Common Spyware Solutions

**Starfury_2260** · August 24th, 2004, 03:23 PM

Spysweeper is a good program. Just not free.

**lone1dog** · September 15th, 2004, 05:57 PM

I just wanted to keep this in the spot light,it was such a common and big prob,someone may have missed this good post ,links and advise

**vass0922** · September 19th, 2004, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by lone1dog

I just wanted to keep this in the spot light,it was such a common and big prob,someone may have missed this good post ,links and advise

Which is why its stickied to the top

It will never float down (at least until its un-stickied by a moderator)

**Friedchicken100** · September 27th, 2004, 01:20 PM

is spyhunter any good?

**filipino** · September 27th, 2004, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by Friedchicken100

is spyhunter any good?

spyhunter will install their own spyware on your PC

sad but true

**Regulus** · October 3rd, 2004, 07:51 PM

I like spybot- Search and destroy, new Adware SE(free Ed.) (Lavasoft), spywareblaster, they do checking and a couple of them put protections in place.

Regulus

**amb7247** · October 12th, 2004, 02:15 PM

Although ad-aware claims that they remove everything. It in fact misses on alot of items and it's not my recommended program. Same goes with Spybot S&D, buggy program does an ok job and finding some stuff but also misses greatly on many spyware items.

If you don't believe me here is a site that compares them: http://www.adwarereport.com/mt/archives/000004.html

and one more

http://www.anti-spyware-review.topte...OVMTC=standard

Now just because a website compares them does it make it all true, no, but it does let many of you know where they stand based on the comparisons on how good each of those programs are. Most of the comparisons are not only based only how they worked and how effective they are but also on several other factors.

**computerwizz** · October 19th, 2004, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by filipino

spyhunter will install their own spyware on your PC

sad but true

Filipino, how do you know what spyware programs will install there own spyware?

**vass0922** · October 19th, 2004, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by computerwizz

Filipino, how do you know what spyware programs will install there own spyware?

Ask and you shall receive

While user reviews are hardly a definitive resource, the large number of bad results certainly can't be a good thing

**aidsprone** · October 31st, 2004, 12:42 AM

do firewall prevent spyware?

**mazdarx7-64** · November 1st, 2004, 01:45 AM

nope

**MrGuy** · November 11th, 2004, 01:01 PM

I've found a site that does wonders: Totally Clean! The techs here are phenominal. The site is:

http://forum.gladiator-antivirus.com

They have all the appropriate downloads and after reading your log will steer you to any other required downloads. My system has never been faster and I was doing all the above mentioned stuff beforehand.

Go to "Help I've been infected!" Read first time users summary.
Good luck!

**RedWasp** · December 4th, 2004, 04:21 PM

Does spyware come from Microsoft? I heard that they planted a robot named alexa in windows that sends all your personal information to Bill Gates...

**jmichna** · December 5th, 2004, 11:47 PM

Originally Posted by RedWasp

Does spyware come from Microsoft? I heard that they planted a robot named alexa in windows that sends all your personal information to Bill Gates...

No.

**ironforge** · December 26th, 2004, 03:20 AM

I've used adaware for a while with good results... I have also used spysweeper but prefer adaware...

It has been a while since I really compared features though.. but then again I don't have a lot of problems with spyware myself.. I just don't try to "punch the monkey"

**BipolarBill** · January 14th, 2005, 03:13 PM

Believe it or not, Microsoft has an excellent new spyware tool in Beta. I find that it works as good or better than others:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx

It works as a preventative as well.

**electric** · January 29th, 2005, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by BipolarBill

Believe it or not, Microsoft has an excellent new spyware tool in Beta. I find that it works as good or better than others:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx

It works as a preventative as well.

are there any tweaks to their program you can do as a user
besides using the defaults

**BipolarBill** · January 30th, 2005, 02:23 AM

It depends what you mean by "tweaks". You can adjust many things.

It is Beta, so don't expect too much.

**electric** · January 30th, 2005, 10:54 AM

good enough

**agathodaimon** · January 31st, 2005, 06:48 PM

Are there any programs out there that can get rid of spyware on a MACINTOSH?

I don't even know if it is an issue with Macs or not, but my IE runs incredibly slow.
I'm using a G4 Tower with IE 5.1 on a broadband connection at work. It's so slow at times, it just becomes unbearable. I'm not sure if it would be because Spyware or what....

Anyone know of any FREE programs I can use for Mac? (OS 9.2 BTW)