Has anyone else had this malware? Any experiences?  I remember once I did. Dang, once it's on, quite hard to get off. It was annoying in a way.. What people do for money, lol.

JRT - Junkware Removal Tool

ComboFix

Anti Malwarebytes

CCleaner

 

These are my main maintenance program's.

Conduit was found and cleaned out effectively

 

 

Sent from my tablet thingy!

I can vouch for Combo-Fix. It's one powerful cleaner as far as viruses go. Also, CCleaner. I run that every night when I shut down along with AusLogics Registry cleaner.

I can't remember the last time I had a problem due to something on my pc. The best part, they're all free.

 

jime

I've tried many programs like malware bytes and CCleaner, even editing the registry.. Seems as though it still stays on! lol.

 

Can't trust these sneaky malwares. So annoying as well.

Most of the times that people get Conduit or another malicious software, it is because the user is tricked into clicking a link or advertisement to an illegitimate website where you believe you are getting something that you want, i.e. Chrome, Firefox, Skype, but the software that is installed is actually packed with malware or viruses. In many of these cases, when someone does a search on Google or Yahoo, the ads or "sponsored links" appearing above or next to the legitimate search results titled with "download now latest version here free" etc actually go to the fake sites. Most likely that is how you got it.

 

Sometimes the junk can easily be removed from Programs and Features in the control panel, other times however they dig in and really screw things up, making new illegitimate ads and popups appear, hijacking your home page settings, and attempting to steal your personal information. Often times these malicious software are also paired with viruses or change settings behind your back to make you more vulnerable to infection. Really despicable people behind this stuff.

 

A really good utility to help you avoid dangerous websites is "Web of Trust", a free plugin which indicates which sites are good or bad. It is available for all browsers, Windows and Mac: http://mywot.com

Actually, I've seen when downloading software from some websites (from my past experience), the famous checkbox that asks if you want to install conduit search protect (and more malware). If only I had read it, I would have unticked the box, I wouldn't have passed a headache. I don't fall for fake websites easily. I occasionally check the URL on websites like bank websites, and other important sites to me, to make sure I haven't gone anywhere malicious, such as websites with small typos that are almost identical to the real thing. (like goggle.com)

 

I think this teaches some people to read... (like me, lol)

 

I assume the ads that pop up will lead you to actual viruses as well, even though viruses can only install by starting a .exe, .bat?

virus' are not the worry these days, it is the Trojans & Malware. Google the Junkware Removal Tool I mentioned in my earlier post. It runs from a Cmd line and is very effective.

There is no such thing as commercially available freeware these days. All the major repositories add in Junk that quite often poses as legitimate and helpful programs.

Bob

 

 

Sent from my tablet thingy!

I highly recommend ComboFix.  I use this anytime there's something that just won't go away with normal removal steps.  It's very thorough.