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How are you suppose to get rid of it?
Do you have it on your system right now?
I have this on my system, is there a way to remove it?
It will take some patience. Do a pass with an av program, multiple passes with a couple of antispyware programs, scrubbing with Hijack This, you can get through it. Recommend running in Safe Mode while cleaning.
See this blog entry for tips on free tools
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/...y-on-
cheap.html
There are severeal tutorials out there, written by experts.
I won't post them. To avoid any upset. But if you don't mind. I can.
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how uinstal This Shit ??? already i uinstal but this intall again!!..
So basically to get rid of it you'll have to do a system scan with anti-spyware tools multiple times?
This thing is brand new. The AV programs I checked don't catch it. We'll have definitions in CounterSpy for it very soon. However, removal of this type of thing is extremely difficult, even for any antispyware program, which may not be able to remove all of it. That's why I recommend running multiple scanners. There might be an Add/Remove entry for SpywareQuake, check that as well.
You can always visit SpywareWarrior.com for help.
I just checked Add/Remove entry, that thing appeared there. however, when i pressed the "Change/Remove" button, it lead me back to the main window of that program.
One thing you can try is closing the window that it pops up after the Add/Remove and then restarting the PC.
AndyAtHull, feel free to post what you like if it helps these people.
Been trying to kick this thing for hours... from what I can tell the two executable programs that run it are "mssearchnet.exe" and "nvctrl.exe". If you click end process on either of them, they come back instantly. I've been able to temporarily fix it by closing "explorer.exe" and then ending both of those processes. If you run explorer.exe (Windows) again though, they come back.
I've tried uninstalling the program, tried manually deleting the program, and I 've tried to add/remove program option fron the control panel of windows. Also tried restarting immediately after I close it.
If anything, I'll just wait for Counterspy to update definitions for it.
Hey everyone. I just got this as well. I had no idea it was fake, and nearly got suckered into it.
Right now, I have that popup in the lower right corner of my screen.
I've run spybot - search & destroy and I thought it had removed everything but I guess not since it's back as I type this.
I figured out how to remove the Spyware Quake adware and stop it from re-installing.
Apparently the author of this insidious garbage is playing a little mind game with you. The answer to its removal is right in front of your face. Even though the software is fake, the list of files and registry entries it lists as threats are real. These threats were loaded by the adware itself in order to create a phony scare.
1) Start by actually running a scan using the "Spyware Quake" program itself. Then simply make note of the registry entries and infected files it lists in a text file and save it to your desktop.
2) Go to Add/Remove programs and remove "Spyware Quake". Go to Program Files on C: and delete the Spyware Quake folder.
3) Open the text file you made in the previous step. Run regedit, search for the entries you noted and delete them.
4) Reboot your PC and hit F8 to go into safe mode. Open your text file again, this time run a search for the files you noted. Most likely they will be in the Windowssystem32 folder. Hit Shift+Delete right in the search window to remove the files. When finished, reboot.
That should do it. It took me a few hours of uninstalling and scanning with half a dozen adware and virus scanners only to have Spyware Quake reinstall itself minutes later along with a persistant warning message. Follow my steps and you will remove both annoyances. It worked for me.
Good job, ill try that after work. I got the spyquake yesterday its so annoying with the continous popups from the taskbar.
I spent too much time this weekend removing it. There's some *.dll files that refuse to be deleted. But a second pass (I used three programs in sequence, following some guide) in safe mode, wound up doing the job.
The removal instructions in this tutorial work:
The removal instructions in this tutorial work:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/
...topic47826.html
Another place with instructions for removal here:
http://malwareremoval.com/plog/i...eId=85&
blogId=3
It looks as if Panda was the first of the big names to remove it. I got an update around 14:00 GMT which did the job.
I used ewidow, AVG, Hijackthis, adaware, and spybot and its still not gone. i ran them all twice in safemode and when i restart i still have two processes running called "Spywarequake.exe"
i have no fair anymore in the internet . I think the only thing to do is to format my computer cause i tried all the advice here and had no luck .I feel very old right now and very discouraged .Thank you for all you help anyway .
regards Rob !
sorry that should read faith.
regards Rob !
Bryan -- try a free trial of CounterSpy, let me know if it removes it.
Hi all
I found a site somewhere which helped me get rid of the b@stard and the feeling of joy is inexplicable!
However I cant find it again to thank them, so if your out there THANK YOU!!
I used the "roguescanfix" otherwise called the 'BFU...Brute Force Uninstaller.' I found it at :http// www.bleepingcomputer.com WOW! I was impressed. I ran it and it knocked that Quake BS right outta my system. Mean program. TY to whoever made it.
Hello:
Guys, i spent a lot of time trying to get rid of it like all of you here, ONLY ca.com (e-trust pest removal) did it free and ALL by itself, i had to do nothing!
Did you try the CounterSpy trial first? That's free too and should remove it 
To all you people, the newest Kapersky and NOD32 antiviruses will pick this up no sweat, download the free trial versions of these and it will clean it off your system.
Stay out of my computer you pest, you are what I call a cyberstalker, which we have people to deal with you. Microsoft got very heavily fined for invading peoples computers and that is what you are doing, you are like an annoying telemarketer, we are sick of it. You force yourselves into our computers and expect us to pay for what, more virus', if I want your program I would have bought it.
okay, I', thinking of formating my hard-drive. So it it safe to burn my important stuff to CD:s of DVD:s, or could it be possible that the virus would get into those CD:s or DVD:s too?
Sorry for my bad english...
...err, sorry again, I ofcourse meant ""so is it safe" and "CD:s or DVD:S"...
this little jerk belongs in prison with bubba personaly if he shows his face in person i 'll knock his teeth out his butt.
I had a little different experience with this Quake thing. I ran Yahoo Anti Spy which found and deleted the Quake trojan horse. I deleted all the Quake software by hand. But they had hijacked my Internet Explorer, so I ran a System Restore and it seems to have worked OK. So far.
I ran bfu and it blew it to hell
Hi there,
Came across this site whilst researching Spyware Quake and thought I'd recommend the program that managed to remove this nasty from my PC quickly and easily after hours of frustration.
It's called Prevx1 (http://www.prevx.com). They are also offering a Free Trial that will scan your machine and remove all infections completely free of charge!
All good so far :o)
Everyone, thank you for the advice I am running counterspy right now. I have spent hours tring to end process on the program so that I could delete the four programs d0f46834, vwlummc.dll, {6FA3A5EE-07DD-4696-BB13-723D1CE1D26C}, and {EFE158A9-B314-482D-BFE2-F9BECD714378}. Thank you again.
Thanks for all the info! I ran CounterSpy first. It found the files that you said needed to be deleted in minutes, but the program ran for another hour checking the entire computer before I could delete the files. By this time another family member got on (who didn't seem to care about the pop-up crud). On my return I decided to try the prevx1. It let me get rid of Spyware Quake and then do a full check. I used both to evaluate the remaining questionable files.
I had this damn thing also. All I did to get rid of it is Run Live update on spyware doctor ( my real spyware detector) and then let it scan; it caught all 116 files and removed them. I had to reboot one time and let spyware doctor check it once more. Was no problem.
i got rid of it by closing all the apps that it opened p using taskmanager, use End Process Tree, not just End Process. After they are all gone and stop appearing, delete all the exe in the spyware quake2 folder (the others can be deleted at all times, but the apps running in task manager prevent the .exe from being deleted)
AD-aware se personal detects this (get rid of it fast by searching just the spyware quake and Windows folders) then do a full scan afterwards
We haven't got the program on our computer to delete or get rid of, only the pop-ups that lead to a download page for spywarequake, being a bit doubtfull I came looking for some advice on what to do with it, I am definatley not going to download it now but I still don't know how to get rid of the popups and other problems, we have put zonealarm security suite on since and it failed to pick it up.
We all have same problem.
I try to remove normal way too but it back or simply says files are in use.
Find the small dos program that kills these things and run in safe mode. all fixed, but make sure you have a good firewall. I think Tiny Firewall pro is better than zone alarm and shit, have AVG cos its good and use hijack this and stuff. no need to panick. if you like looking at porn you'll simply keep encountering the same sort of thing but thats the price you pay... i guess. otherwise get linux and stop being lazy
its very simple. go to superantispyware.com and use it to remove everything. it worked for me. but the only thing is quit spy quake first, then run it.
Do you people recommend this new application? How do you rate it...
Thanks
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