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For people not running an os that supports MS Antispyware I used to use Spywareblaster. Then I found that Spybot with tea timer was better.
However, there is a major bug with the new Spybot.
So I am looking for a free real time anti-spy program that will do what ms antispy does especially in monitoring programs added to startup, lsp changes etc.
Anyone have any recommendations?
What OS might this be? As a rule I use more than one application, Spybot/Adaware/MS AntiSpyware, and recently the trial version of Counterspy, which I plan on purchasing soon.
I use AdAware ,Webroot SpySweeper and i have Norton internet Security Anitisypware Edition.
Another vote for AdAware and Webroot SpySweeper.
I am looking to protect win98 and winMe.
The ones you list are either not free or cleaning apps for after infections(am I missing something?)
So how do I protect win98 and WinMe for free?
For older systems like that, they are left more open to spyware. And if the user really wants to stay with old OS's like that, then theyre gonna have to spend some money to stay secure.
There are a few things that can be done, a HOST file can be used.
Spybot still has a Immunize feature that blocks alot silently.
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eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware
Operating System: Windows Me/98SE/2000/XP
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CounterSpy
Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/2003
Installation of CounterSpy is not supported on Windows 95/98/NT, Macintosh or Linux computers
Mentioned before Lavasoft AdAware works fine for Win98...
But there is not much difference between spyware and viruses,though - quite often what one program recognizes as spyware, another says "virus is found"... So, as an addition to antispyware, I would recommend also AVG and Antivir antiviruses - they both have a free versions (pretty decent)available...
Antivir won't work with Win98, but AVG is a good choice for AV. I suggest Spybot also. Enable the TeaTimer feature and it will give you a warning when a program is attempting to edit your registry.
Is there ? Would someone care to tell me just what that is ?Quote:
Originally Posted by techs
..In terms of reporting by most products, not to say there isn't a difference, between them conceptually - The Difference Between a Virus, Worm and Trojan Horse? - most 'spyware' would be of the trojan horse variety, in that at some point you probably did say 'yes' even though you very probably didn't realise, but some stuff will have been transfered without any 'granting of permissions' & so technically would be a virus & not spyware - I just call the whole lot 'malware' now, & don't bother to try & distinguish :).Quote:
Originally Posted by Ruslan
Nobody said anything about firewalls though, & this seems a good opportunity to add, that the 'whitelisting' features found in many s/w versions of those are very helpful indeed in fighting trojan activity.
& Techz mentioned the Hosts file :thumbs: - 'safe surfing' habits being more effective than any of this stuff ! :p (don't go anywhere 'bad' & you'll probably never get anything, spend 1/2 your life on p2p networks & things are very different !), & a suitable hosts file sure helps with that :).
www.emsisoft.com has what you need to stop the registry being written to - also checks program activity - if it behaves like a worm, virus, spyware or trojan it stops the process and pops up a box.
When using tea timer protection the dialogue box is unreadable. It is documented on the Spybot fourm and they say it is a problem with Borland and they are hoping to get it fixed.Quote:
Originally Posted by confus-ed
You can read about it here:
http://forums.net-integration.net/in...howtopic=31466
https://forums.windrivers.com/
Ah right .. I thought you meant in spybot itself ! - confus-ed-ness is now corrected ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by techs
I dont use TeaTimer, althought their Immunize feature works well on its own, not as good, but is something to add to the protection list :)
Sorry, but that is 100% true...( http://www.free-av.com )Quote:
Originally Posted by shamus
It says at their home page ... :D I use it in Win98SE PC and it works fine. Actually, installation detects what OS you use and installs proper version...
Whats up with that? I've seen the same prob...checking your link...Quote:
Originally Posted by techs
I haven't seen that problem with Spybot yet, but someone at work has.
The link seems hard to get to. Try going here:Quote:
Originally Posted by shamus
http://forums.net-integration.net/
then to Spybot Search and Destroy 1.x forum.
then to the sticky:
Teatimer Blocking Confirmation Screen Is Bad
Here's the important stuff from it:
It is a bug in TeaTimer 1.4.
To answer TeaTimer's popup dialogs in 1.4 you can press "A" on your keyboard for "Allow change" or "D" for "Deny change".
I also can check "Remember this decision" since it is visible.
From the Admisitrator of the Forum:
Many of those who're using our new version 1.4 have already noticed an obvious bug: on the Registry Warning dialog, the buttons are misplaced and partly hidden by the checkbox text. But while every software has some bugs, this is one that shouldn't have been necessary. It comes from a bug in our development environment - Borland Delphi - that automatically rearranges graphical items on the user interface every time one works on the project, which basically means about half an our of work correcting everything each morning before the actual work can begin. And sometimes, like in this case, the errors created by Delphi even sneak into final releases. We will release an updated version as soon as we've fully tested some workarounds.
The long version for people interested in software development:
It's not that Borland would not know of this bug - we regularly report the bugs we found into their Quality Central. But even bugs I reported 18 months ago are still open in their Quality Central, and Borland has released 2 newer versions, and 3 updates for the latest version alone, without fixing most of the problems. And when I was on the phone to Borland, asking for someone who could give me a statement about these bugs, they said it was not enough that I bought the Enterprise edition of their development environment - if I wanted to talk to someone about bugs in the software, I would have to buy premium support first, totally ignoring the implied warranty. Since we wanted to provide our users with an explanation for the bugs that make a new main release necessary more or less directly after releasing 1.4, I asked them for a public statement about some of their bugs that are visible in 1.4. They did hesitantly provide some workarounds, stating that customers paying extra for support would receive corrections (keep in mind the implied warranty that law grants) sooner, but couldn't provide an explanation in the past weeks.
All the while in the past months, I've received multiple mails from Borland asking me for success stories in ten years of using Delphi or the migration from VCL to .NET. Sadly, they never answered me when I sent them misery stories of using Borland Delphi so far. Since People ask from time to time if we actually develop in Delphi, I've decided to post this, as a counterpost to Borlands success stories (while we still believe in the power of ObjectPascal, we've lost our faith in Delphi for future projects), and as a migration story from Borland Delphi to FreePascal and Lazarus, which will probably be the base for future Spybot-S&D versions
Thanks techs.Quote:
Originally Posted by techs