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marduk
Senior Member

1008 Posts
2/03
Posted - Aug 18 2004 : 2:38PM
Hi everyone !

I advise you to download SPY SWEEPER . It is like AD AWARE or SPYBOT but it is more powerful than them .

It has found 12 spywares I had since last june and what weren't found by AD AWARE and SPYBOT ( even in advanced mode ) .

I advise you to download the latest version ( I think it's SPY SWEEPER 3.0 ) because we must pay for updates . But the reference list is already very important , more important than the one from AD AWARE or the one from SPYBOT .

It can find more spywares than AD AWARE and SPYBOT and it has a spyware guard function . So you are protected against spywares attacks when you are online !!!

I find it so great , I think it's the best one against spywares now !

marduk
Senior Member

1008 Posts
2/03
Posted - Aug 18 2004 : 2:45PM
I only add that it's very powerful to find and delete Hijack files too . It's very important now !

So SPY SWEEPER is a " MUST HAVE " !!!!

Tom
Member

833 Posts
9/02
Posted - Jan 28 2005 : 1:19PM
Man, big thanks for telling me about Spy Sweeper.

HIGHLY recommended! I have been using Ad-Aware but Spy Sweeper found a shitload of nasties on my machine that Ad-Aware missed. About 10 adware/spyware programs and cookies to be exact. 10!!!!

It's only $29.95 for a one-year subscription and down-loads in under a minute with DSL.

jamesn
Senior Member

Cambridge, MA
750 Posts
1/04
Posted - Jan 28 2005 : 3:42PM
i'm kinda a broken record on this one, but it's better to not get spyware than install stuff to clean it. figure out how it's getting on your computer, use windows update, etc. the most effective way is a good hosts file, turning off as many services as you possibly can, disabling shit that's made more for servers than home users. you probably have ten you don't need running right now if you haven't disabled them. disable activex, use firefox and get a decent firewall upstream like a cheap zywall-2. scripting is your enemy unless you need it
Tom
Member

833 Posts
9/02
Posted - Jan 28 2005 : 4:57PM
Thanks for the input. I'm not really a "tech guy" so a lot of the stuff you mentioned is beyond me.

I'm getting spyware because I visit a lot of XXX sites but I have been trying to stay ahead of the game. I now have my Windows XP set with all of the Microsoft security settings at Max. (At least when I'm surfing the naughty sites.) XP Firewall in on.

I also run:

McAfee Anti-Virus
System Mechanic
Ad-Aware
Pop-Up Stopper
Spy Sweeper

Every day I run a virus check, clean out the Temp files, clean the Registry, run the spyware/adware checkers, etc. I run all of my "Cleaning" programs listed above, every day, to make sure my tracks are as invisible as possible.

I'm probably more secure then most surfers but probably not as secure as I need to be. Also, it seems, IMO, so many sites use ActiveX (XXX and Regular) that it would be difficult to surf without it. No?

Thanks again for the advice.

 
Evil_Rip
Senior Member

Power overwhelming
1117 Posts
12/99
Posted - Jan 30 2005 : 3:37AM
tom you should stop using internet explorer and start using something like FireFox. Then you'll get a lot less of those spywares.
jcjarra
Member

44 Posts
7/04
Posted - Jan 30 2005 : 11:39AM
Spy Sweeper is great. Its one of the best I have found. Not only are the system scans great, but you can also set some shields so it will tell you if anything changes as far as your homepage, startup programs, unwanted additions to your favorites folder and stuff like that.



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