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At Least FIVE Anti-Spyware Programs
The only time I ever got any spyware was when I downloaded a FREE DVD
encoder program. Yea, I read the EULA, but I thought that I was smarter than they were. It took me an afternoon to get rid of everything. What really made mad was that the DVD encoder program never even worked. ;-) -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , WTC hunted and pecked: I have 4 as well, the last time they ever caught any positives was when I installed the programs. Also, I use IE for everything since I believe I have secured it properly. Also I am sitting behind a NAT router which protects me by dropping unrequested packets. -- William Crawford MS-MVP Windows Shell/User "Wesley Vogel" wrote in message ... I happen to have four anti-spyware programs. -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , D. Spencer Hines hunted and pecked: Do you honestly expect folks to install at least FIVE different Anti-Spyware programs, keep them updated, monitor them and constantly tweak each one as required? DSH "Shenan Stanley" wrote in message ... [...] There is no one software that cleans and immunizes you against everything. Antivirus software - you only needed one. Firewall, you only needed one. AntiSpyware - you will need several. I have a list and I recommend you use at least the first five. First - make sure you have NOT installed "Rogue AntiSpyware". There are people out there who created AntiSpyware products that actually install spyware of their own! You need to avoid these: Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm Also, you can always visit this site.. http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm For more updated information. Install the first five of these: (Install, Run, Update, Scan with..) (If you already have one or more - uninstall them and download the LATEST version from the page given!) Lavasoft AdAware (Free and up) http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/ (How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdn ) Spybot Search and Destroy (Free!) http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html (How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdk ) Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner (Free!) http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/ (How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate3 ) SpywareBlaster (Free!) http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html (How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate6 ) IE-SPYAD2 (Free!) https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm (How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate7 ) CWShredder Stand-Alone (Free!) http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract..._download.html Hijack This! (Free!) http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html (Log Analyzer: http://hjt.iamnotageek.com/ ) ToolbarCop (Free!) http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm Ccleaner (Free!) http://www.ccleaner.com/ Microsoft AntiSpyware BETA (in testing stages - Free!) http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ware/software/ (How-to: http://snipurl.com/fqur ) Browser Security Tests (Free Tester) http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/ Popup Tester (Free Tester) http://www.popuptest.com/ The Cleaner (~$49.95 and up) http://www.moosoft.com/ |
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