t delete it because it’s running or writing to its files.

  7. 7.

    Bird Dog

    December 22, 2003 at 2:30 am

    McAfee’s anti-virus program can get rid of spyware. I know exactly what you’re goin’ through because that stupid extra line got stuck on my screen several times. It’s unstable and my computer kept crashing.

  8. 8.

    Tony Hooker

    December 22, 2003 at 7:52 am

    http://www.onlinepcfix.com/spyware/Lop.htm

    Thats a page specifically about the a Lop toolbar removal tool.

  9. 9.

    RedLion

    December 22, 2003 at 11:46 am

    I use both Lavasoft Ad-aware and Spybot Search and Destroy.

    When used in combination, they’re hard to beat.

  10. 10.

    tom scott

    December 22, 2003 at 1:09 pm

    I don’t know if this will be of any use but here ’tis.
    link.
    “Tracks Eraser Pro has a plug-in for removing lop.com from your computer.”

  11. 11.

    Lynne

    December 22, 2003 at 1:56 pm

    This link talks about lop:

    http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/lop.html

    I use spybot search & Destroy, very good freeware although I made a donation because it really works good.

    Link for spybot:
    http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/lop.html

    Link for parasites/spyware in general:
    http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/

    Good luck !

  12. 12.

    Lynne

    December 22, 2003 at 1:57 pm

    Oops, link for sypbot is here:

    http://www.safer-networking.org/

  13. 13.

    Gary Utter

    December 22, 2003 at 2:32 pm

    Those are all short term solutions to this sort of problem. The real answer is to get a Mac. :)

  14. 14.

    Ricky

    December 22, 2003 at 4:24 pm

    Win2K+:

    Control Panel\
    Administrative Tools\
    Services\

    Sort by status & see what’s started. If you see it, right-click and stop it. Then, you can delete.

    Next!

  15. 15.

    Random Numbers

    December 22, 2003 at 11:42 pm

    I use Spybot S&D. It has killed the lop.com crap from my system without a problem.

    http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=home

  16. 16.

    Random Numbers

    December 22, 2003 at 11:45 pm

    BTW Gary,

    If everyone had a Mac, there would be all these people commiting resources to make these things for Macs. Mac’s biggest security feature is it’s low market share.

  17. 17.

    russ

    December 23, 2003 at 11:49 am

    Opera is really a piece of fecal material MASQUERADING as browser-ware…

  18. 18.

    Ricky

    December 23, 2003 at 11:52 am

    I’ll get a Mac when I decide that beta is superior to VHS.

    I don’t know what’s worse, Mac users or athiests. :)

  19. 19.

    Gregory Markle

    December 26, 2003 at 5:22 am

    I hate to break it to ya Ricky but Beat had better video and audio reproduction than VHS when they were battling head to head back in the early 80’s. VHS won because there were no licensing fees and manufacturers could save $1 per unit. I’d almost guarantee you that your local television station uses Super Beta cameras for there mobile units, they’re practically standard because of their higher quality recording.

    Oh, yeah. I’m a Mac user too.

  20. 20.

    Pat LeSage

    April 17, 2004 at 1:36 am

    the spyware has infested my computer and I can’t stand it anymore.

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