Post #137,605
1/24/04 11:38:46 PM
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(*&@#%)(&*@)#(*&$
Well I *thought* I installed AdAware. Go to adaware.com and see what you get. Looks like you're getting adaware if you're not paying enough attention. It's malware. Fuckers.
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Post #137,607
1/24/04 11:53:07 PM
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Nasty. :-( Best of luck.
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Post #137,608
1/25/04 12:00:56 AM
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Wrong website
you got zonked, ala "Let's Make a Deal" and picked the wrong curtain. That looks like an imposter program that may actually do something else than try to remove Spyware/Adware.
Try this one:
[link|http://www.lavasoftusa.com/|http://www.lavasoftusa.com/]
Of course AdAware removes spyware/adware but may make the system unstable. Spybot: Search and Destroy does a better job and has yet to make any system I used it on unstable.
Download it if you want, at:
[link|http://www.safer-networking.org/|http://www.safer-networking.org/]
That zonk may have put malware on the system. Download a trial of The Cleaner to check for Trojans:
[link|http://www.moosoft.com/|http://www.moosoft.com/]
Or get a free Antivirus program from:
[link|http://www.grisoft.com/|http://www.grisoft.com/]
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #137,637
1/25/04 7:44:22 AM
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Spybot vs. Adaware
Last week I ran an updated Adaware on a machine the guy had just downloaded and run spybot on and it found plenty more.
I've never had Adaware leave a system unstable, though some time back it did remove a damaged TCP/IP file that forced removal and reinstallation of TCP/IP. That hasn't happened for some time now.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #137,655
1/25/04 11:33:05 AM
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Re: Spybot vs. Adaware - seconded
Ad-Aware doesn't muck with \\system at all, and if you're paranoid about changes, has generous undo capabilities.
Of course it is very nice to be so completely off Windows that Internet issues are no longer in the foreground.
-drl
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Post #137,670
1/25/04 2:07:16 PM
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My past experience with Ad-Aware
after removing Spyware/Adware with it, caused the system to become unstable and blue screen on me a lot. Fixed it by reinstalling the OS. This was not recent, but was a year or two ago. Ever since I switched to Spybot instead and have not had any problems yet, knock on wood. :)
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #137,672
1/25/04 2:09:48 PM
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Re: My past experience with Ad-Aware
Chances are you uncovered an existing instability. I've installed Ad-Aware on lots of machines without any problems at all. Windows is like a pit bull - feed it often and pet it occasionally, and it won't bite you.
-drl
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Post #137,676
1/25/04 2:22:39 PM
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ICLRPD (new thread)
Created as new thread #137675 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=137675|ICLRPD]
"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"
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Post #137,684
1/25/04 2:42:13 PM
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No, Windows owners are like pitbull owners
They always believe that they are in control of their pet.
Cheers,
Ben
"good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not"
- [link|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html|Stefano Mazzocchi]
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Post #137,692
1/25/04 3:17:42 PM
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Re: Spybot vs. Adaware
I like Ad-Aware myself
but sometimes it does not do enough
then you might want to go to HijackThis
you have to have an understanding of the registry in order to use this tool as it does not work automatically and lets you delete any program from the reigistry
A
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