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Topic: Removing Adware/Spyware
Posted By: 808Rider
Subject: Removing Adware/Spyware
Date Posted: 08 February 2004 at 12:28am

Great Article:

Programs: Stripping Adware/Spyware from PC Can Be Tricky
Sat February 7, 2004 02:35 PM ET

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=CMKOCSHPHW4ZOCRBAEOCFFA?type=technologyNews&storyID=4307239 - http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=CMKOCSHP HW4ZOCRBAEOCFFA?type=technologyNews&storyID=4307239 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=738&e=1&u=/nm/20040207/tc_nm/column_programs_dc -



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Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 08 February 2004 at 3:33am
a good program that i use is called LavaSoft Ad-aware

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Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 08 February 2004 at 3:34am
but it looks like they already mentioned that one at the bottom of the page

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Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 08 February 2004 at 5:41am
Trend Micro Internet Security scans for ad/spyware in its Real Time scan feature. It removes them very well as well.


Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 08 February 2004 at 10:37am

I don't see why people get so upset about adware. Some I can understand, but if I want a piece of software for free, the programmer should get some sort of compensation.

As long as it isn't too intrusive, it seems like a fair deal to me. I watch ads or let them collect some information, and I get some free software. These guys have to eat as well...

 



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Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 09 February 2004 at 6:21pm

Most Adware/spyware is inrusive... and besides... spyware is in direct violation of your privacy



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Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 09 February 2004 at 6:47pm

If you dont want spyware on your comp, buy the real thing that doesnt have it 

Example: instead of download kazaa to get files, dont be cheap and buy the real version. That way, we dont have to listen to people that bitch, moan, and complain about spyware.



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Posted By: Tegwin
Date Posted: 10 February 2004 at 1:00pm
Originally posted by MadDog MadDog wrote:

If you dont want spyware on your comp, buy the real thing that doesnt have it 

Example: instead of download kazaa to get files, dont be cheap and buy the real version. That way, we dont have to listen to people that bitch, moan, and complain about spyware.



Maddog its not only downloading from KAZAA that gives you spyware. As soon as you connect your machine to the internet, you are vunerable. I connected a machine at work that had just come out of the box and I put it on the internet and downloded MS updates and after that I ran the spyware checker and it found loads.

So instead of you bitching and moaning about people who bich and moan, maybe you can get your facts straight first



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Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 10 February 2004 at 3:27pm

Someone is PMS'ing



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Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 10 February 2004 at 7:15pm


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