OT: need good spyware removal program sugestions?
01-16-2005 | 02:24 PM
#101
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Re: OT: need good spyware removal program sugestions?
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
This is the best I've seen. also free
Btw...Just a side note...Tried the new microsoft spyware deleter
program...It was nice and did a good job but bogged my computer down badly!
Nick
http://members.***.net/nnote/
"Scott" <scott.e.barasch@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Snow wrote:
> > Topic says it all, I need to find a good anti-spyware program,
> preferably
> > free or for a small fee.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Snow...
>
This is the best I've seen. also free
Btw...Just a side note...Tried the new microsoft spyware deleter
program...It was nice and did a good job but bogged my computer down badly!
Nick
http://members.***.net/nnote/
"Scott" <scott.e.barasch@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Snow wrote:
> > Topic says it all, I need to find a good anti-spyware program,
> preferably
> > free or for a small fee.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Snow...
>
01-16-2005 | 02:24 PM
#102
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Re: OT: need good spyware removal program sugestions?
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
This is the best I've seen. also free
Btw...Just a side note...Tried the new microsoft spyware deleter
program...It was nice and did a good job but bogged my computer down badly!
Nick
http://members.***.net/nnote/
"Scott" <scott.e.barasch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1105902407.889710.287380@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Snow wrote:
> > Topic says it all, I need to find a good anti-spyware program,
> preferably
> > free or for a small fee.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Snow...
>
This is the best I've seen. also free
Btw...Just a side note...Tried the new microsoft spyware deleter
program...It was nice and did a good job but bogged my computer down badly!
Nick
http://members.***.net/nnote/
"Scott" <scott.e.barasch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1105902407.889710.287380@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Snow wrote:
> > Topic says it all, I need to find a good anti-spyware program,
> preferably
> > free or for a small fee.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Snow...
>
01-16-2005 | 02:24 PM
#103
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Re: OT: need good spyware removal program sugestions?
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
This is the best I've seen. also free
Btw...Just a side note...Tried the new microsoft spyware deleter
program...It was nice and did a good job but bogged my computer down badly!
Nick
http://members.***.net/nnote/
"Scott" <scott.e.barasch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1105902407.889710.287380@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Snow wrote:
> > Topic says it all, I need to find a good anti-spyware program,
> preferably
> > free or for a small fee.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Snow...
>
This is the best I've seen. also free
Btw...Just a side note...Tried the new microsoft spyware deleter
program...It was nice and did a good job but bogged my computer down badly!
Nick
http://members.***.net/nnote/
"Scott" <scott.e.barasch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1105902407.889710.287380@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Snow wrote:
> > Topic says it all, I need to find a good anti-spyware program,
> preferably
> > free or for a small fee.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Snow...
>
01-17-2005 | 04:19 PM
#104
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Re: OT: need good spyware removal program sugestions?
After being the sysadmin for about 76 computers of various vintages in a very complex setup, I would
suggest not only the 2 obvious freebies but this combination:
Norton Antivirus - not the standalone version but get Systemworks; ( and run disk doctor and speed
disk MANUALLY and regularly)
-AND- BlackIce to keep all the ports closed and monitored
-AND- Webroot SpySweeper for everything else.
There are many long reasons NOT to use Norton Internet Security and/or the separate "personal
Firewall".
There is currently a major upheaval in the protection business: (a) Symantec has not only fallen
flat on its face but has managed to **** off many serious professionals and (b) Mickeysoft has just
purchased an antispyware/antimalware company and is looking to kick some serious butt.
Much depends upon what you do or think you do with your machine. If you insist on using every unsafe
operating procedure there is (IRC, IM, "Real" audio [it isn't] Quicktime, Peer-toPeer stuff, etc etc
etc ad nauseum) then chances are you deserve whatever happens to you. Just because you CAN do
domething does not mean you SHOULD do something. There are many issues with cpmpanies running what
THEY perceive to be innocuous websites where along the way, the hosting company is "inserting"
"stuff" - popups, popunders; and there are the obvious and blatant lies and cat and mouse games such
as where PC magazine has all sorts of articles about how to prevent such stuff and then has all the
same stuff on their websites that they're telling you how to get rid of.
Another for instance, people developing websites with serious programs such as Dreamweaver never use
certain products such as Trend Micro. There are issues with Adobe products and anti-spyware programs
because of the Adobe reporting. The list goes on and on. Someone leaked the heuristics of Norton
I.S. on a pro group a couple of weeks ago; and the issue is it blocks LEGITIMATE websites, because
it blocks (among hundreds of other things) pictures based on pixel size and path name.
What a world, eh?
Capt. Purple
"Scott" <scott.e.barasch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1105902407.889710.287380@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Snow wrote:
> > Topic says it all, I need to find a good anti-spyware program,
> preferably
> > free or for a small fee.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Snow...
>
suggest not only the 2 obvious freebies but this combination:
Norton Antivirus - not the standalone version but get Systemworks; ( and run disk doctor and speed
disk MANUALLY and regularly)
-AND- BlackIce to keep all the ports closed and monitored
-AND- Webroot SpySweeper for everything else.
There are many long reasons NOT to use Norton Internet Security and/or the separate "personal
Firewall".
There is currently a major upheaval in the protection business: (a) Symantec has not only fallen
flat on its face but has managed to **** off many serious professionals and (b) Mickeysoft has just
purchased an antispyware/antimalware company and is looking to kick some serious butt.
Much depends upon what you do or think you do with your machine. If you insist on using every unsafe
operating procedure there is (IRC, IM, "Real" audio [it isn't] Quicktime, Peer-toPeer stuff, etc etc
etc ad nauseum) then chances are you deserve whatever happens to you. Just because you CAN do
domething does not mean you SHOULD do something. There are many issues with cpmpanies running what
THEY perceive to be innocuous websites where along the way, the hosting company is "inserting"
"stuff" - popups, popunders; and there are the obvious and blatant lies and cat and mouse games such
as where PC magazine has all sorts of articles about how to prevent such stuff and then has all the
same stuff on their websites that they're telling you how to get rid of.
Another for instance, people developing websites with serious programs such as Dreamweaver never use
certain products such as Trend Micro. There are issues with Adobe products and anti-spyware programs
because of the Adobe reporting. The list goes on and on. Someone leaked the heuristics of Norton
I.S. on a pro group a couple of weeks ago; and the issue is it blocks LEGITIMATE websites, because
it blocks (among hundreds of other things) pictures based on pixel size and path name.
What a world, eh?
Capt. Purple
"Scott" <scott.e.barasch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1105902407.889710.287380@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Snow wrote:
> > Topic says it all, I need to find a good anti-spyware program,
> preferably
> > free or for a small fee.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Snow...
>
01-17-2005 | 04:19 PM
#105
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Re: OT: need good spyware removal program sugestions?
After being the sysadmin for about 76 computers of various vintages in a very complex setup, I would
suggest not only the 2 obvious freebies but this combination:
Norton Antivirus - not the standalone version but get Systemworks; ( and run disk doctor and speed
disk MANUALLY and regularly)
-AND- BlackIce to keep all the ports closed and monitored
-AND- Webroot SpySweeper for everything else.
There are many long reasons NOT to use Norton Internet Security and/or the separate "personal
Firewall".
There is currently a major upheaval in the protection business: (a) Symantec has not only fallen
flat on its face but has managed to **** off many serious professionals and (b) Mickeysoft has just
purchased an antispyware/antimalware company and is looking to kick some serious butt.
Much depends upon what you do or think you do with your machine. If you insist on using every unsafe
operating procedure there is (IRC, IM, "Real" audio [it isn't] Quicktime, Peer-toPeer stuff, etc etc
etc ad nauseum) then chances are you deserve whatever happens to you. Just because you CAN do
domething does not mean you SHOULD do something. There are many issues with cpmpanies running what
THEY perceive to be innocuous websites where along the way, the hosting company is "inserting"
"stuff" - popups, popunders; and there are the obvious and blatant lies and cat and mouse games such
as where PC magazine has all sorts of articles about how to prevent such stuff and then has all the
same stuff on their websites that they're telling you how to get rid of.
Another for instance, people developing websites with serious programs such as Dreamweaver never use
certain products such as Trend Micro. There are issues with Adobe products and anti-spyware programs
because of the Adobe reporting. The list goes on and on. Someone leaked the heuristics of Norton
I.S. on a pro group a couple of weeks ago; and the issue is it blocks LEGITIMATE websites, because
it blocks (among hundreds of other things) pictures based on pixel size and path name.
What a world, eh?
Capt. Purple
"Scott" <scott.e.barasch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1105902407.889710.287380@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Snow wrote:
> > Topic says it all, I need to find a good anti-spyware program,
> preferably
> > free or for a small fee.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Snow...
>
suggest not only the 2 obvious freebies but this combination:
Norton Antivirus - not the standalone version but get Systemworks; ( and run disk doctor and speed
disk MANUALLY and regularly)
-AND- BlackIce to keep all the ports closed and monitored
-AND- Webroot SpySweeper for everything else.
There are many long reasons NOT to use Norton Internet Security and/or the separate "personal
Firewall".
There is currently a major upheaval in the protection business: (a) Symantec has not only fallen
flat on its face but has managed to **** off many serious professionals and (b) Mickeysoft has just
purchased an antispyware/antimalware company and is looking to kick some serious butt.
Much depends upon what you do or think you do with your machine. If you insist on using every unsafe
operating procedure there is (IRC, IM, "Real" audio [it isn't] Quicktime, Peer-toPeer stuff, etc etc
etc ad nauseum) then chances are you deserve whatever happens to you. Just because you CAN do
domething does not mean you SHOULD do something. There are many issues with cpmpanies running what
THEY perceive to be innocuous websites where along the way, the hosting company is "inserting"
"stuff" - popups, popunders; and there are the obvious and blatant lies and cat and mouse games such
as where PC magazine has all sorts of articles about how to prevent such stuff and then has all the
same stuff on their websites that they're telling you how to get rid of.
Another for instance, people developing websites with serious programs such as Dreamweaver never use
certain products such as Trend Micro. There are issues with Adobe products and anti-spyware programs
because of the Adobe reporting. The list goes on and on. Someone leaked the heuristics of Norton
I.S. on a pro group a couple of weeks ago; and the issue is it blocks LEGITIMATE websites, because
it blocks (among hundreds of other things) pictures based on pixel size and path name.
What a world, eh?
Capt. Purple
"Scott" <scott.e.barasch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1105902407.889710.287380@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Snow wrote:
> > Topic says it all, I need to find a good anti-spyware program,
> preferably
> > free or for a small fee.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Snow...
>
01-17-2005 | 04:19 PM
#106
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Re: OT: need good spyware removal program sugestions?
After being the sysadmin for about 76 computers of various vintages in a very complex setup, I would
suggest not only the 2 obvious freebies but this combination:
Norton Antivirus - not the standalone version but get Systemworks; ( and run disk doctor and speed
disk MANUALLY and regularly)
-AND- BlackIce to keep all the ports closed and monitored
-AND- Webroot SpySweeper for everything else.
There are many long reasons NOT to use Norton Internet Security and/or the separate "personal
Firewall".
There is currently a major upheaval in the protection business: (a) Symantec has not only fallen
flat on its face but has managed to **** off many serious professionals and (b) Mickeysoft has just
purchased an antispyware/antimalware company and is looking to kick some serious butt.
Much depends upon what you do or think you do with your machine. If you insist on using every unsafe
operating procedure there is (IRC, IM, "Real" audio [it isn't] Quicktime, Peer-toPeer stuff, etc etc
etc ad nauseum) then chances are you deserve whatever happens to you. Just because you CAN do
domething does not mean you SHOULD do something. There are many issues with cpmpanies running what
THEY perceive to be innocuous websites where along the way, the hosting company is "inserting"
"stuff" - popups, popunders; and there are the obvious and blatant lies and cat and mouse games such
as where PC magazine has all sorts of articles about how to prevent such stuff and then has all the
same stuff on their websites that they're telling you how to get rid of.
Another for instance, people developing websites with serious programs such as Dreamweaver never use
certain products such as Trend Micro. There are issues with Adobe products and anti-spyware programs
because of the Adobe reporting. The list goes on and on. Someone leaked the heuristics of Norton
I.S. on a pro group a couple of weeks ago; and the issue is it blocks LEGITIMATE websites, because
it blocks (among hundreds of other things) pictures based on pixel size and path name.
What a world, eh?
Capt. Purple
"Scott" <scott.e.barasch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1105902407.889710.287380@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Snow wrote:
> > Topic says it all, I need to find a good anti-spyware program,
> preferably
> > free or for a small fee.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Snow...
>
suggest not only the 2 obvious freebies but this combination:
Norton Antivirus - not the standalone version but get Systemworks; ( and run disk doctor and speed
disk MANUALLY and regularly)
-AND- BlackIce to keep all the ports closed and monitored
-AND- Webroot SpySweeper for everything else.
There are many long reasons NOT to use Norton Internet Security and/or the separate "personal
Firewall".
There is currently a major upheaval in the protection business: (a) Symantec has not only fallen
flat on its face but has managed to **** off many serious professionals and (b) Mickeysoft has just
purchased an antispyware/antimalware company and is looking to kick some serious butt.
Much depends upon what you do or think you do with your machine. If you insist on using every unsafe
operating procedure there is (IRC, IM, "Real" audio [it isn't] Quicktime, Peer-toPeer stuff, etc etc
etc ad nauseum) then chances are you deserve whatever happens to you. Just because you CAN do
domething does not mean you SHOULD do something. There are many issues with cpmpanies running what
THEY perceive to be innocuous websites where along the way, the hosting company is "inserting"
"stuff" - popups, popunders; and there are the obvious and blatant lies and cat and mouse games such
as where PC magazine has all sorts of articles about how to prevent such stuff and then has all the
same stuff on their websites that they're telling you how to get rid of.
Another for instance, people developing websites with serious programs such as Dreamweaver never use
certain products such as Trend Micro. There are issues with Adobe products and anti-spyware programs
because of the Adobe reporting. The list goes on and on. Someone leaked the heuristics of Norton
I.S. on a pro group a couple of weeks ago; and the issue is it blocks LEGITIMATE websites, because
it blocks (among hundreds of other things) pictures based on pixel size and path name.
What a world, eh?
Capt. Purple
"Scott" <scott.e.barasch@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1105902407.889710.287380@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Snow wrote:
> > Topic says it all, I need to find a good anti-spyware program,
> preferably
> > free or for a small fee.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Snow...
>
01-17-2005 | 05:51 PM
#107
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Re: OT: need good spyware removal program sugestions?
How about "its so flakey you'd be better off catching a virus."
Worst piece of software I ever had. I've never got a virus yet, but I've
lost 2 machines to NIS.
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Captain Purple" <webmaster@removemypants.com> wrote in message
news:XZVGd.201527
> There are many long reasons NOT to use Norton Internet Security and/or the
separate "personal
> Firewall".
Worst piece of software I ever had. I've never got a virus yet, but I've
lost 2 machines to NIS.
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Captain Purple" <webmaster@removemypants.com> wrote in message
news:XZVGd.201527
> There are many long reasons NOT to use Norton Internet Security and/or the
separate "personal
> Firewall".
01-17-2005 | 05:51 PM
#108
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Re: OT: need good spyware removal program sugestions?
How about "its so flakey you'd be better off catching a virus."
Worst piece of software I ever had. I've never got a virus yet, but I've
lost 2 machines to NIS.
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Captain Purple" <webmaster@removemypants.com> wrote in message
news:XZVGd.201527
> There are many long reasons NOT to use Norton Internet Security and/or the
separate "personal
> Firewall".
Worst piece of software I ever had. I've never got a virus yet, but I've
lost 2 machines to NIS.
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Captain Purple" <webmaster@removemypants.com> wrote in message
news:XZVGd.201527
> There are many long reasons NOT to use Norton Internet Security and/or the
separate "personal
> Firewall".
01-17-2005 | 05:51 PM
#109
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Re: OT: need good spyware removal program sugestions?
How about "its so flakey you'd be better off catching a virus."
Worst piece of software I ever had. I've never got a virus yet, but I've
lost 2 machines to NIS.
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Captain Purple" <webmaster@removemypants.com> wrote in message
news:XZVGd.201527
> There are many long reasons NOT to use Norton Internet Security and/or the
separate "personal
> Firewall".
Worst piece of software I ever had. I've never got a virus yet, but I've
lost 2 machines to NIS.
Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
"Captain Purple" <webmaster@removemypants.com> wrote in message
news:XZVGd.201527
> There are many long reasons NOT to use Norton Internet Security and/or the
separate "personal
> Firewall".
01-17-2005 | 06:05 PM
#110
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Re: OT: need good spyware removal program sugestions?
My sediments exactly! It renames all your emails, then uses up all
your drive hiding them. I once install the Ghost part of it to copy and
change drives, wow what a stupid move that was! It's on the Kid's
Notebooks, I got them for Christmas, I hope it doesn't screw them up. It
was great back in the old DOS 3 and speed disk days.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Dave Milne wrote:
>
> How about "its so flakey you'd be better off catching a virus."
> Worst piece of software I ever had. I've never got a virus yet, but I've
> lost 2 machines to NIS.
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ
your drive hiding them. I once install the Ghost part of it to copy and
change drives, wow what a stupid move that was! It's on the Kid's
Notebooks, I got them for Christmas, I hope it doesn't screw them up. It
was great back in the old DOS 3 and speed disk days.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Dave Milne wrote:
>
> How about "its so flakey you'd be better off catching a virus."
> Worst piece of software I ever had. I've never got a virus yet, but I've
> lost 2 machines to NIS.
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ