Post #123,286
10/29/03 1:36:37 PM
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Suggestions for spyware removal tools?
I just got elected to our company's PC standards committee. Spyware/spamware is becoming a serious problem with our users and we are looking at getting a companywide license for a good removal tool. Spybot and Adaware are products I'm aware of. Any suggestions?
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It is much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why?
Because it is easier to give someone the finger than it is to give them a helping hand.
Mike Royko
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Post #123,288
10/29/03 1:41:40 PM
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I like spybot.
I installed both, and it got more stuff than adaware, on my system at least. Plus, spyware will update your hosts file to point most ad urls to localhost. Not sure if adaware does that.
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Steve
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Post #123,292
10/29/03 1:50:04 PM
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Mike's Host File
[link|http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html|http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html]
Highly recommended. You can set up a local webserver to put pretty pictures where the ads are supposed to be :)
-drl
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Post #123,293
10/29/03 1:55:12 PM
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Nice
I'll bring this up at the next meeting.
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It is much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why?
Because it is easier to give someone the finger than it is to give them a helping hand.
Mike Royko
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Post #123,297
10/29/03 2:09:05 PM
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Re: Nice
Note that he's written a Windows install routine so you can distribute it via SMS without much trouble.
-drl
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Post #123,290
10/29/03 1:47:54 PM
10/29/03 2:08:19 PM
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AdAware
Very well written software for Windows.
It's 10 times more useful than antivirus software.
Political note - if your people are going where they ought not to, chances are AdAware will show them up. Be discreet.
-drl
Edited by deSitter
Oct. 29, 2003, 02:08:19 PM EST
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Post #123,312
10/29/03 3:47:00 PM
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I use Adaware for my clients.
It's been greatly improved in recent months and can be easily updated over the Internet - both program and definitions. Optional modules can be added to the "paid up" version depending on your needs.
On the other hand, I'm not real familiar with competing packages.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #123,314
10/29/03 4:06:45 PM
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OT since you're around... (new thread)
Created as new thread #123313 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=123313|OT since you're around...]
-drl
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Post #123,316
10/29/03 4:18:19 PM
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Adaware is frowned on.
Supposedly, it lets the users make some changes to our locked down version of IE (homepage, security, active x, etc.)
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It is much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why?
Because it is easier to give someone the finger than it is to give them a helping hand.
Mike Royko
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Post #123,319
10/29/03 4:20:22 PM
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shrug. Tell them it's a service pack for notepad. AdPad.
-drl
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Post #123,377
10/29/03 10:59:24 PM
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Re: Suggestions for spyware removal tools?
[link|http://www.debian.org/|Sure]. --\r\n
Karsten M. Self [link|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com|kmself@ix.netcom.com]\r\n
[link|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]\r\n
What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?\r\n
[link|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever.\r\n
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Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead.\r\n[link|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html]\r\n
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Post #123,434
10/30/03 10:19:26 AM
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a ha a ha ....
What a realistic proposal.
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It is much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why?
Because it is easier to give someone the finger than it is to give them a helping hand.
Mike Royko
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