DAT240Z Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Does anyone knows how I can block spyware on my computer. The reason I ask is I have spyware protection from AOL. and every time I run it find the same spyware and I have the program block it . But when I surf the web and scan for spyware the same five or so spyware is found again, I cant seam to block it for good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redruM_0381 Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Microsoft has a free antispyware program now that really works well. It accually runs in the tray and monitors for spyware installation, not just removes it: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 I've got the Microsoft one, Spybot, and Adaware. Spybot is my favorite, Adaware next, then the Microsoft one. I had a Spyware executable program that I got suckered into installing on my computer. I installed it and then couldn't uninstall it. Spybot took care of that one. The Microsoft one either doesn't care about or misses the spyware cookies from what I've seen. Spybot and Adaware find the cookies, but you can run one then the other and they'll both find different ones. It is really frustrating that none of them are good enough alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAT240Z Posted December 31, 2005 Author Share Posted December 31, 2005 Wow thanks guys I just installed Spybot and ran it found 45 spyware and the five recurring ones I had problems with using AOL. removed them and my computer is lighting fast again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil1934 Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 I've been thinking att is getting bad, have to log on three times to get a speedy connection. Ran spybot on a 3 month old computer and got 57 hits and quick again. Everyone should run it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcheeze36 Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 I agree with jmortensen. I like spybot first, then ad-aware second. I recommend running both programs and their updates at least once a week. When I was a tech support rep, we would use both programs to remove spyware on our clients' computers. You can run both programs on your computer as long as you have windows 2000 and above (otherwise, install one or the other). A friend of mine installed both programs on a windows 95 or 98 (i forget) computer. All spyware was removed, however the following day the internet connection was not working. After running a few tests, as well as that the ISP was fine, we uninstalled both programs. Afterwards, the connection was back and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b__sosick Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 dude. get ad aware now. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HBZ81 Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 adaware is decent, but i like spybot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VRJoe Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 As stated above, run both Ad-Aware and Spybot. They are free programs and work well. Also, if running XP you may need to turn off Systems Restore (Control Panel, System, Systems Restore). You can get both programs at Download.com. Run the updates once a week then run a scan with both. - Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcheeze36 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 ...They are free programs and work well...You can get both programs at Download.com... They are free. Ad aware has additional features that you can purchase ("plus" edition), but it is not needed. Everything in the free edition is all you'll really need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here comes trouble Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 AOL is a virus in itself...... get erd of it. Adware and Spybot is great but to get it all I use a 14 day free trial of Webroot "Spy Sweeper" that wipes out all the pop ups and dialet hijackers etc. here is the CNET down load site.http://www.webroot.com/land/freescan.php?rc=4259 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(goldfish) Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 About 1/2 my work is cleaning that stuff. Not one of the programs gets it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corzette Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Get REGISTRY MECHANIC too! It works hand in hand.... I use SPYWARE DOCTOR. You have to purchase each one. CC me offline and maybe I can help with that situation if ya know what I mean..... TErry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280zwitha383 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Part of me is disappointed and part of me is not. I just ran Spybot for the first time (first time ever running an anti-adware program) and it found nothing. Hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleMX Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Ad-aware is good, but SpywareBlaster will keep most of the bad stuff off of your machine. It protects you from about 5000 different spyware programs. It's a free download. I used to get like 5 or 10 different hits on Ad-Aware, but now with SpywareBlaster I get like 0 or maybe 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators SuperDan Posted January 2, 2006 Administrators Share Posted January 2, 2006 I have had the best luck with MicroShaft... I mean MicroSofts anti-spyware. My dads PC was so screwed up with GAIN and it was the only one that removed all traces of it. Just my .02 Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 It's funny that this has come up. We've just hired a system administrator to maintain our company machines and he is a recent graduate from the Microsoft certifications for MCSE, MCNE and He's doing some beta testing for Microsoft on adware and spyware programs. According to him the only true cure is to reformat the disk. Once adware or spyware programs get into the registry they are almost impossible to clean all traces. It can be done, but most of the programs available for free are not capable of cleaning up all traces and the virus eventually comes back from the corner of a file it has attached itself to and continues its work killing your processor. We're reformatting both the machines we've found adware and spyware on and then using http://www.avast.com/ on all our machines. That, along with some customer tweeking to XP Professional will nail down our machines we hope. I've run Spybot, Spyware blaster, and a few others and they simply won't remove all traces of the files... And god forbid you get a virus in the CMOS like one of my machines... It is basically useless at this point. I'm tired of these bastards and their little sneeky programs... Wish we could line them up against a wall and shoot them all... The damage they do to personal and work PCs, lost time and aggrevation deserves such a death in my opinion... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Kind of amazing this sort of practice is allowed to exist. I am not a big fan of making laws, but seems like this sort of thing could be made illegal. Somebody has to be collecting all the info these programs send out. In my case the microsoft program found things the half dozen or so other programs did not. Trouble is the programs keeps popping up windows asking whether I want to allow a DLL to be installed or an update to macromedia flash something or the other. Why ask me? How the hell should I know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 If you don't know what it is, then by all means do NOT allow it to load. That is the biggest thing these pricks are banking on... Bottom line is you'll never get the hackers, but you can get the companies that allow these links to be generated... It is one thing to go to a site and actively seek to download something. It is quite another to go to a site to read info or surf and to unknowingly come away with something... Porn sites and gaming sites are the biggest distributors of this garbage, and free software/ shareware sites are a close third. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savageskaterkid Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 I hate stupid popups like that, but i can't say that the popups didn't pay off this time. My computer got so screwed up last time, it was horrible, porn popups every 5 minuts. God forbid you leave the computer idle for a few hours, It was so much porn that you couldn't close it all. For the past month i've just changed everyones passwords and kept it off, that way nobody could get on. well, for christmas, my family got a new computer, FROM SANTA. I've always used Spybot S&D and it does great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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