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Jul 6, 2004 | 01:14 AM

Mr GoodWrench8

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Removing Spyware/Adware

hey you guys know a spyware remover that will detect and remove any spyware and adware from my HP Pavilion Computer, everytime i go to a site it refers me to a adult site, i tried Boozaka but hardly detects anything, is there any out there that will remove this?

Jul 6, 2004 | 01:23 AM

Mike W

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Do a search for spybot. It seems to work good.

Jul 6, 2004 | 01:37 AM

Torque1st

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There have been several recent threads with good info.

Jul 6, 2004 | 04:42 AM

78f3504x4

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I use Webroot's spysweeper, but the junk always comes back.

Jul 6, 2004 | 04:49 AM

SuperDutyHaulin

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use historykill. I wipes out all cookies, as well as stops ads and spyware

Jul 6, 2004 | 05:00 AM

thunder struck

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i do tech support for a local isp and we(most employees) use a combo of two: ad-aware 6, and spybot search and destroy v1.2 both of these can be found at www.pcworld.com there is another program that aides is spyware not being installed is @ www.javacoolsoftware.com it's called spywareblaster the reason we use the above 2 is b/c ad-aware finds some things spybot don't and vice versa, so you get the best of both worlds. remember to do product updates often.

Jul 6, 2004 | 07:01 AM

jdadamsjr

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Hey - thanks for SPybot heads up...
I am very good at running ad aware periodically and my norton is kept up to date by my company...
but SPybot found 25 things the others didn't !!!