Anyone good with Spyware Shit?

[warnie_666 1,081]

I ran a check on Spybot and it threw up this Spyware alled WILDTANGENT. Its a gaming website, but its on my laptop as a spyware. I am unable to delete it as it says that "IT IS IN USE". Its not even on the Add/Remove programs but it exists in Program files and doesnt allow me to delete it.

Does anyone has any idea how to get rid of it?

Edited July 10, 2008 by warnie_666

[Elliott 7]

Hit ctrl+alt+delete, that will bring up the Windows Task Manager. Under the processes tab, see if you can find something that matches wildtangent, perhaps wildtangent.exe or it might be something else. If it's not immediately obvious, you might have to do a google search for each process that isn't immediately obvious until you find it. Stop it running by clicking End Process, and then try running it.

If that doesn't work, there's a way we can stop if from working as you start up which is what it'll be doing, but see if the above will work first.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Hit ctrl+alt+delete, that will bring up the Windows Task Manager. Under the processes tab, see if you can find something that matches wildtangent, perhaps wildtangent.exe or it might be something else. If it's not immediately obvious, you might have to do a google search for each process that isn't immediately obvious until you find it. Stop it running by clicking End Process, and then try running it.

If that doesn't work, there's a way we can stop if from working as you start up which is what it'll be doing, but see if the above will work first.

Thanks Elliot!!!

It doesnt show up anything about Wildtangent, guess I'll have to google the processes. I'll do that and get back to you.

[oxfordblues 299]

try ad-aware 2008

[Elliott 7]

When I said "and then try running it" I meant and then try removing it with Spybot, not sure how I got that confused, but there you go.

[Kez 2,727]

It's the thought of turning 21 tomorrow

[Elliott 7]

Yeah scary shit. I'm old now!

[warnie_666 1,081]

HEy Elliot.....Its too long a process to google search each and every processs thats running on my system. Can you give me an alternative way of fixing this prob.?

[Elliott 7]

Okay so I did a bit of Internet searching, so warnie, do you use AIM?

Because Wildtangent is connected to AIM.

Look at this webpage: http://www.pchell.com/support/wildtangent.shtml