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Old 07-20-2005, 09:43 PM
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I am looking for a free spyware removal tool. I was wondering what you guys thought was the best and where I could find it for free.
Old 07-20-2005, 09:48 PM
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spybot is good..... and ad-ware personal. Thats what i use and its pretty good. You can find it on download.com.
Old 07-20-2005, 09:53 PM
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+1 for ad-aware
Old 07-20-2005, 09:55 PM
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+1 for both lol. I thinkt hey both find different stuff to delete off your pc.
Old 07-20-2005, 10:10 PM
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i use both of them fing02.gif fing02.gif
Old 07-20-2005, 10:15 PM
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Ad-aware, SpywareBlaster, Spybot-Search & Destroy, SpywareGuard, StartPageGuard, Hijack This... I've found all of these to be fairly useful at one stage or another. Although I've not had any probs for a long time, so these could be obsolete now.
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spybot w/ ad-aware combo A++

just make sure that you check/download new definitions frequently

oh yeah... also, protect your spybot against viruses.. There are viruses out there that targets spybot
Old 07-20-2005, 10:57 PM
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spybot and adaware is the stuff. spyware blaster is good for block once you get it cleaned off. there's a program called x-cleaner that i use on occasion if the machine is so bad i can't get spybot installed. get back to me if those don't work and i've got a few more extereme measures solutions up my sleeve fing02.gif

edit: oh btw, get those programs installed, update them, then run them in safe mod for the best results. (press f8 while booting and choose safe mode)
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wow. i thought i was the only person using that.. Alright Spybot and Ad-ware.
Old 07-20-2005, 11:52 PM
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I use MS Anti-Spyware and Spybot. In conjunction they pick up what the other one misses. Both free! and the MS one runs without user intervention. So i dont have to remember to run it or schedule it to run!



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