Spyware/Adaware - BigBlueBall

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January 28, 2007 at 4:24 pm #26010

Simon_ludbrook
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Hi All,
I think I have spyware or Adaware on my PC.
It is running rather slow, only had it less than a year & there is plenty of RAM etc.
It hasnt shown up with Norton, so I need a freebie program to rid my PC of this menace.

Any got any ideas please?

Thanks very much in advance.

January 28, 2007 at 4:47 pm #156491

DrBroccoli
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Try Lavasoft Ad-Aware and Spybot out for a spin and see if they find anything.

Also, little things that you’ve installed over the year may have added startup items, you can check by seeing how much you have running near your clock in that tray, all those things add up and slow your system down. If you have items you need to disable do this:

Start >>> Run >>> “MSCONFIG” (No quotes) >>> Start-Up Tab >>> Uncheck items not needed >>> Apply

January 28, 2007 at 5:05 pm #156492

Soccer4dummys
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I use Ad-Aware and Spybot also, and they work great for me. Don’t forget to get the updates for both of them before you run a scan.

January 29, 2007 at 2:54 am #156490

Jon8RFC
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If, after you run adaware and spybot and clean up msconfig, you still have problems, let us know and there’s another thing we can check.

February 2, 2007 at 7:02 am #156494

01bigblue
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after clean your pc, install some personal firewall with antivirus, it will be very helpful.

February 16, 2007 at 8:21 am #156495

hackingisevil
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Try Kaspersky with anti-spy. It works wonders.

February 18, 2007 at 10:14 pm #156488

dread
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Windows Defender is free and good. It will usually detect more than spybot and ad-aware. Microsoft bought the company. At the time that product was one of the best antispyware products.

February 18, 2007 at 11:07 pm #156493

Soccer4dummys
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wow, Microsoft bought it? are you sure its free? 😀

February 19, 2007 at 12:35 am #156489

dread
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Yes it is free and here is the page talking about MS and GIANT Company.

February 19, 2007 at 8:49 am #156487

detn8r
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Soccer4dummys;215056 wrote:

wow, Microsoft bought it? are you sure its free? 😀

There is ALWAYS a “however” with Microsoft 😉

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This download is available to customers running genuine Microsoft Windows. Please click the Continue button to begin Windows validation. As described in our privacy statement, Microsoft will not use the information collected during validation to identify or contact you.

Windows Vista users must pass Microsoft Genuine validation requirements to enable certain product features and to obtain non-security updates and product support from Microsoft. For more information, go to the Windows Genuine Advantage FAQ.

“Windows Genuine Advantage plug-in” at 858kb before the 4.9mb program on dial up?! Hours of irritation and limited quality. MS can suck my ass. -_- I can’t wait for broadband!

October 8, 2007 at 4:51 pm #156496

Ailindah
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Another good anti-spyware program I have found is SUPERAntiSpyware.com – AntiAdware, AntiSpyware, AntiMalware! tripped over this program one day when working on a friends well infested computer and adware and spybot were not able to handle the problems that were there. This little beauty took out everything they couldn’t handle and found things that they had missed.
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