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Snag
Sarge
Member # 992

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posted 02-17-2001 12:47 PM

Just thought I would toss you all a link to a nice program that detects spyware and removes the spyware and or the registry settings responsible...I had 10 instances GRRRR In my opinion that is like installing a trojan as it send data from your system without your permission. Anyhow here is the link to AdAware.

I would recommend at least "trying" it.

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AcidWarp
Sarge
Member # 997

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posted 02-17-2001 01:43 PM

Thanks for the link man, I'm Dl'ing it as I type this.

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Cyborg6
Sarge
Member # 1382

posted 02-18-2001 02:13 AM

It found just one cookie from anyuser@doubleclick.com, the cookie came from this board and is harmless.

What kind of things did you find?

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Snag
Sarge
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posted 02-18-2001 02:43 AM

I had many things...couple of them were even dlls

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AcidWarp
Sarge
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posted 02-18-2001 02:16 PM

I guess my paranoia payed off. . . no references found.

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Lindi
Sarge
Member # 493

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posted 02-19-2001 03:09 AM

I dont think that I should have much spyware on my machine, but hey I'll test it anyway. Let's see what the resoults are

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Wolfie
Sarge
Member # 1698

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posted 02-19-2001 04:47 PM

Twe-leve! Twe-leve! I had a few dlls as well.

What's Aureate? That showed up a lot.

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Sarge
Member # 358

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posted 02-19-2001 04:48 PM

NINE doubleclick.com cookies!

Gone!

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AcidWarp
Sarge
Member # 997

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posted 02-19-2001 11:51 PM

I don't understand the cookie part. . . I mean you guys have got to know that when you tell IE to delete whatever is in the net cache, it doesn't delete cookies. I go through and manually delete most of the cookies on my machine once a week. . . I save the cgi bin one from here though

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Lindi
Sarge
Member # 493

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posted 02-20-2001 07:39 AM

I had one doubleclick coockie, but thats it. With no manuall cleaning of my system either.

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Mutley
Sarge
Member # 212

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posted 02-21-2001 10:28 AM

I use a program called OptOut
Checks for spyware and is very fast, and
it's free!

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Lindi
Sarge
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posted 02-21-2001 11:44 PM

I'd need advis on Anti-virus programs. I'd need one for windows2000, I'm sick and tired of these shareware messages. Problem is the software can't cost very much since I'm usually way over my budget

I've been looking at Norton Internet secuitity, that would also include a firewall, seems fairly affordable and all. Does anybody know if it's worth it?

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Wolfie
Sarge
Member # 1698

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posted 02-22-2001 03:21 PM

Lindi, I'm personally using InoculateIT... it's free but it's not your usual shareware. It's by CAI, and you get an update every two days or so.

Check it out here: http://antivirus.cai.com/

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