# Can someone please help me get rid of "midADdle" or "ads234" spy/malware?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-help-me-get-rid-of-midaddle-or-ads234-spy-malware/270097>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 19, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-help-me-get-rid-of-midaddle-or-ads234-spy-malware/270097 "2004-10-19T20:04:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-help-me-get-rid-of-midaddle-or-ads234-spy-malware/270097/1 "2004-10-19T20:04:37Z")

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I’ve picked up a nasty infestation on my computer at work–something called “midaddle” or “ads234”, which I can’t get rid of after repeatedly running the latest versions of Spybot and AdAware. I downloaded HijackThis and created a log–can anyone out there take a look at it and let me know what I need to do to get rid of this thing? It’s driving me crazy and messing up my browser. Thanks!

(Not sure if I should post the log here or email it to folks who offer to help, so I’ll wait and see.)

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-help-me-get-rid-of-midaddle-or-ads234-spy-malware/270097/2 "2004-10-19T21:44:14Z")

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A much better place to post your Hijackthis log is here, at their forums.  
[http://forums.spywareinfo.com/](http://forums.spywareinfo.com/)

These people _rock_. Follow their advice.

Note: due to traffic, you may have trouble getting in. Persevere–it’s worth it.

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**Author:** ![alphaFemale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alphaFemale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaFemale)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-help-me-get-rid-of-midaddle-or-ads234-spy-malware/270097/3 "2004-10-19T21:47:45Z")

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refer to [this sticky](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=260053).  
🙂