Adware, etc from FileZilla download. Help!

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Building my first website and downloaded FileZilla (via Sourceforge) this morning but appear to have also been hit with adware and other garbage (Speedial?).

I've run SuperAntiSpyware, Ad-adware Anti Virus, Malwarebytes and tried a few other things during the day to get rid of this but nothing so far has shifted the crappy looking ads. Whatever this is, it's also knocked Ad Blocker Plus out.

Bit of a newbie to web design, and no IT genius in general, but this has just hammered any confidence I was gaining and, quite frankly, p!ssed me off.

Any advice on what I could try? Thanks.

jsa112

run adwcleaner

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/

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jsa112 wrote: »

run adwcleaner

Did that already. Think I saw it posted elsewhere on here. Still got the ads showing up and whatever else may be lurking.

I may have to give up and bring the PC to a professional for repair because a) I seem to be out of my depth and b) I've spent all day yesterday & today at this and all I have to show for it is a lot of stress.

Thanks for the reply though.

briany

Well, rule no.1 is you gotta do your research on what you download, but I'm sure you've probably taken that point. It's happened to us all at one point or another. I remember years ago getting a 'cool web search' redirect thing, but a google on how to get rid of it led me to a handy set of instructions in doing so. If you could get an ID on the infection there should be a similar set of instructions out there for you. You can do this by taking note of the nature of the ads popping up and/or other symptoms. That is, if no anti-adware program can shift it.

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briany wrote: »

Well, rule no.1 is you gotta do your research on what you download, but I'm sure you've probably taken that point.

For sure. So pissed off at Sourceforge for being so sneaky about this. Lesson learned.

briany wrote: »

You can do this by taking note of the nature of the ads popping up and/or other symptoms. That is, if no anti-adware program can shift it.

Getting ads about internet speed, virus removal and Windows 7 drivers at the minute :rolleyes: Far from an expert on this but it's clearly tracking my search history.

briany

Test For Echo wrote: »

For sure. So pissed off at Sourceforge for being so sneaky about this. Lesson learned.



Getting ads about internet speed, virus removal and Windows 7 drivers at the minute :rolleyes: Far from an expert on this but it's clearly tracking my search history.

A lot of free software comes with crapware that it asks you to install (Hollywood Super Star Web Search!), which I can understand, although I don't know why it always has to seem so sketchy. They usually ask whether you want to install it in the when you're installing the main program, although they try to hide it sometimes, they're usually legally obligated to tell you in some way, whether it be in the Terms & Conditions (could take a while) that you have to agree to, or a check box that you can untick if you go for the 'Custom installation' that many program setups provide. It might be worth running the setup again, clicking through it very carefully. to see if there's any mention of the adware that got installed, in order to get an ID on the infection. Short of actually re-installing the program of course.

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briany wrote: »

A lot of free software comes with crapware that it asks you to install...

Yeah, didn't know that but it appears to be the case here. "This installer may include bundled offers." Maybe I'm naive / newb but that seems sneaky.

If I knew how to wipe the PC and reinstall the OS, I'd do that just to be done with this.