how to get rid of adware punisher ?

Try some of these:

Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Keyloggers, Popups:

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Editi...

http://www.ewido.net/en/download/

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.htm...

http://www.download.com/Bazooka-Adware-and-Spyware...

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html

http://www.safer-networking.org/

http://www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022_4-103...

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

http://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?...

Online Scanners:

http://www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweepe...

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan....

http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.h...

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

http://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

http://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php

http://housecall65.trendmicro.com/

Spyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Keyloggers, Popups Lists:

http://www.softpedia.com/catList/104

http://www.download.com/Adware-Spyware-Removal/315...

http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

http://www.filehippo.com/software/antispyware/seta...

http://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/AntiSpywa...

Antivirus:

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/ln...

http://www.avast.com/

http://www.free-av.com/

http://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefen...

Antivirus Lists:

http://www.softpedia.com/catList/1

http://www.download.com/Antivirus/3150-2239_4-0.ht...

http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads29.html

http://www.filehippo.com/software/antivirus/

http://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/Antivirus...

Firewall:

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/prod...

Firewall Lists:

http://www.softpedia.com/catList/97

http://www.download.com/Firewalls/3150-10435_4-0.h...

http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads34.html

http://www.filehippo.com/software/firewalls/

http://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/Firewalls...

IP Blocker:

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/peerguardian/pg...

Browser:

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Email, News, RSS:

http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/

System Cleaner:

http://www.ccleaner.com/

System Cleaning List:

http://www.softpedia.com/catList/98

http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads12.html

http://www.filehippo.com/software/cleaning/

System Info:

http://www.softpedia.com/catList/92

http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads9.html

http://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/System_Utilities/S...

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All of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.

AVG Removes I-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.

http://www.safer-networking.org/

http://superantispyware.com/

SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!

Easily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!

Make sure after you download any of these, that you update them.

I don't know what "adware punisher" is but Arovax Anti-Spyware or Spyware Doctor are good programs...

Many programs are good a removing adware and other infection. The main problem is that Malware infection have become very good at resisting your attempts to remove them. Most Malware infections written in the last 2 yrs use hidden files, folder and restore point files to hide parts of it. These parts will then download any parts of the infection you remove. This causes a continous reinfection.

This procedure and programs should remove your infection completely:

Download and Update Ewido (now called the AVG Antispyware). Do not run:

http://www.ewido.net/en/download/...

Download AdAware SE and update. Do the setup. Do not run:

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ad-aware/

AdAware SE Setup:

1. Select "use custom scanning options" then select "customize". Make sure the following options are enabled: "scan within archives," "scan active processes," "scan registry," "deep scan registry," "scan my IE favorites for banned URLs," "scan my Hosts file."

2. Select the "tweak" option. Under "scanning engine," make sure "unload recognized processes and modules during scan" is enabled. Enable "scan registry for all users instead of current users."

3. Under "cleaning engine" turn on "always try to unload modules…," "during removal unload explorer and IE if necessary," "let windows remove files in use at next restart," and "delete quarantined items after restoring."

4. Use the "select drives and folders to scan" option to ensure that your entire hard drive is scanned (if you have more than one hard drive, scan all of them (of course, do not include floppy and CD/DVD).

TEMPORARILY SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS.

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2. Click Appearance and Themes, and then click Folder Options.

3. On the View tab, under Hidden files and folders, click "Show hidden files and folders", and clear(uncheck) the "Hide protected operating system files" check box.

IMPORTANT: Files are hidden by Windows for a very good reason. It is not wise to experiment with these files. Unfortunately, to successfully remove modern spyware we must turn this protection off temporarily. Please turn the protection back on when you have finished cleaning your system.

EMPTY INTERNET EXPLORER BROWSER CACHE:

1. On the Internet Explorer Tools menu, click Internet Options.

2. On the General tab, in the Temporary Internet Files section, click the Delete Files button. Select the Delete all offline content check box in the confirmation dialogue box that appears, click OK. Click OK again.

RESTART IN SAFE MODE:

To do this you need to hold down or repeatedly tap the F8 key while the computer is booting (when the computer is displaying a black screen with white text). When the boot menu appears, use your keyboard arrows to select "Safe Mode."

Safe Mode can look quite ugly. The color may look bad, and all of your desktop icons will be very large. This is normal.

START THE SCAN WITH YOUR ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM.

When the scan and removal are completed REBOOT COMPUTER. This will restart you in normal mode. DON'T FORGET TO RESET HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS.

NEW RESTORE POINT.

The RESTORE POINTS may be infected with the Malware and cannot be used.

HERE'S HOW:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

2. Click Performance and Maintenance, click System, and then click on the System Restore tab.

3. Select the Turn Off System Restore check box, click Apply, then restart your computer.

4. Return to the System Restore Tab and turn System Restore back on.

TO SET A NEW RESTORE POINT:

1. Click the Start button.

2. Point to Programs, then navigate to Accessories, then System Tools, then click System Restore.

3. Choose Create a restore point, and then click Next.

4. In the Restore point description box, type a name for your restore point, and then click Next.

5. Click OK.

NOTE: If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and are unable to access the Internet after removing Malware, there is a command that may fix the problem. It works by resetting the winsock catalogue. Click on Start, then Run and type CMD in the box. Click OK. Type "netsh winsock reset" (no quotes)into the DOS window that appears.

ADDITION INFORMATION ABOUT TROJANS:

There are Trojans that fall into the Smitfraud family. These require the use of a specialized program for removal. Here are two sites that specialize in removing these:

http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/roguefix.htm

http://siri.urz.free.fr/Fix/SmitfraudFix_En.php

Try these. They work and they are free:

Run the tool and then download the free spyware and virus protection programs:

Malicious virus removal tool:

http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/de...

Ad-Aware Free download:

http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/...

AVG Download free

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

Yahoo Toolbar has good pop-up blocker:

http://toolbar.yahoo.com/

Good Luck

There's a good list of free spyware removal tools here, also has some good info on how to avoid stuff like this.http://www.basicspywaretips.com/getridofspyware.ht...

Run all the programs mentioned also some don't think about this but, go to; start/search for files/put in name hit search/ run it and then look for item and dates to the right and delete files and then you know it's GONE...........

Great discussion, just what I was searching for.