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Help me PLEASE (Adware)

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Agent86, Jun 30, 2004.

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  1. Agent86

    Agent86 Member

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    Im looking for free adware and spyware removers. They just need to be:

    1)Free
    2)work without putting more adware on my computer
    3)FREE

    Thank you in advance


    P.S. free would be nice:D
     
    #1 Agent86, Jun 30, 2004
  2. meggoleggo

    meggoleggo Member

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    have you tried spybot search and destroy?

    that seems to be popular on around the BBS
     
    #2 meggoleggo, Jun 30, 2004
  3. yipengzhao

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    yes that definitely works

    but other wise once you have it cleaned out... get a popup blocker... i find that a lot of adwares get installed when stuff pops up... if you block popups... then there's no problem in the first place.
     
    #3 yipengzhao, Jun 30, 2004
  4. meggoleggo

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    #4 meggoleggo, Jun 30, 2004
  5. Agent86

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    Thank you you guys are THE MEN!!!!
     
    #5 Agent86, Jun 30, 2004
  6. macalu

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    you should ask Vengeance what he thinks. :)
     
    #6 macalu, Jun 30, 2004
  7. KingCheetah

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    Use a combo of Ad-aware (does a deep scan) and Spybot (quick scan).

    [​IMG]
     
    #7 KingCheetah, Jun 30, 2004
  8. DanHiggsBeard

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    Adaware + Spybot ,a nd if you use Ineternet Explorer also run Hijack This.

    Be sure that you "immunize" your pc when you run Spybot.
     
    #8 DanHiggsBeard, Jun 30, 2004
  9. Vengeance

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    Everyone else here has the right idea -- see my sig for links.
     
    #9 Vengeance, Jun 30, 2004
  10. Lil Pun

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    I along with everybody else who uses my computer now uses Firefox. I only use IE if I have to, there are some things that require it still. Firefox has worked great for me.
     
    #10 Lil Pun, Jun 30, 2004
  11. Lil Pun

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    Also, what exactly does immunizing your PC do when you select that option on Spybot?
     
    #11 Lil Pun, Jun 30, 2004
  12. DanHiggsBeard

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    It keeps known spyware from installing itself. If you don't immunize, you just go through a constatnt cycle of the crap installing itself then removing it. Immunizing keeps it from getting on in the first place.

    I can't stress using Hijack This enough if you use IE. Everyone suggests Adawarte and Spybot, but forgets about this software. So many IE users have problems with their browser being "hijacked", which is where it changes your home page and alays takes you to sites you weren't trying to get to. Adaware and Spybot can't fix this, but Hijack This can.
     
    #12 DanHiggsBeard, Jun 30, 2004
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