Spyware

We have it, apparently. Can anyone recommend a good, free, remover? We
have Avira antivirus software but the upgrade to spyware remover is
not free.

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Marina Mayes - Reading, UK. To email me remove XX from my address
SR250 - gone. BOTAFOT12, BOD#2, BOTAFOS#2
KotLBOD#s, KotLBOTAFOS#s,IMC#2, Tart#10-19, SR#3
I never give in to fear or blackmail; I always give in to temptation.
"You're a national treasure" - porl, 18.1.03

 

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk/
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html
http://lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

and, if running windows, the Windows Defender product available from
Microsoft is quite good
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx

For antivirus I prefer the free version from www.avast.com

 

Avira is good for viruses, but not a major player with spyware. These
two are the current most-oft recommended anti-malware tools at
alt.privacy.spyware and alt.comp.anti-virus

SuperAntiSpyware (free for home use):
http://superantispyware.com/

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (shareware):
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware_d5756.html

Download -> install -> update online -> scan

 

AOL. I've found Ad-Aware removes stuff that SpyBot can't do and vice versa.

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Malc
R1100RS old and tatty

You laugh at me because I am different
I laugh at you because you are all the same

 

I'll have to agree. Most of its userbase comes from readers of the
aforementioned newsgroups.

 

Spamming? Not I. None of you had mentioned those good tools yet, so I
thought I would help marina. What's wrong with that?

My grandmother was born in Liverpool. Does that make me eligible to post
with you Brits?

 

I might be missing something obvious here, but: huh?

 

I suspect it tripped the 'unknown poster jumping in to recommend
something' filter. It's usually quite reliable, but I think this may be
a false alarm.

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Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
Off-Road Classifieds

'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Thanks for all suggestions. Sadly, every link I clicked on cannot find
the page, except for Microsoft's, which needs a validation code I have
not got. Is the spyware protecting itself? What can I do next?

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Marina Mayes - Reading, UK. To email me remove XX from my address
SR250 - gone. BOTAFOT12, BOD#2, BOTAFOS#2
KotLBOD#s, KotLBOTAFOS#s,IMC#2, Tart#10-19, SR#3
I never give in to fear or blackmail; I always give in to temptation.
"You're a national treasure" - porl, 18.1.03

 

Go to
http://www.filehippo.com

you'll get everything there

HTH

 

I run eTrust anti virus, and AVG8 free with just the web scan bits and
email scanner turned on.

 

Download the stuff using a different computer, and transfer it to the
afflicted computer using some physical media?

 

Accepted, Bear. I am an humble USian motorcyclist (with UK roots) and
I've been lurking here for a long time .. 'cause you Brits are *funny*.
Love to read your posts.

 

Not possible - have no other computer except at work, where no
physical media exists (the only way to import or export data is by
email or from the server) and anyway, would contravene data policy.

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Marina Mayes - Reading, UK. To email me remove XX from my address
SR250 - gone. BOTAFOT12, BOD#2, BOTAFOS#2
KotLBOD#s, KotLBOTAFOS#s,IMC#2, Tart#10-19, SR#3
I never give in to fear or blackmail; I always give in to temptation.
"You're a national treasure" - porl, 18.1.03

 

OK, got SpyBot now, and it found 2 problems, but it stopped scanning
halfway through. I tried to get Ad-Aware but it wanted me to buy from
an offers list before it would let me download. Any way around that?

I was offline today - complete inability to load any programs but
eventually got up and running and immediately got SpyBot, ran it as
far as it would, then ran Avira, which found a load more viruses than
it did yesterday. I'll keep trying these. Any other suggestions? We
have obviously had a serious attack here.

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Marina Mayes - Reading, UK. To email me remove XX from my address
SR250 - gone. BOTAFOT12, BOD#2, BOTAFOS#2
KotLBOD#s, KotLBOTAFOS#s,IMC#2, Tart#10-19, SR#3
I never give in to fear or blackmail; I always give in to temptation.
"You're a national treasure" - porl, 18.1.03

 

Thanks, I tried that but could not download - now I have fixed a load
of problems (see other post) maybe I'll have better luck.

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Marina Mayes - Reading, UK. To email me remove XX from my address
SR250 - gone. BOTAFOT12, BOD#2, BOTAFOS#2
KotLBOD#s, KotLBOTAFOS#s,IMC#2, Tart#10-19, SR#3
I never give in to fear or blackmail; I always give in to temptation.
"You're a national treasure" - porl, 18.1.03

 

Windows Defender - Microsoft wanted a code and I have no idea what it
is, nor where to find it. I have Windows XP but no disk.

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Marina Mayes - Reading, UK. To email me remove XX from my address
SR250 - gone. BOTAFOT12, BOD#2, BOTAFOS#2
KotLBOD#s, KotLBOTAFOS#s,IMC#2, Tart#10-19, SR#3
I never give in to fear or blackmail; I always give in to temptation.
"You're a national treasure" - porl, 18.1.03

 

Your work computr doesn't have a USB port?
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..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (b.rogers at ifrance.com)
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`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
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http://www.apple.com/uk/

And say goodbye to the problems you've been experiencing.

D.

 

Try here:

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-20...=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5&cdlPid=10844457

I can download it without being asked to do anything.