Adware

[Dave]

Can anyone suggest a good free adware/spyware download?
Thanks

[Dave]

Ad-Aware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Spybot http://spybot.safer-networking.de/

These are the best freeware progs you could ask for ;)


"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> Can anyone suggest a good free adware/spyware download?
> Thanks

[DJ]

On Thu, 22 May 2003 19:49:49 -0700, "Dave" > wrote:

>Can anyone suggest a good free adware/spyware download?
>Thanks

Ad-aware
Spybot Search and Destroy

I would be careful of any others. SOME of these tools actually
install their own spyware as they delete others. These two are highly
recommended by a large group of people.

Also, some people recommend using two, so that you can be assured one
is not spying on you.

[johnf]

Definitely use the two in combination.
I've never seen any instance of either installing Spyware & doubt it very
much, BUT, I often find that one picks up Ad/Spware that the other misses.

johnf

> On Thu, 22 May 2003 19:49:49 -0700, "Dave" > wrote:
>
>> Can anyone suggest a good free adware/spyware download?
>> Thanks
>
> Ad-aware
> Spybot Search and Destroy
>
> I would be careful of any others. SOME of these tools actually
> install their own spyware as they delete others. These two are highly
> recommended by a large group of people.
>
> Also, some people recommend using two, so that you can be assured one
> is not spying on you.

[Jim Macklin]

www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware 6.0 very good

http://spybot.eon.net.au/ SpyBot even better.

Both free, I run both.


"Dave" > wrote in message
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| Can anyone suggest a good free adware/spyware download?
| Thanks

[W????n S.]

Got to be kidding!!!

Google and you will find anything like that..............

Troll???????????????


"Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
...
> www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware 6.0 very good
>
> http://spybot.eon.net.au/ SpyBot even better.
>
> Both free, I run both.
>
>
> "Dave" > wrote in message
> ...
> | Can anyone suggest a good free adware/spyware download?
> | Thanks
>
>

[Jim Macklin]

I posted the URLs for the two best programs that the guy
asked for and I wasn't kidding. I don't work for Google or
LavaSoft or SpyBot. What's with the "troll???"

"W????n S." > wrote in message
.net...
| Got to be kidding!!!
|
| Google and you will find anything like that..............
|
| Troll???????????????
|
|
| "Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
| ...
| > www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware 6.0 very good
| >
| > http://spybot.eon.net.au/ SpyBot even better.
| >
| > Both free, I run both.
| >
| >
| > "Dave" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > | Can anyone suggest a good free adware/spyware
download?
| > | Thanks
| >
| >
|
|

[Joe Dolsak]

I checked out the Adware site, and when I went to one of their mirror sites
to download, My SpyBot blocked a spyware installation... go figure - you get
a free spyware installation with each download?

Although I know that Adware can't control the mirror/download sites, I'm
surprised that this happened.

Very Strange..
Joe Dolsak
"Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
...
> I posted the URLs for the two best programs that the guy
> asked for and I wasn't kidding. I don't work for Google or
> LavaSoft or SpyBot. What's with the "troll???"
>
> "W????n S." > wrote in message
> .net...
> | Got to be kidding!!!
> |
> | Google and you will find anything like that..............
> |
> | Troll???????????????
> |
> |
> | "Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
> | ...
> | > www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware 6.0 very good
> | >
> | > http://spybot.eon.net.au/ SpyBot even better.
> | >
> | > Both free, I run both.
> | >
> | >
> | > "Dave" > wrote in message
> | > ...
> | > | Can anyone suggest a good free adware/spyware
> download?
> | > | Thanks
> | >
> | >
> |
> |
>
>

[Dave]

They may have been an activeX control that was trying to load from the site,
but Ad-Aware contains absolutely no spyware.

"Joe Dolsak" > wrote in message
...
> I checked out the Adware site, and when I went to one of their mirror
sites
> to download, My SpyBot blocked a spyware installation... go figure - you
get
> a free spyware installation with each download?
>
> Although I know that Adware can't control the mirror/download sites, I'm
> surprised that this happened.
>
> Very Strange..
> Joe Dolsak
> "Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I posted the URLs for the two best programs that the guy
> > asked for and I wasn't kidding. I don't work for Google or
> > LavaSoft or SpyBot. What's with the "troll???"
> >
> > "W????n S." > wrote in message
> > .net...
> > | Got to be kidding!!!
> > |
> > | Google and you will find anything like that..............
> > |
> > | Troll???????????????
> > |
> > |
> > | "Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
> > | ...
> > | > www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Aware 6.0 very good
> > | >
> > | > http://spybot.eon.net.au/ SpyBot even better.
> > | >
> > | > Both free, I run both.
> > | >
> > | >
> > | > "Dave" > wrote in message
> > | > ...
> > | > | Can anyone suggest a good free adware/spyware
> > download?
> > | > | Thanks
> > | >
> > | >
> > |
> > |
> >
> >
>
>

[Jim Eshelman]

Joe Dolsak wrote:
> I checked out the Adware site, and when I went to one of their mirror
> sites to download, My SpyBot blocked a spyware installation... go
> figure - you get a free spyware installation with each download?
>
> Although I know that Adware can't control the mirror/download sites,
> I'm surprised that this happened.

Since Ad-Aware 6 came out, I've only used the first mirror site they list --
Majorgeeks.com -- not for any reason of believing it is better than the
others, just that it's first on the list and always works superbly.

And, it's never downloaded any sort of spyware or other scumware at all.

I'm curious which site you used.

--
Jim Eshelman
MS-MVP, Windows Shell/User
http://aumha.org/
http://WinSupportCenter.com/

[Jim Eshelman]

Dave wrote:
> Can anyone suggest a good free adware/spyware download?

For software, I couldn't add to what the others have suggested.

But, for a quickie alternative -- something that will catch the five dozen
or so worst culprits, diagnose them and provide information on their
origins, behavior, risk level, and removal -- just point Internet Explorer
at http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm and wait 10-15 seconds for a report. Though
I ultimately end up using Ad-Aware 6 for serious work on client and other
end-user machines, in doing a front-end check to rule out spyware and other
scumware issues, this 10-second check is always where I start.

--
Jim Eshelman
MS-MVP, Windows Shell/User
http://aumha.org/
http://WinSupportCenter.com/

[Joe Dolsak]

"Jim Eshelman" > wrote in message
...
> Joe Dolsak wrote:
> > I checked out the Adware site, and when I went to one of their mirror
> > sites to download, My SpyBot blocked a spyware installation... go
> > figure - you get a free spyware installation with each download?
> >
> > Although I know that Adware can't control the mirror/download sites,
> > I'm surprised that this happened.
>
> Since Ad-Aware 6 came out, I've only used the first mirror site they
list --
> Majorgeeks.com -- not for any reason of believing it is better than the
> others, just that it's first on the list and always works superbly.
>
> And, it's never downloaded any sort of spyware or other scumware at all.
>
> I'm curious which site you used.

It was the techconnect link, and it tried to send "Avenue A, Inc."

Joe Dolsak





>
> --
> Jim Eshelman
> MS-MVP, Windows Shell/User
> http://aumha.org/
> http://WinSupportCenter.com/
>
>

[DJ]

On Tue, 27 May 2003 21:21:32 -0700, "Jim Eshelman"
> wrote:

>Joe Dolsak wrote:
>> I checked out the Adware site, and when I went to one of their mirror
>> sites to download, My SpyBot blocked a spyware installation... go
>> figure - you get a free spyware installation with each download?
>>
>> Although I know that Adware can't control the mirror/download sites,
>> I'm surprised that this happened.
>
>Since Ad-Aware 6 came out, I've only used the first mirror site they list --
>Majorgeeks.com -- not for any reason of believing it is better than the
>others, just that it's first on the list and always works superbly.
>
>And, it's never downloaded any sort of spyware or other scumware at all.
>
>I'm curious which site you used.

Keep in mind that Spybot identifies cookies as spyware. This is not
entirely accurate.

[Jim Macklin]

Some cookies are more than a 1 KB tag, some are programs,
with no expiration.


"DJ" > wrote in message
...
| On Tue, 27 May 2003 21:21:32 -0700, "Jim Eshelman"
| > wrote:
|
| >Joe Dolsak wrote:
| >> I checked out the Adware site, and when I went to one
of their mirror
| >> sites to download, My SpyBot blocked a spyware
installation... go
| >> figure - you get a free spyware installation with each
download?
| >>
| >> Although I know that Adware can't control the
mirror/download sites,
| >> I'm surprised that this happened.
| >
| >Since Ad-Aware 6 came out, I've only used the first
mirror site they list --
| >Majorgeeks.com -- not for any reason of believing it is
better than the
| >others, just that it's first on the list and always works
superbly.
| >
| >And, it's never downloaded any sort of spyware or other
scumware at all.
| >
| >I'm curious which site you used.
|
| Keep in mind that Spybot identifies cookies as spyware.
This is not
| entirely accurate.