Shoutbox

pasting spyware - Printable Version

-Shoutbox (https://shoutbox.menthix.net)
+-- Forum: MsgHelp Archive (/forumdisplay.php?fid=58)
+--- Forum: Skype & Technology (/forumdisplay.php?fid=9)
+---- Forum: Tech Talk (/forumdisplay.php?fid=17)
+----- Thread: pasting spyware (/showthread.php?tid=33204)
pasting spyware by azn angel on 10-17-2004 at 05:42 AM

hey i dont know what exactly this is but it automatically puts itself on the clipboard so everytime i paste i get this

http://master.mx-targeting.com/mx/servlet/MXTarge...tp%3Disdn%26capcnt

could neone please tell me what it is and how to get rid of it

RE: pasting spyware by marissa on 10-17-2004 at 05:48 AM

you get this when copying a link into internet explorer? (thats what i get)


Edit: i have the original site on my clipboard, then i paste it into IE and it goes to something liek that (only when i paste it from my hotmail site)

RE: pasting spyware by ellmondo on 10-17-2004 at 06:30 AM

quote:
Originally posted by azn angel
hey i dont know what exactly this is but it automatically puts itself on the clipboard so everytime i paste i get this

http://master.mx-targeting.com/mx/servlet/MXTarge...tp%3Disdn%26capcnt

could neone please tell me what it is and how to get rid of it

Well you can always do what i do. i just go back to were i copyed it from and then right click on it press copy again then it should work. well it works for me:P
RE: pasting spyware by Purity on 10-17-2004 at 08:06 AM

ya that use to happen to me, then we got my computer cleaned, it was annoying, i would like to knwo wat it was

RE: pasting spyware by user13774 on 10-17-2004 at 09:16 AM

It's adware:

More info here:

http://www.pestpatrol.com/pestinfo/m/mx-targeting.asp

Read the second post here:

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/lofiversion/index.php/t26874.html

RE: pasting spyware by user27089 on 10-17-2004 at 10:29 AM

you can get rid of adware easily, here are the best programs (i think) that you can use to get rid of spy/adware:

:google:

Spybot Search & Destroy
Ad-aware Se Personal

and if you want to clean registry:

TweakNow RegCleaner

RE: pasting spyware by Black_Forky on 10-17-2004 at 09:48 PM

I use Xoftspy. catches a bunch of stuff that they didn't :P

RE: pasting spyware by azn angel on 10-18-2004 at 03:21 AM

quote:
Originally posted by traxor
you can get rid of adware easily, here are the
Spybot Search & Destroy
Ad-aware Se Personal
i used both of them and it didnt work :undecided: