amar
April 1, 2005, 4:21pm
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amar wrote:
hi gang, here’s a list of the stuff i use to keep my machine clean. i did a lot of reading, tried to find the best freeware to smash spyware, malware, viruses, and the like. Here’s my list, if you’re in the net a lot, i would advise you to get this stuff.
firewall by sygate : http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
virusprotection by grisoft : http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
programs agains spyware :
Spybot search and destroy : http://www.spybot.info/en/mirrors/index.html
Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware : http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
Microsoft’s Antispyware : http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
a-squared antispy and trojan : http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/
Ewido protection against spyware, trojans : http://www.ewido.net/en/download/
spywareblaster and spyware guard : http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/downloads.html
registry cleaner regscrubxp : http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2048.html (not for MS ME)
have fun cleaning…
amar
April 1, 2005, 4:33pm
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dale, i was just thinking, do you think this thread would qualify as a sticky? Afterall, we all are quite a bit on the net.
Just a thought.
Greets.
well, maybe not, maybe i’m just paranoid…
TomB
April 1, 2005, 5:29pm
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amar:
hi gang, here’s a list of the stuff i use to keep my machine clean. i did a lot of reading, tried to find the best freeware to smash spyware, malware, viruses, and the like. Here’s my list, if you’re in the net a lot, i would advise you to get this stuff.
firewall by sygate : http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
virusprotection by grisoft : http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5
programs agains spyware :
Spybot search and destroy : http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
(after you’ve downloaded that, you should download version 1.3.1TXover it, don’t ask me why, but that’s what the guys at majorgeeks say): http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4392.html
Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware : http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html
Microsoft’s Antispyware : http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
a-squared antispy and trojan : http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/
EMCO malware bouncer : http://www.emco.is/malwarebouncer/features.html
spywareblaster and spyware guard : http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/downloads.html
registry cleaner regscrubxp : http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2048.html
have fun cleaning…
Amar: Thanks for the list. Good info.
One question, though. Do you have to go into most of these and run them seperately? If so, that would explain why you have not been posting as much lately. :roll:
Tom
amar
April 1, 2005, 8:19pm
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that’s the thing about these spyware programs, you need quite a few of them if you wanna get rid of all your spyware…
well, i post more like in waves…guess it’s low-tide at the moment…