spyware

Tyell

General

08 Mar 05

Tyell

Joined: 07 Mar 05
Moves: 30

08 Mar 05

how do you get rid of spyware????

clive59

Joined: 29 Nov 04
Moves: 63086

08 Mar 05

I like a product called ad-aware.

~~trackhead22~~

Joined: 08 Mar 05
Moves: 0

08 Mar 05

This post is unavailable

Please refer to our posting guidelines

~~Akizyy~~

Joined: 08 Mar 05
Moves: 0

08 Mar 05

This post is unavailable

Please refer to our posting guidelines

SirLoseALot

Shut Gorohoviy!

Joined: 19 May 03
Moves: 14164

08 Mar 05

Yep,ad-aware and spybot,both free,both decent 🙂

Maxwell Smart

Under Cover

Joined: 25 Feb 04
Moves: 28912

08 Mar 05

you can find Adaware SE at the lavasoft website.

CliffLandin

Human

Burnsville, NC, USA

Joined: 21 Nov 04
Moves: 216897

08 Mar 05

If you buy the Ad-aware Pro it is much better than SE, but with either one make sure that you check for updates by clicking on the tab that looks like the Earth on the top. Pro will block access to your registry and will keep your system in tip top shape.

Or you could just dump Windows and install Linux 😀

dk3nny

Out there somewhere

Joined: 16 Mar 04
Moves: 7717

08 Mar 05

Microsoft have a beta anti-spyware software available on their website too.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Personally i run spybot s&d, ms anti-spyware, use firefox browser and i never get any spyware problems.

Crowley

Not Aleister

Control room

Joined: 17 Apr 02
Moves: 91813

08 Mar 05

I've never really had any spyware problems, but the MS product seems a pretty stable beta.
Obviously there will be the naysayers going off how crap any product by MS is, but I trust that MS would be able to protect their OS better than any other company, so I only use MS AS.

hopscotch

Joined: 09 Jun 04
Moves: 39731

08 Mar 05

Originally posted by Tyell
how do you get rid of spyware????

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

whitedeerwithnohorns

Wales

Joined: 24 Nov 03
Moves: 10406

08 Mar 05

1 edit

Originally posted by Tyell
how do you get rid of spyware????

Often mistaken for spyware is a Microsoft program that runs in XP. From time to time it brings up popups and cant be removed by normal anti-ad/spyware programs. If you are having this problem go to the control panel then to "Administrative Tools" Click on "Services" in the list find "Messenger" open its properties click stop and then disable at start up.

martin williams

Joined: 27 Feb 04
Moves: 93527

08 Mar 05

Originally posted by hopscotch
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

I'll go along with that.
You don't need to get rid of spyware with Firefox, 'cos it's not full of holes like IE.

genius

Wayward Soul

Your Blackened Sky

Joined: 12 Mar 02
Moves: 15128

08 Mar 05

Originally posted by martin williams
I'll go along with that.
You don't need to get rid of spyware with Firefox, 'cos it's not full of holes like IE.

...but firefox is awful to use for ftp. IE is so easy! i used firefox, but IE for ftp, which would be fine if i didn't have a random spyware program on IE that slowed my comptuer right down when i open IE and is just plain ol' irritating. spybot spots it, but can't seem to fix it.

i'm trying to get around to installing linux, but i don't have the time! :'(

~~Arrakis~~

D_U_N_E

Arrakis

Joined: 01 May 04
Moves: 64653

08 Mar 05

1 edit

Originally posted by Tyell
how do you get rid of spyware????

Go to: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
and D/L Spybot ver 1.3. WHile you are there also D/L the updates for it. Then install Spybot, open it, run it. Then run the update patches.
Then open Spybot again and click on IMMUNINIZE.
You have to run IMMUNINIZE twice.

You're all set! 😉