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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-13-04 11:14 AM
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What is the best anti-spyware or privacy software?
Hey, I wanna clean the crap of my laptop. What are your recommendations.
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frank frankly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-13-04 11:15 AM
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1. ad-Aware is good, but it doesn't seem to get everything
not sure beyond that, but i've been getting way too many and they are internal-based. some malware or adware...
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-13-04 11:15 AM
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2. Spybot Search and Destroy AND Ad-aware...
Use both.

They are free.

Then download Mozilla Firefox for a browser and you will get a lot less of that crap on system to begin with.
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coloradodem2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-13-04 11:20 AM
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3. Both?
Where do you get the spybot?
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-13-04 11:21 AM
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4. Yep... (here's the links)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

http://download.com.com/3000-2144-10122137.html?part=104443&subj=dlpage&tag=button
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donhakman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-13-04 11:24 AM
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7. Spyware is like siphoning your gas or damaging your car engine.
Why are these e-vandels not going to jail?
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-13-04 03:57 PM
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8. Thanks!!!n/t
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starroute Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-13-04 11:22 AM
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5. There's also a website with lots of advice
http://www.spywareguide.com/

I only bookmarked it the other day and haven't checked it out yet, but it seems like a good resource if you want to know what's actually going on with spyware and not just zap it.
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-13-04 03:58 PM
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9. Thanks!!!n/t
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mr_hat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-13-04 11:23 AM
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6. StealthRay by Go Daddy, no question.
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