Who knows how to get rid of spyware?

[nightwalker]

I've got spyware attaching itself to my computer. You know, when funky favorites appear without you adding them, when you get some kind of webpage instead of the default 404error. It's also slowing my computer. Anyone help me?

[airsoft]

download adaware from www.download.com

interesting you said that, i just scanned my cpu and found 38 files, including 2 trojans...

[nightwalker]

thanks man. Turns out I had 28 infected files, and 600 spyware related files! holy shit!

[boro240]

spybot search and destroy seems to work better than adaware, albeit marginally if at all. ive used both. up to you though.

[ca18guy]

Use both adaware and spybot, they both find different things it seems.

[airsoft]

yeah thats true, i use adaware and spysweeper

[Zoom8112]

yes use both

they get rid of diff types of spyware

Zoom's guide to safe computing:

1 - have an antivirus program [AVG is REALLY good, and its free]

2 - keep the virus definitions updated! and scan every week

3 - have a software firewall [examples are zonealarm and kerio] even though you have a router [router can filter data coming in, but not out]

4 - and just dont do anything else stupid like open emails from people you dont know

[Ghettokracker71]

Use both adaware and spybot, they both find different things it seems.
thats what I use.....:)

[po1z5che__]

wow, thanks guys lol. just downloaded the adaware. i have 200 files on the dot.know wonder my comp is running slow

[mbmbmb23]

Yeah...you can get AdAware 6.0 on Kazaa....it works great.

[Got Sileighty?]

software firewalls can get pretty complicated though. my bro used to have one, but then it kept alerting him whenever something was coming in or out, which was basically every few seconds. i know you can change that setting but then whats the point of not getting any alerts?

oh then he had problems with direct connecting in AIM, etc. oh and forget about playing counter strike hahaha. i know theres someway to take care of all these things, but it would take some time to research all the different settings and whatnot. so he just bought a router instead. :hsdance:

[KOUKI KA-T]

Download SPY-BOT, it's 100% free and works very well at getting rid of all that porno you've been checking out :nono:

[WilloW]

Wow thanks guys I'm glad I checked out this thread.

[Zoom8112]

software firewalls can get pretty complicated though. my bro used to have one, but then it kept alerting him whenever something was coming in or out, which was basically every few seconds. i know you can change that setting but then whats the point of not getting any alerts?

oh then he had problems with direct connecting in AIM, etc. oh and forget about playing counter strike hahaha. i know theres someway to take care of all these things, but it would take some time to research all the different settings and whatnot. so he just bought a router instead. :hsdance:


its slightly like port forwarding on a router

what happens is that, the software firewall needs to know which exact applications need to go out into the internet so it only allows those specific ones and not other ones like worms/trojans

also, once it asks you to access the net, there is a box that you can select that tells the firewall to remember to always allow that program to access the net

zonealarm is a little finicky at times, which is why i highly recommend kerio personal firewall. it really is pretty good, i use it on all my comps here at home

[nocomedown]

wow...256!! thanks for the stuff!

[adey]

just ask dirty dousan... he knows ALL too much about spyware and adware. :) The sites he goes to are just choc full of that ish!