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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">
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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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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!!!
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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.
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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.
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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">
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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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