Author Topic: Antispyware soldier (Read 1326 times)

Chet · « **on:** October 01, 2006, 08:48:43 am »

Antispyware soldier adware got me.

Any good recommendations for free software that I can use to get rid of it.

Mooseherder · « **Reply #1 on:** October 01, 2006, 08:54:04 am »

I have it bad also. So bad, getting on the computer is frustrating.

WH_Conley · « **Reply #2 on:** October 01, 2006, 08:56:05 am »

I'm not familair with that one. I have had pretty good with Ad-aware. You can get it Major Geeks. Don't know if it will help or not.

JimBuis · « **Reply #3 on:** October 01, 2006, 09:12:31 am »

I have had good luck with Spybot Search & Destroy. However, I have not had an encounter with the nuisance you describe.

pappy · « **Reply #4 on:** October 01, 2006, 09:59:44 am »

Ad-Aware SE Personal (freeware)

http://www.lavasoft.de/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php

Works for me and I like free!!!! I set it to manual and run it every so often!!!

Was recommended by the geek where I bought this confuser.. that kid has always steered me right when it comes to this stuff

jimbo · « **Reply #5 on:** October 01, 2006, 10:14:54 am »

i run Spy Sweeper now and it seems to work realey well for me it has ben recommended by a lot of putter amgazines and such and much cheaper than Nortons also
it weas something like 39 .95 at Best Buys
jimbo

Tom · « **Reply #6 on:** October 01, 2006, 10:48:31 am »

I'm with Pappy on this one. Ad-Aware SE Personal (freeware) was recommended on that "old" TV show Screen Savers. I got it and like it. I got spybot Search and Destroy too, but, like ad-aware best.

sawguy21 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 01, 2006, 10:59:29 am »

My provider suggested Ad-Aware SE and it has worked very well. I run it once a week and it only takes a few minutes.

logwalker · « **Reply #8 on:** October 01, 2006, 11:48:51 am »

I am running foxfire/mozilla as a browser and havn't had any problem for more than a year. When I had explorer running I was about ready to throw this thing thru Bill Gates front window.

Mooseherder · « **Reply #9 on:** October 01, 2006, 12:07:50 pm »

Tried running the Ad-aware program 3 times and it shuts down my computer every time.
Nothing but Blue Screen saying system shut down.

beenthere · « **Reply #10 on:** October 01, 2006, 12:48:39 pm »

My grand daughter at College managed to get lots of spyware on her computer, so good 'ol GPa took it to a computer shop, they cleaned it, and suggested SpySweeper. So far, doing fine and cost was $32.95. I use the Yahoo! spyware option, at no cost and I believe it is working fine. At least I don't detect any and no pop-ups.

Paschale · « **Reply #11 on:** October 01, 2006, 01:29:34 pm »

Quote from: Mooseherder on October 01, 2006, 12:07:50 pm

Tried running the Ad-aware program 3 times and it shuts down my computer every time.
Nothing but Blue Screen saying system shut down.

I'll never use Ad-aware again. Apparently, it works fine for some people, but for some, for whatever reason, it shuts everything down. I had to call Dell about a year ago because after using Ad-aware, my computer just wouldn't work at all.

Dell said they get a boatload of calls a day because of Ad-aware problems. I had to completely reformat my hard drive, and had to have India guide me through every move.

I'd caution against Ad-aware, from my personal experience. Obviously, it's worked well for a lot of guys here, but I'll never go anywhere near that stuff on my PC. Spybot has worked well for me. But the best solution? Get a Mac.

That's what I did.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #12 on:** October 01, 2006, 04:16:22 pm »

Spybot and Spyware Blaster here.

brdmkr · « **Reply #13 on:** October 01, 2006, 05:20:38 pm »

Quote from: logwalker on October 01, 2006, 11:48:51 am

I am running foxfire/mozilla as a browser and havn't had any problem for more than a year. When I had explorer running I was about ready to throw this thing thru Bill Gates front window.

Same here. Went to Firefox and have not had an adware popup since.

Woodcarver · « **Reply #14 on:** October 01, 2006, 06:59:49 pm »

I've used Ad-Aware SE for two or three years. Haven't had any problems with it and no spyware.

Corley5 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 01, 2006, 09:54:47 pm »

I've always used Norton. I keep it updated and it works for me

sawguy21 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 01, 2006, 10:41:57 pm »

The guy that built my puter installed Norton but that did not stop the spyware. Also, Norton kept asking to update which I dutifully did but now the DanG thing pops up and updates automatically when I am in the middle of something important like the FF. Gets huffy when I try to cancel till later.

Corley5 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 01, 2006, 10:50:36 pm »

Our first machine just had Norton Anti-Virus, 2nd one had Norton Utilities which included anti-virus. This machine came from Dell with Norton Internet Security with all the bells and whistles. It does the job

I'll probably get a major infection now that I've bragged it up. Better update

Chet · « **Reply #18 on:** October 01, 2006, 11:04:54 pm »

I've tried spybot, norton and adware and none of them have gotten rid of it.

CHARLIE · « **Reply #19 on:** October 02, 2006, 12:18:41 am »

I tried the free stuff for awhile, but I've come to the conclusion that there is really no incentive for the free stuff to keep current. I purchased SpySweeper a year ago and have been very pleased with it. It does a great job.

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Author Topic: Antispyware soldier (Read 1326 times)