GAIN - Gator Adserver Software

[richard3330]

Hi,

Hopefully this wont affect any of you, but have you heard of a company called GAIN??

Basically (from what I can gather) what they do is install programmes and place many cookies on to your PC which are almost impossible to delete or uninstall. These programes and cookies make adverts pop up every so often and sometimes I have 5 adverts popping up every 2 minutes whilst I am online, It gets very annoying as you could probably gather.

I have visited the GAIN website(http://www.gatoradvertisinginformationnetwork.com) to try and find out how to delete/uninstall the software but it doesn't have many answers. It simply says you should go to control panel and then add/remove programmes to uninstall it. But surprisingly enough it is not there for me to delete.

I have Norton Antivirus 2003 and this cannot delete it either. Every time I turm my PC on a message from Norton Antivirus comes up saying 'Your Antivirus system settings are trying to be altered by an intruding virus'. However, Norton cannot locate the virus and when I go to Norton Cleansweep and choose the GAIN programme to delete it says 'Sorry, you don't have permission to delete this file'

I have tried e-mailing the customer service department, but surprisingly enough I have got no reply or answers and now I am stuck on what I should do. I have also tried AOL's Tech Chat, but they cannot help either.

If you ever get this on your PC, my immediate advice would be to delete it ASAP, before it tries to ruin your system, like it is mine.

If anybody has any advice they can share, I would be really greatful.

Thanking You

Richard.

 

[Boo'sMom]

Hi Richard,
I think we've all been victims of Gator at one time or another.
There is a good program out there that will delete it and any other spyware you may have runnign. It is called ad-aware. You can download the program from www.lavasoft.com


Thanks to Dan for making us aware of this great product.

Good luck.

 

[richard3330]

Thank-You very much indeed!

It's comforting knowing that I am not the only person who has experienced this.

I have been on the website you gave me (www.lavasoft.com) but I can't seem to find the exact link for Ad-Aware. Would anybody please mind giving me the exact link to the download page for Ad-Aware.

I would like to say thanks to 'Dan' too!!

Thanks Again,

Richard

 

[Boo'sMom]

This one should work...
Go HERE

 

[Dan Murphy]

Yep, Ad-Aware will take care of Gator and many others. Good luck.

 

[adamak]

Adware is the best thing that happened to my PC. Thanks to you guys

 

[Boots]

DS put adaware on our computer about a month ago. We had problems with gator a year ago and once again DS came to the rescue!!!

 

[richard3330]

Thank You VERY VERY much.

Ad-Aware is great and I have just downloaded it. Fingers Crossed it will delete Gator finally.


Thanks Again, what would I do without DIS?!!!

 

[richard3330]

It is not my lucky day

Ad-Aware has deleted some of the files but about 16 of the Gator files still cannot be deleted. The message that I get from Ad-Aware is:

'We cannot delete file x : Access is denied, make sure the disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use'

I have made sure all of the programmes I am using are closed, including AOL and Internet Explorer and I have tried Restarting my PC, but the same error message still appears.

Anybody have any ideas??

Thank You,

Richard.

 

[Banzai]

Do you use Kazaa? It may keep it open, the same with Snood.

 

[Liz]

You are not alone! I have 4 Gator files that AdAware can't get rid of. Its frustrating to no end! The message I get says "Warning! The following components could not be deleted or unloaded."

 

[WebmasterAlex]

Hit ctrl-alt-delete, end task on everything except explorer and systray.
Run ad-aware and see if it gets them.
Reboot

If that doesn't work reboot your puter. On the way in start tapping the F-8 key. You should get a menu, select the safe mode choice. Enter safe mode and run ad-aware from there

 

[richard3330]

Thank-You very much, Alex. I ran my PC in Safe Mode and then Ad-Aware deleted every Gator/Gain file I had

Hopefully it wont come back again in a rush!, but at least I now know what to do if it does re-appear.

Thanks Again everybody,

Richard.