spyware help! mxtarget

Discussion in 'All other topics' started by friend101, Jun 19, 2004.

  1. friend101

    friend101 Member

    Joined:
    Feb 23, 2004
    Messages:
    22
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    does anyone know how to get rid off this spyware?its called mxtarget. its so annoying, i delete it through regedit and in the windows folder but it keeps coming back! anyone know how to get rid of it permently? Thanks in advance.
     
    Last edited: Jun 19, 2004
  2. Jeanc1

    Jeanc1 Guest

    Here you go!

    For Windows98 and WindowsXP users:

    a) To permanently disable the software click "Start" and then "Run" and type the following command which unregisters the software: regsvr32 c:\windows\twaintec.dll "

    b) To completely remove the software: reboot and then Find and Delete the file mxtarget.dll.

    For Windows2000, WindowsME and WindowsNT users:

    a) To permanently disable the software click "Start" and then "Run" and type the following command which unregisters the software: "regsvr32 c:\winnt\twaintec.dll "

    b) To completely remove the software: reboot and then Find and Delete the file twaintec.dll.

     
  3. Kid00

    Kid00 Member

    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2004
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    Hie!

    I have the same problem but...

    I successfully unregister MxTarget, and then reboot,.. but when I try to delelete mwtarget.dll, it says that it's impossible because it's currently used by windows...

    What can I do?

    Thank you very much!
     
  4. Jeanc1

    Jeanc1 Guest

    Looks like you got a tenacious spyware (malware) stuck on your PC -- Here goes i have posted this somewhere here but am gonna repeat.

    Go to ==>:
    http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

    and get CWShredder ~~ while you are there also get
    HijackThis .

    1) run CWShredder -- reboot and see if your malware has been taken care of.

    2) if it is still there -- run Hijack this , save the log and post it on http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ , within minutes someone will reply with the proper sequence to cure your PC. -- It could be me or one of the 100's of benevolent helping there. ~~smiles !
     
  5. peterhuli

    peterhuli Member

    Joined:
    Jul 1, 2004
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    [bold]*****************************************************************

    this is how to get rid of it and others aswell...

    **had the same problem myself and got no where from looking at other sites from the internet. many of these parasites follow the same pattern.

    ***make sure to back up registry and be careful when editing etc etc... (as per microsoft)


    -go to in the registry editor...

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

    -find out exe's that are suspicious and remove, if in doubt consult ie. google with file name.

    -remove suspicious entry taking note of location

    -open taskmanager and kill process (name of exe in registry that has been run)

    -delete file from location

    -use spyware cleaner app ie. adaware to detect and delete and dll's and reboot.

    -go to temp directory to clean out all files (this is where the spyware files are dumped originally)

    -install an app ie. spywareblaster to protect ur pc in the future.


    Please let me know how you get on...

    *****************************************************************

    http://www.geocities.com/peterhuli
    [/bold]
     
    Last edited: Jul 8, 2004

Share This Page