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[bulio]

hi guys, I recently reformatted my hd because of serious spyware, and was wondering what the best spyware remover was.

btw, ad-aware 6.0 build 182 and spybot 1.2 found nothing.

[delphin460]

if you had both of those running and uptodate, then it wasnt spyware/ addware mate

they are the best 2 on the market by far

[Xero Grid]

SpySweeper (http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.php) is fast, and usually finds more than the other two mentioned. It is also not really directly attacked by some spyware like Ad-aware is. The only down side is that it is shareware and not free. You can find it online if you know what I mean. ;)

-- Xero Grid --

[bulio]

Originally posted by Xero Grid@9 May 2004 - 02:53
SpySweeper (http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.php) is fast, and usually finds more than the other two mentioned. It is also not really directly attacked by some spyware like Ad-aware is. The only down side is that it is shareware and not free. You can find it online if you know what I mean. ;)

-- Xero Grid --
i'm "trying" it now ;)

[Z-95]

Pest Patrol Corporate is a very powerful scanner/remover. It even found two things that Spybot and Adaware missed. Its just expensive, but can also be "tested" indefinately if you find it (PM me if you REALLY can't find it) :D

[Ariel_001]

Originally posted by bulio@9 May 2004 - 01:42
hi guys, I recently reformatted my hd because of serious spyware, and was wondering what the best spyware remover was.

btw, ad-aware 6.0 build 182 and spybot 1.2 found nothing.
Are you sure you have updated them. I find people sometimes fail to do that :rolleyes:

[Xero Grid]

:lol: :lol:
Gotcha.
Just so you know, the "actual" trial version isn't as fuctional as the full version... I think. I haven't been using the trial version in quite a while. I just use the full version. :lol:

[Chewie]

I have a CDRW on which I keep the latest versions of Spysweeper, Spybot, Adaware, HijackThis and McAfee's Stinger. I use it for computers that I visit with malware problems.

edit: spelling

[brotherdoobie]

Originally posted by Chewie UK@9 May 2004 - 05:24
I have a CDRW on which I keep the latest versions of Spysweeper, Spybot, Adaware, HijackThis and McAfee's Stinger. I use it for computers that I visit with malware problems.

edit: spelling
I was wondering if someone was going to mention Hijackthis...cnet (http://download.com.com/3000-8022-10227352.html?tag=lst-0-5)

If you don't want to learn how to read the logs...There are security
forums that will tell you what to get rid of.

Or you could post it here and I will help you.
However if you would like to learn to do it on your own here is an excellent
tutorial...hijackthis help (http://hjt.wizardsofwebsites.com/)

Good luck.

Peace brotherdoobie