I seem to have aquired a whole load of spyware and adware from somewhere. Any way. i was wondering, what is the best spyware remover. i have bought Ad Aware and have spybot S&D 1.3 Please help me, it's really annoying me now! 
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Adware and Spyware
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dave_clark69 said:i have bought Ad Aware and have spybot S&D 1.3 Please help me, it's really annoying me now!
i have those two, as well.
Get a good Firewall program;
also, turn on Adwatch monitoring on Adaware.
Also, watch out which sites you visit... though thsi got a bit spread lately: my sister played some internet games, and she unsuspiciously turned off ZoneAlarm, Adaware and stuff, because there were their popup windows almost every second. She didnt notice those were serious threat-warnings...
Next day, the pc had a couple of issues. When I ran Adaware, there were over 125 objects
Those are the two I use as well. You may also want to try AVG's Free Edition anti-virus program if you don't already have something.
Lloyd Christmas said:
You might want to run it no matter what you already have. I used to run it side by side with norton.
the becca says "those 2 are good, but download free stuff off of the website things for extra protection"
Go here: http://www.tomcoyote.com/
Look for HJT or Hijack This. Follow instructions, there are forums here to help the everyday user with the associated problems with spyware, etc. Good stuff.
Look for HJT or Hijack This. Follow instructions, there are forums here to help the everyday user with the associated problems with spyware, etc. Good stuff.
How to avoid such a mess:
1. Always run a good anti-virus program.
2. Awlays run a good firewall.
3. Run a anti-spyware program (adaware and/or spybot s&d) at least once a week.
4. Avoid Internet Explorer at all costs. Use Mozilla or Mozilla Firefox instead.
5. Avoid Outlook/Outlook Express at all costs. Use the Mail client in Mozilla or use Mozilla Thunderbird.
6. Don't use Microsoft Windows. I know this probably isn't practical for most people, but if you can't the above should keep you pretty covered.
1. Always run a good anti-virus program.
2. Awlays run a good firewall.
3. Run a anti-spyware program (adaware and/or spybot s&d) at least once a week.
4. Avoid Internet Explorer at all costs. Use Mozilla or Mozilla Firefox instead.
5. Avoid Outlook/Outlook Express at all costs. Use the Mail client in Mozilla or use Mozilla Thunderbird.
6. Don't use Microsoft Windows. I know this probably isn't practical for most people, but if you can't the above should keep you pretty covered.
Well, all those rules are fine, but reality can be a tough cookie (cough). If someone really wants to penetrate your system, they can. Regardless of which operating system you're using. But that's a hack attack, and we're talking about something different. The most important thing when you're surfing the Internet is to use common sense, and refrain from doing anything dumb. A reasonable level of protection is a good thing, and lapses in judgement are a bad thing. Think in terms of "security best practices", which mostly are just good common sense. Your firewall is your best friend, so don't turn it off. Run the virus scanners regularly, and run the lint checkers every once in a while. Visit CERT or some other security sites (the NSA has a really good one) and do exactly what they tell you to do. If you're running Windows, this probably will involve making some changes in your registry settings, along with enhancing your application security (like your IE options). And remember that Windows is full of security holes, so download the "hfnetchk.exe" program from the Microsoft security site and run it daily. Microsoft does eventually patch most of the holes, but it generally takes them a long time (most would say "too" long), and in the meantime your system is vulnerable. One of the high priority concepts in this space is "don't visit questionable web sites". If you're downloading music from Kazaa, for example, you're just begging for trouble. Acting on spam e-mails about underage porn or where to get Vicodin without a prescription is a surefire recipe for disaster. All this is common sense, right?
I've noticed that everytime we have one of these "spyware" threads, everyone always seems to say to avoid Internet Exploder/Outlook at all costs. IME I always get MORE spyware during the time I use Firefox, as I use both it and IE. So normally, I use Internet Exploder. I still get spyware, but not as much.
