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« on: Sunday, May 22, 2005, 21:53:20 »

Should it scare me?

Whats a free site to get rid of it
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« Reply #1 on: Sunday, May 22, 2005, 21:56:14 »

it's crap that you download from webpages inadvertedly, fuck knows what it does but it slows your PC down. I use Ad-Aware but there are others such as Spybot S&D and I believe some of the heftier anti-virus programs have them built in.
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mrs_spacey

« Reply #2 on: Sunday, May 22, 2005, 21:57:10 »

:-))(

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=321CD7A2-6A57-4C57-A8BD-DBF62EDA9671&displaylang=en
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« Reply #3 on: Sunday, May 22, 2005, 21:58:54 »

Spyware and adware is stuff that monitors your actions and allows access to your computer. It's usually stuff like loads of pop-ups, but it could be a porn dialer or something more sinister...

I use these 2 programs:

http://spybot.eon.net.au/en/index.html

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
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« Reply #4 on: Sunday, May 22, 2005, 22:07:11 »

you need spybot and adaware as they are two different types apparently.
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« Reply #5 on: Sunday, May 22, 2005, 22:15:38 »

Many thanks
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« Reply #6 on: Sunday, May 22, 2005, 22:18:54 »

I wonder if it will find any men sat on a park bench reading a paper with eye holes cut in it Cool
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« Reply #7 on: Sunday, May 22, 2005, 23:26:14 »

Do a google search and get yourself Hitman Pro it's a Dutch program and it's free.

It downloads all of the spyware programs including the add ons you normally have to pay for.  Once you run it, it runs everything for you.

Sadly it's all in Dutch but it's easy to install and all of the programs are in englishhhhhhhhhhh.
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Spencer_White

« Reply #8 on: Monday, May 23, 2005, 06:20:29 »

Yeovil, my PC slowed to a crawl so I took it to a shop and they said it was by far the worst case of spy ware they had ever seen. I only go on football and football violence sites so Iv got my suspicions that the OB are using it. You have been warned.  :run:

I got super duper protector shit now.
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Asher

« Reply #9 on: Monday, May 23, 2005, 08:15:13 »

Spencer you think its teh government trying to get you I heard!  Cheesy
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Piemonte

« Reply #10 on: Monday, May 23, 2005, 10:02:13 »

Bollocks did you get all that spyware from just football related sites!

Some porn pehaps? Wink
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McLovin

« Reply #11 on: Monday, May 23, 2005, 10:04:37 »

The Microsoft Anti-Spyware Beta version is quite good, and free.
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« Reply #12 on: Monday, May 23, 2005, 10:21:08 »

The microsoft one is crap compared to the others.  I have been using it for a while to try it out and it picks up hardly anything compared to the others.
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McLovin

« Reply #13 on: Monday, May 23, 2005, 10:33:06 »

oh, i was under the impression it was a good product.  I'll get something else as well then.
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« Reply #14 on: Monday, May 23, 2005, 10:38:40 »

Hitman pro has done the trick ,found about 2700 things.

Is that bad?
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