cannot remove "free4category" search tool 1

[dsully]

If this is not the correct forum please direct me elsewhere.

I am working on a laptop that belongs to our company's president. It is not a company PC but..well we all know how that goes. He has said that it is slow and has problems. (He is Japanese and his English is limited) I have found MANY instances of spyware on this computer using SPY Sweeper. However, after cleaning them all off, right after login Spysweeper pops up with an alert saying that a program is trying to change the default webpage and search engine. It does not say which program but says the page it is trying to change to is free4category.com/search. this appears to be somesort of porn search engine. I have found this in the registry and removed all references to it but each time I reboot they come back and SPY Sweper alerts me again.

All runnings processes have been checked on processlibrary.com and appear legit. There is hardly anything left in Add/Remove programs. I just can't find it.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to eliminate this rogue program?

the system is a PIII Toshiba Dynabook with WinXP Pro SP1 (Japanese version).

David


Users.....not just for breakfast anymore!!

 

[eyec]

did you disable the System Restore Point prior to rebooting? unless you do then it will be re-installed after reboot.

 

[bcastner]

faq608-4650

 

[Frank4d]

After a Google search for "free4catagory" I am afraid to visit the free4catagory.com website using my computer

 

[dsully]

Thanks for the quick responses!

eyec - I did not have system restore disabled but I am trying that now.

bcastner - I am also looking into the FAQ.

Frank4d - Yeah, I wasn't going there thats for sure!

I will update.



David


Users.....not just for breakfast anymore!!

 

[dsully]

Thanks everyone for the quick replies.

bcastner - Thanks for the link to the FAQ. since you write it I guess the star is yours.

David


Users.....not just for breakfast anymore!!