Common Spyware Solutions

demha · April 6th, 2006, 05:55 AM

What is the best free spyware for home use pls help

Ben Humphreys · April 6th, 2006, 05:29 PM

The best in my opinion is Ad Aware. You can download a free edition from Lava soft. Just Google it. I use that plus Microsoft Defender (Beta 2) which is also free for the time being. Both are excellent.

PC TECH250 · April 6th, 2006, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by demha

What is the best free spyware for home use pls help

Micirosoft's newly released Windows Defender that replaced the previous beta is
under review at this time for effectiveness. The MS Antispyware Remover it now is
replacing could locate a ton of bugs on one drive that was loaded due to one user
who didn't even want to learn how to protect a system. Lavasoft's Adaware SE is
an excellent tool for adwares as well as several types of browser hijackers. That is
free to download at: http://www.lavasoft.com The new Windows Defender can be
found at: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx

Please note that these are effective tools but will not stop everything out there.
The familiarity with several utilities as well as how to manually track down and see
infected files removed if not overwritten in some cases is one strong advice. There
is no one utility that gets everything especially since new ones are always a step
away from being circulated. A tryout on one XP Home system of Microsoft's latest
"Live OneCare" beta was swiftly scrubbed when it caused issues. That is found at:
http://www.windowsonecare.com/ Likewise the beta of Internet Explorer 7.0 is
being tried here with issues seen with Windows Explorer! Upon opening the Win
browser a blank web page will swiftly open along with it. The task bar contains a
smaller set of icons to replace the original larger buttons on IE 6.0.

Sweet · June 5th, 2006, 11:15 PM

stupid post to get over 69 before the t6

TheBigCarp321 · June 5th, 2006, 11:19 PM

Just to throw my 2 cents in here I once got rid of a virus using System restore. Was kind of exciting at the time lol..

fakan · June 24th, 2006, 04:23 PM

I find www.ewido.net be as efective as trendmicro.com

Chuckiechan · June 25th, 2006, 12:29 PM

Panda found like 200 spywares and a couple of hacking tools. Adaware only found 15, mostly in the IE cashe.

But I'm too cheap to buy Panda!

krotch · August 16th, 2007, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by hk995

how much is panda? a few bucks more or a few hundred bucks more!?

refer to your local bittorrent site for best prices

j/k

QuickONE · September 26th, 2007, 04:54 PM

Have you guys tried super antispyware yet it seems to work really well, for me anyways. You guys should give it a try when you get some time you wont be disappointed.

jdbic · October 3rd, 2007, 09:44 AM

A friend of mine has this (malware?) on his computer. It wants him to buy it, but if you don't it shuts down internet explorer. Does anybody know how to get rid of this thing?