Hey, a friend told me about a great spyware removal tool to get rid of those damn advertising agency's hiding files and programs on your cpu. It's called ad-aware, and you can get it here (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/)
It'll remove cookies that send back info, and stealth programs that run without you knowing. Best of all, it's free and fully functional!
Deity
June 20th, 2001, 05:28 PM
I love this program. People are often surprised at the amount of spyware running in their systems. <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0">
GC74
June 20th, 2001, 06:38 PM
Nice 1 Quiet Thunder! Thanx for the tip. <IMG SRC="smilies/cool.gif" border="0">
I'm usually pretty careful about running stuff on my machine, I don't download software that often.
Imagine my surprise when it found SEVEN spyware references! Yikes!
ShadowKing
June 21st, 2001, 02:36 PM
I use it too, and it works great!!!
Tekware_SK
June 21st, 2001, 03:33 PM
I've got Ad-aware and Ad-watch and they work great! These tools along with my firewall have caught all kinds of programs that try to phone home on me.
CptCaveman
June 22nd, 2001, 09:45 AM
Hey thanks for the tip. Downloaded it and ran it. It found 11 different ones.
gwtech
June 22nd, 2001, 10:47 AM
Found 12 on mine, bad cookies. Thanks QT good tip
AmeriDan
June 26th, 2001, 07:33 PM
I ran and found 4
Thanx,
QT
Quiet Thunder
June 29th, 2001, 09:07 AM
I ran it on someone's at work, and it found 33 differententires. From cookies, to a program, to registry entries. I don't think I have to tell you what type of websites he was visiting.... The amazing thing is, he picked these up in just one week!
CJK
June 29th, 2001, 12:11 PM
I just ran it and found 38. I would have never thought. Thanks for the info.
Joker1
June 29th, 2001, 12:52 PM
i find when my computer gets to much spyware on it the fdisk utility does a good job of removing them! <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">
naka-pako
June 30th, 2001, 01:49 PM
I use Ad-Aware on a regular basis and it always finds a cookie from doubleclick.net. Anyone know anything about this? What puts it back on my machine after I've deleted it?
Thanks.....d <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">
naka-pako
June 30th, 2001, 01:59 PM
Never mind. Found an opt-out cookie from their site. Thanks....d <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">
MacGyver
June 30th, 2001, 04:34 PM
Be aware that the opt out cookies will eventually expire - I read in a magazine that some opt out cookies expire in 30 days, whereas other cookies usually expire in a year.
snooper2
June 30th, 2001, 06:04 PM
wow thanx i ran it and found 36 i couldn"t believe it. <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0">
anyone
July 2nd, 2001, 02:09 AM
65 components found on my machine... this download is a must!!
Chupaweed
July 4th, 2001, 09:27 PM
This is a great tool I found 85 spywares god!!! and they are now gone for goooooood
Want to try a pre-emptive approach? Try this. http://www.spychecker.com/silencer.html
BC GREEN
July 6th, 2001, 01:45 AM
thanks Q/T found 9 .
ßracius
July 10th, 2001, 09:50 AM
Sweet found 6 on mine and now they are gone. Raaaaaaaaaaaid, Kills bugs dead!
Quiet Thunder
July 10th, 2001, 02:22 PM
Just remember, they come back all the time. It seems like those damn Doubleclick files are everywhere!! I run the program every two days, and still find them. I'm really curious how they pass through both my firewalls. Unless I mistakenly let one pass... Though it makes me kinda sad to hear that Doubleclick is having troubles making earnings now. Kinda brings a tear to my eye.... hehehehe <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"> <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
Sowulo
July 10th, 2001, 02:54 PM
If you register and get AdAware+ you also get Ad-Watch which sits in your system tray and automatically zaps the spyware before it reaches your hardware....And, they email you and let you know when new versions/databases are available.
sennister
July 11th, 2001, 07:43 AM
Wow I found 30 on my machine. Thanks!
Major Kong
July 11th, 2001, 05:20 PM
Found 1 and it was associated with Eudora, but the wife's computer had 84 oy! <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
Carlitos_Way
July 12th, 2001, 05:43 PM
How about that. Found 16 entries on my PC here at work. Can't wait to get home and run it. <IMG SRC="smilies/tongue.gif" border="0">
Dr Jam
July 12th, 2001, 06:19 PM
Just wanna say thanks aswell !!!!! awesome
Is there a same type of program for Mac ???
Sly
July 13th, 2001, 05:26 AM
Love it so far, only found 2!!! <IMG SRC="smilies/cool.gif" border="0">
Fubar
July 13th, 2001, 07:18 AM
Great tool. But it ain't perfect. It found the spyware on my system but incorrectly identified some legitimate programs as spyware. Be careful when using it.
Packrat
July 13th, 2001, 07:35 AM
If you hate those doubleclick cookies. goto www.analogx.com (http://www.analogx.com) and get their cookie wall. Its a firewall for cookies. You can set it to stop accepting cookies from doubleclick. Also you might want to check out POW, its a pop-up killer. Both are free and really small.
miktho
July 13th, 2001, 08:12 AM
This is a great util. I have seen this app before but I probably wouldn't have installed if it wasn't for you boys finding all kinds of garbage.Thanks a bunch!!!!!!!
oh yeah found 6 http://greg.simplenet.com/mad/spies/thinking.gif
artpego
July 13th, 2001, 08:17 AM
wow, i have never felt so violated in my entire web-life. even using firewalls, blocking cookies, etc over the past 6 months i have manged a whopping 81 evil-ware references. i think i am going to take a hot shower now and try to get rid of this dirty feeling **shudder**
thanks for this proggie guys
Cygnus
July 13th, 2001, 10:57 AM
I ran it and found none!...WHOO HOO!
I guess that my Naviscope combined with my firewall is keeping that stuff out pretty well. <IMG SRC="smilies/cool.gif" border="0">
Silverman
July 13th, 2001, 10:59 AM
Wow, this a good utility, found 8 referances to bad stuff on my computer and 86 on the wifes. She uses iwon.com, go figure.
jeffbrown
July 13th, 2001, 06:05 PM
35 here, some with subjects I never look up..
Somebodies been using MY PC... lol, maybe, maybe not, who knows?
Seriously, this is a great thing. One of the best tips I have seen lately. Thanks!
QPAVL
July 13th, 2001, 10:30 PM
Ran the program, had 67 hits! <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> This on a clean install one month old. <IMG SRC="smilies/mad.gif" border="0">
thanks for the heads-up.
Harley77
July 14th, 2001, 11:09 AM
<IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0"> When I bought this computer. I bought it for one reasion.(FOR MYSELF) To do what I like and to but on it what I want.Never new that I bought it for the WHOLE WORLD. To put things on it without asking.
Herer's the bottom line thanks to Ad-Aware I removed all the little SPY tools.All 130 of them.Thanks for a well made program. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
Wayward Clam
July 14th, 2001, 11:30 AM
I've been recommending this program to all and sundry for months now. It can dramatically improve your system and internet performance to get rid of all this crud running in the background...
What I want to see someone program next is AdScrew, which sends back demographic information to these bozos that is all wrong and messes up their databases to the point of unusability.
Sowulo
July 14th, 2001, 01:27 PM
Originally posted by Wayward Clam:
<STRONG>I've been recommending this program to all and sundry for months now. It can dramatically improve your system and internet performance to get rid of all this crud running in the background...
What I want to see someone program next is AdScrew, which sends back demographic information to these bozos that is all wrong and messes up their databases to the point of unusability.</STRONG>
Kinda like that idea... <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
orange
July 15th, 2001, 06:27 AM
>> Adscrew
Originally posted by Sowulo:
<STRONG>
Kinda like that idea... <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0"></STRONG>
What a top idea...time to fight back? <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> Perhaps we should all mail Lavasoft to request an additional option to AdAware...
wipez
July 16th, 2001, 06:10 AM
Thanx Found 9 at work, and we have a pucker Firewall.
Can't wait to try it at home
Kiz
stormtech
July 16th, 2001, 06:34 AM
Great find! I found nine on my PC and I thought I was safe . Thanks for the tip!! <IMG SRC="smilies/confused.gif" border="0">
Quiet Thunder
July 16th, 2001, 10:37 AM
Originally posted by Fubar:
<STRONG>Great tool. But it ain't perfect. It found the spyware on my system but incorrectly identified some legitimate programs as spyware. Be careful when using it.</STRONG>
Be careful, because some of those legitimate programs have spyware in them. My friend was telling me that he had a matel game on a computer for his daughter, and it registered as spyware. After a bit of research, he discovered that not too long ago, Matel got into a lot of consumer trouble when it was discovered that they had setup spyware in their game. I can MAYBE understand some in a downloadable file, but NOT in something I purchased!!
rjwilke
July 16th, 2001, 01:40 PM
That Double click cookie opt out says that it will not place a cookie on your pc "in the future", no specified time frame - I guess that means forever? Also, they have an email opt out and a catalog opt out as well.
*SlyVenom*
December 3rd, 2001, 09:48 PM
This is awesome,
I can't believe i found 12!!
almost all of em from doubleclick...
And I use a firewall
techguy13
December 5th, 2001, 04:54 PM
Great spyware tool. Thanx for the heads-up Quiet Thunder.
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