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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
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 Posted - 02/26/2005 : 07:26:00
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i just downloaded microsoft's anti spyware beta 1. seems like it has cleaned up my computer and is a bit faster. anyone use any other anti spyware programs or have some advice for cleaning up the computer? my home page is still messed up. it comes up as about:blank.
 "I joined the Cult of Frank/ and I got a free t-shirt with this dude on it." |
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
2715 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2005 : 07:31:50
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2005 : 07:36:05
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I asked for some suggestions on this very subject not too long ago. I'll have a look for the topic in a moment. In the end though, none of the free ones did the trick, so I just used the 'System Restore' function that XP has, and that did the trick just fine.
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2005 : 07:47:35
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i have three, ad-aware SE (pro, but personal is fine), spyboy search and destroy and microsoft's anti spyware beta. oh and a fourth... firefox.
but meh, i haven't really had spyware since the days of Kazza. I've jsut fallen for all the hype. spyware only affects stupid people ;) |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2005 : 07:48:05
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2005 : 08:09:34
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Ad-aware's okay, but for the free version you don't have any active-in-memory protection, so you have to remember to scan often and also deal with the fact that you've probably had the spyware on your system for at least a week before getting it.
The time tested, best combination is Spybot Search-and-Destroy AND (not or) Ad-Aware. Spybot stays resident and is better than many pay-packages out there. And ad-aware gets a lot of the little stuff that Spybot might miss, and you only need to run it once a month or whenever you remember (obviuosly the more the better). I'm trying MS' Anti-spyware on a site and haven't reached a conclusion yet insofar as its effectiveness. There are some nice features in it, definitely. I need to put it on an effective system followed by Spybot and then Ad-aware to see how much it misses.
Finally, if you're using FireFox, be sure to have the latest download (released two days ago). It fixes a pretty crucial security hole.
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2005 : 08:20:14
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the IDN one?
i don't set my anti-spyware programs to run actively. for a few reasons. first, most spyware/adware isn't as malicious as a virus and doesn't really need to be prevented as much - as long as you run scans regularly and generally use some common sense when browsing the net. another reason... the main complaint about spyware is that they slow your computer down. surely running yet another program in the background monitoring your computer is going to have the same effect? it's a bit like those who are obsessive about defragging. i'm sure in most cases you waste more time doing a defrag than you would lose if your hard drive was fragmented. |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2005 : 13:40:12
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Has anyone heard of any negative side-effects from using adaware? (Besides the obvious ones such as irritable bowels and diarrhea...) Someone recently told me that when it cleaned your registry it removed .dll files.
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2005 : 22:16:51
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SpySweeper is the best.
I guess I just wasn't made for these times. |
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Perk
- FB Fan -
USA
210 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2005 : 01:14:40
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99.9% of the cookies spyware programs warns about are just counting unique hits on a web page.
When you delete them you make more money for the
web page.
The adverts pay for some web pages and cookies are
added to keep track of traffic to the site.
I still delete them all.
Don't sweat the petty things
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ivandivel
= Cult of Ray =
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2005 : 06:59:13
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Yeah, that's a good point PixieSteve, and I don't really keep one resident either, but on the computers I work on, I know that what's "sensible browsing" to me isn't to them. Any time I look at my sisters' computers, they've downloaded some new toolbar with this spyware or that. My dad is regularly fooled by those stupid pop ups that look like warning windows. Etc. The major complaint about spyware for them isn't so much speed as stealing credit card info and passwords.
Jim, do you mean the Webroot software? I used that and liked it quite a bit (I really enjoyed the startup shields' interface), but it's a pay-program and I also found that spybot and ad aware discovered a lot of stuff that it didn't.
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webdog
- FB Fan -
USA
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Posted - 02/28/2005 : 16:59:51
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I've found ad-aware and spybot to do ok. But that sucks if combined they're missing about 50% of the crap on there!
I'm also using virus protection, so hopefully the 3 of them are keeping a lid on things.
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