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Posted by $loth on Tue Apr 20th at 7:01am 2004

As orph would already know , i have a "bug" on my pc, its in program files in C: but I can't see it, the only way i know that it is there is that i ran Spyxoft but it cannot delete it because it is just a evaluation and i need to register it. Do any off you 1337 mappers know any good free virus removal programs to help me get rid of this bug? [addsig]



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Posted by Bruce on Tue Apr 20th at 9:06am 2004

You mean adaware, spyware removers?

Spysweeper works great,
http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.php




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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 20th at 10:08am 2004

trend works great [addsig]



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Posted by fraggard on Tue Apr 20th at 10:09am 2004

Spybot Search And Destroy



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 20th at 10:27am 2004

? posted by fraggard
Spybot Search And Destroy

i suggeste this yesterday, but was informed that adaware was already in use..

spybot doesn't like adaware.

if you use one, uninstall the other.

[addsig]



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Posted by $loth on Tue Apr 20th at 10:57am 2004

Thanx orph and frag im dling them both right now, but bruce at the start i did state "free" virus removers,but thanx anyway. BTW i didn't say at the start what the bug is, its called "common annoyance" and when ever i go onto the new or change a page it will start up xp office, so try and make sure you dont get! [addsig]



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Posted by fraggard on Tue Apr 20th at 10:58am 2004

? posted by $loth
Thanx orph and frag im dling them both right now, but bruce at the start i did state "free" virus removers,but thanx anyway. BTW i didn't say at the start what the bug is, its called "common annoyance" and when ever i go onto the new or change a page it will start up xp office, so try and make sure you dont get!

? posted by Orpheus

spybot doesn't like adaware.

if you use one, uninstall the other.

Heed the wise one's words.



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Posted by $loth on Tue Apr 20th at 11:00am 2004

I un-installed adaware btw [addsig]



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Posted by $loth on Tue Apr 20th at 11:13am 2004

orph...you just like the little quiz's that they give you don't ya [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Apr 20th at 11:16am 2004

? posted by $loth
orph...you just like the little quiz's that they give you don't ya

you make me laugh, that can't be all bad

[addsig]



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Posted by Loco on Tue Apr 20th at 11:44am 2004

? quote:

? posted by Orpheus
spybot doesn't like adaware.

if you use one, uninstall the other.


I seem to remember its not so much it doesn't like it as there is a minor minor hitch. Spybot keeps all the old spyware in a safe folder hidden away. Ad-aware will try to delete the old spyware if it stays in the file. To be honest, I always empty this "safe-folder" after every scan with Spybot anyway, so it shouldn't be a problem. [addsig]



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Posted by Sim on Tue Apr 20th at 8:11pm 2004

www.grisoft.com has a free virus scanner (AVG) that lets you update and never expires. Saves a lot of trouble with downloading new scanners every month because the trials keep running out.

I recommend you don't download SpyKiller SpywareNuker. I got SpyKiller from download.com and after a lengthy scan it says how many 'spyware' deemed files you have, and then tells you to go register. After getting rid of it I noticed in msconfig that it popped up some little executable that ran hidden while my computer was running, which isn't polite. SpywareNuker is apparently pretty nasty spyware itself too:

http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=threats&detail=258 (description on Spybot site, which has a large listing of Spyware offenders, what their products do and the effects they have)

I'm sure there's others, but I'd read reviews before downloading Spyware removing programs. Spybot and Ad-Aware and fine, but there's probably other fake ones too. One thing though - don't listen to most of the comments at download.com because the commenters are probably either paid to comment there or deliberately put down good programs (according to one comment Spybot has a 'coreflow virus' whch is a lie).





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Posted by Vash on Thu Apr 22nd at 1:09am 2004

? posted by $loth
Do any off you 1337 mappers know any good free virus removal programs to help me get rid of this bug?

/me pokes Mr.Ben; Campign Junkie and Reno

Get mov`n -_-, .

[addsig]




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