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June 20th, 2001, 04:22 PM
#1
Registered User
 Great Spyware removal tool
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
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!
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June 20th, 2001, 04:28 PM
#2
Registered User
I love this program. People are often surprised at the amount of spyware running in their systems. <IMG SRC="smilies/eek.gif" border="0">
A bored admin is a very dangerous person...
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June 20th, 2001, 05:38 PM
#3
Nice 1 Quiet Thunder! Thanx for the tip. <IMG SRC="smilies/cool.gif" border="0">
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DISCLAIMER
I am NOT responsible for any damages on your computer.
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June 21st, 2001, 12:51 PM
#4
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!
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June 21st, 2001, 01:36 PM
#5
Registered User
I use it too, and it works great!!!
Matt
"If you have been tempted into evil, fly from it. It is not falling into the water, but lying in it, that drowns"
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June 21st, 2001, 02:33 PM
#6
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.
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June 22nd, 2001, 08:45 AM
#7
Hey thanks for the tip. Downloaded it and ran it. It found 11 different ones.
Captain CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVEMAN
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June 22nd, 2001, 09:47 AM
#8
Found 12 on mine, bad cookies. Thanks QT good tip
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June 26th, 2001, 06:33 PM
#9
Registered User
I ran and found 4
Thanx,
QT
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June 29th, 2001, 08:07 AM
#10
Registered User
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!
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June 29th, 2001, 11:11 AM
#11
I just ran it and found 38. I would have never thought. Thanks for the info.
 To each his/her own.
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June 29th, 2001, 11:52 AM
#12
Registered User
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">
There are no stupid questions! Just stupid (l)users!
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June 30th, 2001, 12:49 PM
#13
Registered User
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">
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June 30th, 2001, 12:59 PM
#14
Registered User
Never mind. Found an opt-out cookie from their site. Thanks....d <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">
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June 30th, 2001, 03:34 PM
#15
Registered User
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.
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