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Windows XP: "Bugs" crawling around on screen
Winfixer & Vundo Often Go Hand in Hand...
by tobeach - 5/15/08 12:18 AM In reply to: "Bugs" crawling around on screen by richncalimight try link on this page about winfixer removal. Sorry it's a 2006 version but suggestions should get you in right direction.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/uninstall/1676/WinFixer-2006-1.2.118.0.html
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SuperAntiSpyware (SAS)is known for removing stubborn ones like winfixer (mentioned specifically by name) and there's a free version. Updates very frequently (built in updater). I currently don't use it as my main one as I found it took rather long to download updates and took rather long (but very thorough) to scan BUT I keep it on hand in case of emergency!!
I'd give it a try FIRST!!!
Lady M's (Mod) Settings & Procedure for SAS.
Download Superantispyware (SAS) free home version
http://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.html
Install it and double-click the icon on your desktop to run it.
· It will ask if you want to update the program definitions, click Yes.
· Under Configuration and Preferences, click the Preferences button.
· Click the Scanning Control tab.
· Under Scanner Options make sure the following are checked:
o Close browsers before scanning
o Scan for tracking cookies
o Terminate memory threats before quarantining.
o Please leave the others unchecked.
o Click the Close button to leave the control center screen.
· On the main screen, under Scan for Harmful Software click Scan your computer.
· On the left check C:\Fixed Drive.
· On the right, under Complete Scan, choose Perform Complete Scan.
· Click Next to start the scan. Please be patient while it scans your computer.
· After the scan is complete a summary box will appear. Click OK.
· Make sure everything in the white box has a check next to it, then click Next.
· It will quarantine what it found and if it asks if you want to reboot, click Yes.
Good Luck!! 
Re: "Bugs" crawling around on screen/"blackster.scr"
by Tufenuf - 5/15/08 8:20 AM In reply to: "Bugs" crawling around on screen by richncaliGo thru the links/threads at the search link below. As another poster stated it's probably the blackster.scr malware.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=blackster.scr&btnG=Search
Tufenuf
Do you live in Texas?
by Marianna Schmudlach
- 5/15/08 8:48 AM
In reply to: "Bugs" crawling around on screen by richncali
Ants cripple computers in Texas
Houston, we have a problem
Written by Iain Thomson
vnunet.com, 15 May 2008
Electrical systems in Houston have been failing after a huge influx of ants, according to reports from Associated Press.
The ants are resistant to over-the-counter poisons and have ruined pumping equipment at sewage stations, damaged computers and caused fire alarms to malfunction.
Like many insects, the ants are attracted by electronic devices.
"At this point, it would be nearly impossible to eradicate the ant because it is so widely dispersed," said Roger Gold, an entomologist at Texas A&M University.
More: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2216754/texan-computers-hit-ant-attack
bugs
by cobretti69 - 5/16/08 4:12 PM In reply to: "Bugs" crawling around on screen by richncaliif they look like cockroaches...check to see if you have a screensaver named Blacker...get rid of it
"bug" crawling around on desktop
by richncali - 5/16/08 5:03 PM In reply to: bugs by cobretti69I think I finally found a solution...I went to "display" in the control panel and clicked on "screensaver" and then selected "none". Since doing this, I've had no more "bugs"!!
Thanks for all your help!
I have the bug too :(
by n2disney - 5/20/08 8:09 PM In reply to: "bug" crawling around on desktop by richncaliCrap, I have the bugs too. Anyone know where they came from? I am going through all my spy/malware programs now. Sigh.
Hum"Bugs"!!
by richncali - 5/21/08 8:12 AM In reply to: I have the bug too :( by n2disneyI think I finally found a solution...I went to "display" in the control panel and clicked on "screensaver" and then selected "none". Since doing this, I've had no more "bugs"!!
Removing Bugs etc.
by Fixen-it - 5/21/08 8:58 AM In reply to: "Bugs" crawling around on screen by richncaliI found the Bugs on my screen and removing Blackster et al did the trick. (Thanks) I believe this was tied to the Win32/cutwail.s Trojan that appeared in my system at the same time. This was a tenatious little critter that disabled my System Restore functionality and seemed impervious to all the spyware programs I could get my hands on. The Solution that worked for me was to reset the date & clock on my machine to a time in which I knew I didn't have this bug and then to restart my machine. Once it was back up and running with the new date I was able to do a System Restore to that date and this seemed to work.
Removing Bugs
by richncali - 5/21/08 10:37 AM In reply to: Removing Bugs etc. by Fixen-itThanks for the input.
FakeAlert-AG
by Ilium Software - 5/22/08 7:11 AM In reply to: Removing Bugs by richncaliHere is the culprit; FakeAlert-AG:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_144189.htm
It's malware/spyware that is designed to trick you into buying software.
Bugs and blue dots
by Insp. Clouseau - 5/22/08 4:39 PM In reply to: FakeAlert-AG by Ilium SoftwareI have the crawling bugs too. Nothing unusual shows up in the screensaver choices, and NONE is selected. I've scanned thoroughly with Norton Antivirus and Pareto Logic Anti Spyware, both updated, no results. I'll try searching for the files suggested here, thanks.
"Bugs"crawling on screen
by brucejo - 5/24/08 3:03 AM In reply to: "Bugs" crawling around on screen by richncaliI don't think you will have any luck sending a screen shot because I thing is is a screen saver . In xp I remember one of the screensavers haveing bugs crawling on the screen . I thing it's under "themes , Organic" or something to that effect try looking under the plus section .If you right click anywhere on the desktop and left click properties and open screensaver tab it will display what your screensaver is set on. Good luck , I hope this will help.
brucejo@citlink.net
Bugs on screen
by RobboOne - 5/24/08 4:17 AM In reply to: "Bugs" crawling around on screen by richncaliSame thing happened to me ... went into Programe Files\Windows\System 32 and found "Blackbug Screensaver" and deleted it. Don't know how it got there it just happened.
NOTE: Must be done in SAFE mode
Bugs
by sheldontraceySWT123 - 5/24/08 4:27 AM In reply to: "Bugs" crawling around on screen by richncaliDownload SYBOT (Free version) Run it and the buigs and WIINFIXER will go away. I work in a school district as a tech. A teacher had this problem. Spybot took care of it.
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