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Pancake

posted 07-01-2004 08:56:14 PM

I know it's been asked before, but I couldn't find the threads.

Anyway, what are some free programs to get rid of spyware and the like?

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Azizza

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posted 07-01-2004 08:58:37 PM

Downloads.com

Search for Adaware and spybot. I use both and each always finds somethign the other missed.

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Pancake

posted 07-01-2004 09:11:00 PM

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There was much rejoicing when Azizza said this:
<A HREF="http:www.downloads.com//" TARGET=_blank>Downloads.com</A>
Search for Adaware and spybot. I use both and each always finds somethign the other missed.

If both don't help search for HijackThis on that site and post the program's output.

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Espio Idsavant

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posted 07-02-2004 01:05:38 AM

You may also want to get CWSShredder. It gets rid of some particuarlly nasty Browser Helper Object spyware infections that neither adaware or spybot detect, much less get rid of.

Info about and tool to remove CWS here

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Jania Arindelil

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posted 07-02-2004 01:21:01 AM

If you have the nasty little shit that hit IE recently, you're gonna have to go into Safe Mode and do some removing in Regedit. It's a nasty little fuck that SpyBot, Ad-Aware and HijackThis can't get rid of for you. But those are good programs.

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-Yuri-

Pancake

posted 07-02-2004 01:36:12 AM

It's Download.com, not Downloads.com

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Talonus

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posted 07-02-2004 07:42:54 AM

Yarr, the new CWS version is friggin nasty. My little brother got it and it took me several hours to fix it. Spybot, Adaware, and CWSShredder won't clear it fully, and Hijack this only catches one of the three files to be deleted. You'll need to delete these three files, one of which you'll have to boot into safe mode under an admin account (or a different admin account if you already run in one) to delete. Its more akin to a virus than spyware.

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Razor

posted 07-02-2004 09:45:34 AM

*notes that a trojan found his computer.... and it got caught with AVG...* Wonder if this could be the installer....

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OtakuPenguin

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posted 07-02-2004 12:17:48 PM

What is it that sets my homepage to your-finder.com? I use all three spyware thingies (including Hijack This) and I delete the stuff, but it keeps coming back! Argh!