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 Apr 29 2005, 09:34 AM
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 Mr. Brightside  Group: Member Posts: 332 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 114,646  |
Does anybody reccomend a good, safe, free program that can get rid of spyware, adware, trojan horses, viruses, and all that?
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Apr 29 2005, 09:49 AM
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 cellophane chests? Group: Member Posts: 488 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 75,816 |
try googling "ad aware". the name of the company that puts it out is Lavasoft. Stay away from Yahoo Toolbar, Spybot Serach and Destroy, and anything that is advertised in a pop-up.
Also, try going to zdnet.com, click on "downloads" and search for spyware remover or something like that. It will pop up a list of programs that you can download, either as freeware or shareware. |
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Apr 29 2005, 04:49 PM
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 I have no life Group: Member Posts: 1,119 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 66,675 |
Spybot Search and Destroy is pretty good though......I use that and adaware..
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Apr 29 2005, 06:16 PM
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Mr. Brightside Group: Member Posts: 332 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 114,646 |
I already have spybot search and destroy, but it removes hardly anything, because I still have a lot of spyware. And I googled antispyware, and after I downloaded them, it let me scan, but then said I have to buy them to get rid of the spyware.
I need something better. |
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Apr 29 2005, 06:24 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 961 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 68,057 |
Microsoft AntiSpy
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Apr 29 2005, 07:12 PM
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Mr. Brightside Group: Member Posts: 332 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 114,646 |
QUOTE(JC4P @ Apr 29 2005, 4:24 PM) Microsoft AntiSpy  how do I download that? |
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Apr 29 2005, 09:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 961 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 68,057 |
www.microsoft.com and click on the thingy that says AntiSpy...
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Apr 29 2005, 10:50 PM
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 reluctantly gazing Group: Member Posts: 472 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 120,555 |
i have NA (norton antivirus) and its pretty good at detecting viruses and adware, but isn't always able to delete them....
but for some reason i kind of know how to delete them otherwise. if you have problems deleting adware once you've found it, find the address of the file and delete it...but dont forget to empty your recycle bin i guess |
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Apr 30 2005, 12:48 AM
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Mr. Brightside Group: Member Posts: 332 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 114,646 |
If I go to internet option, and click clear history and delete cookies, does that really do anything?
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Apr 30 2005, 01:00 AM
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 banned Group: Member Posts: 1,589 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,768 |
^^ Not really. Won't do that much but try LavaSoft
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Apr 30 2005, 02:05 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 4,591 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 77,305 |
I use Mcafee Virus Scanner. It covers up most of your needs like Spyware, Viruses & etc.. It's not free, but it's awfully good. $60.00 for the Firewall+ & Virus scanner in one package. Good luck.
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Apr 30 2005, 06:33 PM
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 Gackt owns you. Group: Member Posts: 81 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,953 |
Lavasoft Adaware DOES WORK.. it's very useful to me..
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