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DepthBlade

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Aid -Keep your computer Safe-
« on: July 31, 2004, 01:41:00 am »
If you are using Kazaa to download things or you always visit random sites and download things I suggest going to

www.download.com

And search for SpyBot, its completely free and works rather well first time I used it, the program grabbed 271 lethal spyware programs and when it was done cleaning it had all gone but 2 and even then it reseted itself and on the next run around it grabbed the last 2!

If anyone else has other free programs that could aid us go ahead and post the url, I am always open to try new things if it will help!
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« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2004, 01:57:05 am »
Depthblade, where was this thread 2 months ago?? I completely reinstalled my operating system to get rid of my spyware... oh well guess im just a sucker!
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« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2004, 02:07:17 am »
Yes Spybot Search & Destroy is the best Spyware remover out there, and its free. PC-magazine gives it excelent ratings, and from personal experience, it works great.

But yeah, Kazaa really screws up your comp...
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« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2004, 12:45:57 am »
Yay. The program found 21 spy wars and ad wars..now they are all gone!  Thanks!
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« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2004, 02:32:45 am »
I tried SpyBot a while ago, but went back to AdAware 6. I don\'t think SpyBot worked as well for me in comparison.
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« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2004, 02:40:27 am »
OMG I found 204 spyware things on my comp!!!
Thanks depth^^

PS adaware has spyware or somthing like that in it
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« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2004, 03:45:03 am »
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PS adaware has spyware or somthing like that in it


No, no it doesn\'t.  Adaware is ok, but Spybot:S&D does a much better job.  It will find stuff that Adaware doesn\'t find.
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« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2004, 04:40:23 am »
Haha 305 threats (its what they call them) 256 of them are gone, now I just have to restart the computer to get rid of the rest.  You rule Depthblade
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« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2004, 04:45:13 am »
Adaware catches somethings that Spybot doesnt and visa-versa i personally use both :) havent had to worry about spyware ever since i started using them both... the only problem is that adaware sees something in spybot that it assumes is spyware... just ignore it and your fine......


and download.com has been getting worse and worse... service has gone from perfect to just above satisfactory...

they where perfect about 2 years ago :P
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« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2004, 07:49:46 am »
Spyware blaster  is good too. It has a similar feature to the \"immunize\" setting of Spybot but with a bigger list. Basically blocks registry paths of known spyware.

Then you could also get a firewall. Zone alarm  is a good one - although takes a while to set up at first. They have a free version in the direct links section on the bottom of the site.
« Last Edit: August 05, 2004, 07:51:14 am by kbilik »
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« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2004, 08:33:13 am »
If you like to install a bunch of random stuff or tweak settings I would recomend that you stay far far away from Zone Alarm. I had Zone Alarm once, but having a few different spyware programs removed and a few VPN clients installed corrupted Zone Alarm. Once Zone Alarm is corrupted you can\'t access your network, or the online instructions for fixing it(uninstalling Zone Alarm will only make things harder to fix). Use a hardware firewall, or maybe a Linux firewall(can be extreamly thurough).
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« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2004, 08:48:18 am »
You should choose the soft you use more carefuly.
Kazaa is evil, i wonder why so many people still use .
You should think about some open source alternatives. Like Bit Torrent and Direct Connect ++(i like the RevConnect mod).
But Kazza isnt the only cause. Another very evil thing is Internet Explorer. Firefox and Opera are much better. Never install evil shaware programs and other \"free\" commercial crap, they often contain spyware, i always search for Open Source alternates, because they never contain such evil things. mIRC is also evil, use X-chat insted.
So far the only free commercial program i like is Skype.
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« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2004, 09:32:31 am »
Using Kazza is just asking to have your computer messed around with. Sites containing illegal stuff always have spyware *looks at FESFES*
SpyBot is the best spyware remover around and if it cant detect it... I laugh at you! :P
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« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2004, 09:34:48 am »
Spybot is not the best remover. HijackThis is the best remover for browser based adware.
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« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2004, 09:40:02 am »
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Originally posted by theRealGorbulas
Spybot is not the best remover. HijackThis is the best remover for browser based adware.


Yes, but make sure that you know for sure that the registry items you are removing are adware.

In case you don\'t know or aren\'t sure, you can post the results of your scan at HijackThis\' message boards.
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