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[ddude]

The longer I have my computer the more crap has to be scanned when spybot runs a scan.

The stuff is all clean but I would like to get rid of it - I really do not need any wwwcoolsearch or xxxdialer bots on my computer.

Could someone explain where the stuff is on my hard drive so I can look at getting rid of it. When I got the computer none of this crap was onboard.

[md usa spybot fan]

When you do a "Check for problems" are you:

1. Actually detecting problems which would be listed under "Problem" in the right hand pane of the screen?
   
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2. Are you talking about the names in the status bar in the lower left hand corner of the screen that changes continually during a scan?

If a, please provide a list of the problems you are getting:

• Run another "Check for problems" followed by a "Fix selected problems".
• When the scan/fix completes, right click on the results list, select "Copy results to clipboard".
• Then paste those results to a new post in this thread.

If b, be aware that during the running of a Spybot scan ("Check for problems") the status bar in the lower left hand corner of the screen shows the following:

• "Running bot-check(xxxxx/yyyyy:zzzzzz)" where:
  
  • xxxxx = Current check count.
  • yyyyy = Total check count.
  • zzzzz = Malware being checked for
• The zzzzz value is not what is on your system it is the malware that is being scan for.

[Zenobia]

The stuff is all clean but I would like to get rid of it - I really do not need any wwwcoolsearch or xxxdialer bots on my computer.

Are these things being found by Spybot,after you do a scan?They'd be listed in red.
Or are you seeing things like wwwcoolwebsearch and xxxdialer in the lower left corner when Spybot is scanning,next to running bot-check?

[Zenobia]

Yeah,what he said.

[ddude]

• "Running bot-check(xxxxx/yyyyy:zzzzzz)" where:
  
  • xxxxx = Current check count.
  • yyyyy = Total check count.
  • zzzzz = Malware being checked for
• The zzzzz value is not what is on your system it is the malware that is being scan for.

[/QUOTE]

case B.

So if I understand correctly, the stuff counting by in the lower left hand corner is NOT what is on my computer, but a list of the stuff spybot is searching for.

btw, my scan comes up clean - nothing in red. I was concerned that the stuff I was seeing inthe lower right hand corner was on my computer and had been de-activated but still clogged memory or something like that.

[md usa spybot fan]

So if I understand correctly, the stuff counting by in the lower left hand corner is NOT what is on my computer, but a list of the stuff spybot is searching for.

Correct!