Comments on: PCVirusFilter: Spyware and "Bridge.dll"

Question: PCVirusFilter: Spyware and "Bridge.dll"

Orange Goblin — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:19:34 -0800

Something is royally screwed with my PC (Windows XP). I had some kind of spyware involving the file "bridge.dll", I found instructions online to get rid of it, but I still have problems. When I reboot, my Quick Launch toolbar is no longer there, and when I use the "Email", "WWW" and other buttons on my Logitech keyboard, it opens up 3 instances of the programs. Adaware and Norton Antivirus turn up nothing. Anything I can do?

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:42:54 -0800

Did you look in your control panel in the Add/Remove folder for foreign programs causing the problem?

By: Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:55:05 -0800

Yeh, I did. Solved the keyboard problem by installing drivers, but I have NO idea what to do about Quick Launch...there must be something I need to switch somewhere...

By: kjh

kjh — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:04:44 -0800

Right-click on an empty area of the taskbar and point to "Toolbars." Click on "Quick Launch."

By: Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:23:30 -0800

That doesn't fix it unfortunatly, as a reboot makes it disappear again!

By: tetsuo

tetsuo — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:32:53 -0800

Seen this on a couple of computers, and another sys admin I know has encountered it. If you have a decent backup you may want to just rebuild. Used all the spyware, trojan, virus removal software etc, even went throught the registry to remove relevant keys, still couldn't get rid of it. I don't know if it's something new, but it's a pain in the a&&. Good luck.

By: tcp

tcp — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 01:15:20 -0800

You might try Spyware Search & Destroy - I love that tool.

By: Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 01:52:10 -0800

Spyware Search & Destroy didn't catch it :(

By: Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 02:24:51 -0800

Sorted. Windows System Restore seems to be the only way.

By: Fat Buddha

Fat Buddha — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 05:31:05 -0800

I have had a nasty little bugger playing havoc with my pc for about a week. Adaware, Spybot and AVG all failed to catch it, so I tried Avast, which seems to have done the trick.