PUPSC - MyWay.WebSearch removal?

[sigerness]

My computer has recently been invaded by about 6 trojon virus' and have seemed to leave me with a PUPSC - MyWay.WebSearch which seems to have changed a registry key in HKEY User's... Was wondering if anyone knows how to get rid of it because SPYBOT keeps saying it can't because it's being used - yet no matter how many times it starts on reboot it still can't get rid of it?

Thanks
Sigs

[drragostea]

Can you run a scan with Spybot-SD in 'Safe Mode' and see if that removes it?

If not, then you'll have to start your own thread in the Malware Removal Forums.

[sigerness]

Safe mode just comes up with alot of writting and doesn't boot up - I'll move my question to the malware removal... thanks.

Sigs

[wietelcutt]

I am having the same problem and have spent 2 days trying toi get it out of my computer. Can anyone help me?
Tom

[md usa spybot fan]

wietelcutt:

HijackThis logs are not analyzed in the Spybot-S&D (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=4) forum. Please see:
Please do NOT post hjt logs in the Spybot forum, see here for link to malware removal
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=1266
Et al.:

Please be aware it is generally considered poor forum etiquette to jump in on (hijack) someone else's topic with your own problem. While everyone is certainly welcome to watch and contribute to any topic, to avoid confusion, please start a new topic when presenting a new problem. Although it may appear to be a similar, or even the exact same problem, very often the same symptoms on different system are caused by very different error conditions.

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Member wietelcutt (http://forums.spybot.info/member.php?u=53024) has posted in the Malware Removal (http://forums.spybot.info/forumdisplay.php?f=22) forum:
MyWay.MyWebSearch problem
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=41400

[wietelcutt]

I'm sorry..go ahead and delete the post if you can. I realized it after I posted that it was in the wrong area. I can't delete it. I'm sorry!


Second malware forum topic closed. ;)
http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=41462

[jaideesse]

i got rid of pupsc using spybot by running normally then running as administror then run on startup then run normally again this seem to get rid of it bit by bit:laugh:

[sabu05]

I am having the same problem and have spent 2 days trying toi get it out of my computer. Can anyone help me?
Tom

RIGHT click icon and select 'run as administrator' open SPYBOT and scan, this will enable you to remove all selected items. John::rockon:

[maitrise]

If you're still having problems with MyWay.MySearch PUPSC removal, I did a recent scan and had 181 problems listed although Norton and McAfee didn't acknowledge a problem. Since Spybot wouldn't premit me to remove via Recovery, I reran the program as an Administrator. When only a portion was removed I restarted the computer, reran the program and successfully removed the remaining programs. This is a time consuming method but it works. I've run into the problem on three laptops and used this method successfully on each. Be prepared, if you have a lot on your computer, to devote 2-3 hours for cleaning up the malware.

[Matt]

Hi maitrise,

:welcome: to Safer Networking Forums.

Good method. :bigthumb:

If one of you detects new variants of MyWebSearch, contact me (HJT or DDS logfiles would be good) and I'll create detection rules for TeamSpybot. :thanks:

Take care.

Happy Safe Surfing! :rockon:

[halkelley]

and what does PUPSC stand for?

[Matt]

and what does PUPSC stand for?

PUPS stands for Possibly UnPopular Software

The "C" is specific to Spybot and stands for "Most active"


Does that help you? :)