Party Poker... is it spyware?

[Brent88]

It's just a desktop application, there's nothing in the programs. I keep deleting it and it re-appears a while later. I've already done this 10 or 15 times in the last 2 days. I've done a spyware scan and gotten rid of everything but it keeps coming up.

[Brent88]

Well... Adware just came up with a "Possible hijack attempt" from something called "Gamehouse.com". I went into programs, found an empty folder with that name and deleted it. Things haven't been right for 2 days now and maybe that was the problem.

[James"Thunder"Early]

Originally Posted by Brent88

It's just a desktop application, there's nothing in the programs. I keep deleting it and it re-appears a while later. I've already done this 10 or 15 times in the last 2 days. I've done a spyware scan and gotten rid of everything but it keeps coming up.

I've been having the same problem. This seems like a knew type of hijack.

[Brent88]

Originally Posted by Dr. Phillips

I've been having the same problem. This seems like a knew type of hijack.

It's been driving me up the wall since Friday Morning when the first problems started. I've been getting pop-ups(big huge ones too) today but can't find the source. I'm doing Adware again to see what it comes up with. This is getting old. I think the Gamehouse.com stuff may have been it though.

[Brent88]

Well... it seems better. Only thing Adware found that time was a sleuth of tracking cookies(those aren't harmful, right?) and 3 others "Data Miners" which I deleted. I'm reserving judgement on whether the hijacker stuff is gone for a little while.

[¤I Love Clay Aiken¤]

Party Poker.. the one thats advertised on tv for partypoker.com?

[The Modfather]

Brent, maybe you can help me on this one... how do you search for Spyware on your computer?

[Brent88]

Originally Posted by The Modfather

Brent, maybe you can help me on this one... how do you search for Spyware on your computer?

Download a Spyware removal program(www.lavasoft.com ) has AdwareSE.

[The Modfather]

Originally Posted by Brent88

Download a Spyware removal program(www.lavasoft.com ) has AdwareSE.

Thanks a lot, Brent.

[Brent88]

There's a ton out there... Microsoft has one which I may try here soon.

I'm still getting these annoying popups(big ones that take up the whole screen) even though I have a blocker.

[Kay Scarpetta]

Originally Posted by Brent88

Microsoft has one which I may try here soon.

I have it and I absolutely love it. Microsoft actually made something useful, for once. It's very thorough, and it prompts you on everything to make sure you don't accidentally uninstall/install something that you want to keep/delete.

[James"Thunder"Early]

Originally Posted by Brent88

There's a ton out there... Microsoft has one which I may try here soon.

I'm still getting these annoying popups(big ones that take up the whole screen) even though I have a blocker.

Those pop-ups are from a program that's running from somewhere on you PC and not directly from the browser, so the pop-up blocker can't block them.

[Brent88]

Originally Posted by Dr. Phillips

Those pop-ups are from a program that's running from somewhere on you PC and not directly from the browser, so the pop-up blocker can't block them.

But I can't find the program... I've run the spyware remover and it's not coming up.

[James"Thunder"Early]

Originally Posted by Brent88

But I can't find the program... I've run the spyware remover and it's not coming up.

Have you tried any other spyware removal programs?

[Brent88]

Here's one that just came up:

https://qspace.iplace.com/cobrands/6...64240000&afd=1