# DSrch and Transponder:ABetterInternet keep coming back

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 2, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dsrch-and-transponder-abetterinternet-keep-coming-back/324496 "2005-10-02T23:52:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dsrch-and-transponder-abetterinternet-keep-coming-back/324496/1 "2005-10-02T23:52:14Z")

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The above two spyware programs keep trying to get onto my computer, especially when I first turn the computer on.

Here’s the protection I have now:

SVG antivirus  
IE 6.0 with service pack 2, including firewall  
MS Antispyware  
Spybot (with immunizations)  
Ad-Aware

First of all, is this a seriuos problem? Can I just ignore it and delete the bastards when I do my spyware scans?

Second, am I missing something? Is there something else I can do?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dsrch-and-transponder-abetterinternet-keep-coming-back/324496/2 "2005-10-03T14:37:28Z")

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BTTT, just this once.

Maybe someone who was away from SDMB for the weekend has something on this.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dsrch-and-transponder-abetterinternet-keep-coming-back/324496/3 "2005-10-03T18:24:23Z")

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You are probably infected with the Aurora trojan, a real stinker to remove. Your best bet is to download [HijackThis](http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html), do a scan ( **do not delete anything yet!** ), then post the log in a new thread at the [SpywareInfo Malware Removal forum](http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=18). They have some crackerjack advisors who can walk you through the removal process.

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**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dsrch-and-transponder-abetterinternet-keep-coming-back/324496/4 "2005-10-03T18:27:32Z")

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> [@Fear Itself](#):
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> You are probably infected with the Aurora trojan, a real stinker to remove. Your best bet is to download [HijackThis](http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html), do a scan ( **do not delete anything yet!** ), then post the log in a new thread at the [SpywareInfo Malware Removal forum](http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=18). They have some crackerjack advisors who can walk you through the removal process.

Thanks, I’ll try that tonight.

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**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dsrch-and-transponder-abetterinternet-keep-coming-back/324496/5 "2005-10-11T02:21:06Z")

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> [@Fear Itself](#):
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> You are probably infected with the Aurora trojan, a real stinker to remove. Your best bet is to download [HijackThis](http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html), do a scan ( **do not delete anything yet!** ), then post the log in a new thread at the [SpywareInfo Malware Removal forum](http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showforum=18). They have some crackerjack advisors who can walk you through the removal process.

It seems to have worked. They gave me two sets of suggestions: one having to do with the HijackThis info; the other was about spyware removal. I wasn’t able to do the HijackThis strategy but went ahead with the spyware removal. That by itself was enough.

If anyone is still reading this thread and interested, the solution seems to have been downloading an add-on to Ad-Aware - vx2cleaner. No problems for a couple of days now.

Thanks again.