Altnet removal and advice

Good morning. I finally went to bed at 6am. Even spent an hour with Dell tech support on phone. They want me to reload all my operating processes after backing up . Not want ing to do this if possible. I've done quite a bit of fine tuning to this Dell 8400 since I got it 2 years ago. Tried the combo.fix without sucess. Am now almost 99% positive the Altnet is in the registry. The Ewido scan confirms that Altnet and Dashborard subfolder are what is alerting the various scan programs. I googled everything I could find on "Altnet in registry" problems . A UK computer helpwebsite had a brief mention of a sucessful repair with a similar problem with inability to remove Altnet from the registry. I will post. Apparently this has to do with permissions. I tried the fixme.reg but it never seemed to merge correctlyin registry. I will post some of the comments from this if it helps:

02-05-2005, 02:36 PM #2
Engel
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Posts: n/a alnet wont remove

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Altnet comes bundled with Kazaa, and this can MSAS handle.
If you running Kazaa move your "My shared folder" to a
different outside Kazaa.

Uninstall "p2p networking" within add/remove programs,
also comes bundled with Kazaa.

Also download these tools:

- Download/Install CCleaner, www.ccleaner.com, removes
all temporarily junk

- Download/Install Lavasofts Adaware, also removes
tracking cookies.

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE…l-Edition/3000-
8022-10319876.html?tag=list


All scans then in safe mode, press F8 during reboot.

- Start CCleaner and remove all temporarily junk.

- Choose fullscan with all options checked within MSAS and
scan. Let MSAS remove Altnet and Kazaa.

- Also choose fullscan within Adaware

- Restart

>—–Original Message—–
>> i just installed the beta microsoft anti spyware. it
>did
>> identify altnet as a spyware, and said that it deleted
>> it, but it's still there when i do another scan. how
>do
>> i get rid of it.
>> .
>also i dont have kazza.
>
>thanks
>.
>



Engel

02-05-2005, 05:58 PM #3
Ron Kinner
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Altnet messes with the permissions in the registry. You
have to follow the Altnet Removal Instructions procedure
about half way down the page at:

http://www.spywareremove.com/removeAltnet.html

in order to change the permissions so you can delete it
manually.

Ron





Ron Kinner

03-05-2005, 02:42 AM #4
Bill Sanderson
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Thanks Ron. Here's hoping they can handle this permissions issue–there are
several bugs using various permissions tricks that Microsoft Antispyware
can't handle at all, at this point.

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FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Ron Kinner" <[removed]> wrote in message
news:003601c54f40$92364aa0$[removed]…
> Altnet messes with the permissions in the registry. You
> have to follow the Altnet Removal Instructions procedure
> about half way down the page at:
>
> http://www.spywareremove.com/removeAltnet.html
>
> in order to change the permissions so you can delete it
> manually.
>
> Ron
>
>





Bill Sanderson

03-05-2005, 03:02 PM #5
anton
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no good engel ,didnt work
>—–Original Message—–
>Altnet comes bundled with Kazaa, and this can MSAS
handle.
>If you running Kazaa move your "My shared folder" to a
>different outside Kazaa.
>
>Uninstall "p2p networking" within add/remove programs,
>also comes bundled with Kazaa.
>
>Also download these tools:
>
>- Download/Install CCleaner, www.ccleaner.com, removes
>all temporarily junk
>
>- Download/Install Lavasofts Adaware, also removes
>tracking cookies.
>
>http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-
Edition/3000-
>8022-10319876.html?tag=list
>
>
>All scans then in safe mode, press F8 during reboot.
>
>- Start CCleaner and remove all temporarily junk.
>
>- Choose fullscan with all options checked within MSAS
and
>scan. Let MSAS remove Altnet and Kazaa.
>
>- Also choose fullscan within Adaware
>
>- Restart
>
>>—–Original Message—–
>>> i just installed the beta microsoft anti spyware. it
>>did
>>> identify altnet as a spyware, and said that it
deleted
>>> it, but it's still there when i do another scan. how
>>do
>>> i get rid of it.
>>> .
>>also i dont have kazza.
>>
>>thanks
>>.
>>
>.
>



anton

03-05-2005, 09:55 PM #6
Ron Kinner
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Just worked with a guy who had a problem with AntiSpy
wrapping around the axle when it got to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Toolbar\Files\APP

I told him to delete the Toolbar key but it wouldn't go so
we tried the permission changes from the altnet removal
instructions and that fixed the problem with AntiSpy and
if I can believe him also got rid of nail. He never sent
me a new HijackThis log so I can't be sure but that was
the impression I got.

Ron





Ron Kinner

04-05-2005, 12:39 AM #7
Bill Sanderson
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Hmm - I didn't have any permissions issues with nail–in fact, nail.exe was
one of the easier parts of the puzzle to get rid of–I just copied con: over
it and hit F7 and marked it read only.



–
FAQ for Microsoft Antispyware:
http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Ron Kinner" <[removed]> wrote in message
news:018201c5502a$d0bf65a0$[removed]…
> Just worked with a guy who had a problem with AntiSpy
> wrapping around the axle when it got to:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Toolbar\Files\APP
>
> I told him to delete the Toolbar key but it wouldn't go so
> we tried the permission changes from the altnet removal
> instructions and that fixed the problem with AntiSpy and
> if I can believe him also got rid of nail. He never sent
> me a new HijackThis log so I can't be sure but that was
> the impression I got.
>
> Ron
>
>





Bill Sanderson

04-05-2005, 12:59 PM #8
anton
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tried the others no good but tried your advice ron ,it
worked. thanks
>—–Original Message—–
>Altnet messes with the permissions in the registry. You
>have to follow the Altnet Removal Instructions procedure
>about half way down the page at:
>
>http://www.spywareremove.com/removeAltnet.html
>
>in order to change the permissions so you can delete it
>manually.
>
>Ron
>
>
>.
>



anton

08-05-2005, 08:14 PM #9
anon
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Did you ever get an answer? I have the same problem.

>—–Original Message—–
>> i just installed the beta microsoft anti spyware. it
>did
>> identify altnet as a spyware, and said that it deleted
>> it, but it's still there when i do another scan. how
>do
>> i get rid of it.
>> .
>also i dont have kazza.
>
>thanks
>.
>



anon

08-05-2005, 08:20 PM #10
plun
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anon submitted this idea :
> Did you ever get an answer? I have the same problem.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=sv&……kning&meta=

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I am sure this is a permissions issue that I can't seem to resolve. I will also post list of users and permissions from my registry for "Advanced Security For Altnet" in mt Registry Editor:

Type: Name: Permission: Inherited from: Apply Too:

Allow CREATOR OWNER Full control