What free Spyware Program are you useing

[Oldmonroman]

What free Spyware Program are you using
I have Spybot Search and Destroy 1.4 and Adaware 6.
Is there any other Freebies available that are better then the above two.

[mavss]

You have 2 of the 3 best programs on the market.

The 3rd is Microsoft AntiSpyware (beta).

Also, jump on https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 and make sure your computer is fully secure.

[V8R]

adaware and spybot are the main two in my kit.. a few of the tools off grc as well, and a bit of hard earned knowledge.. hijackThis! is a vital one as well.

[Waughy]

I have adaware on my desktop and laptop as well as the spyware detctor that's part of Trend Micro's Internet Security 2006, that's free for me as I'm in Defence. Alsorunning spybot and microsoft spyware programs on desktop, haven't put on laptop so far.

[chilly]

you want only freebees...?????

thats like bringing a knife to a gunfight

i run 5 anti spy-ware / trojan/malware etc etc ...programs
they all have their own capabilities

firewalls/ D link/ are all a necessity

but then thats my opinion

[Glenn@Autowerks]

Firewalls dont do much for Spyware since they come in on port 80

[chilly]

Firewalls dont do much for Spyware since they come in on port 80

Hmmmmmmm
i class anything that comes onto my o/s uninvited as spyware etc etc
so if you have something that tells you of activity, you can then deal with it.
my current o/s has been running 2years [ and i travel alot on the internet ] and i have been attacked by everything....
REFORMAT does not equate to me....i like to beat them at the own game
hence multiple "add ons" :cool:

[paul05]

had cool www search on my computer and spybot ad aware could'nt get rid of it .soon as i downloaded microsoft it's all gone and has'nt come back.i'm useing dial up.

[SLE355]

had cool www search on my computer and spybot ad aware could'nt get rid of it .soon as i downloaded microsoft it's all gone and has'nt come back.i'm useing dial up.

I have a free program called CWShredder to get rid of that crap! If its the CoolWebSearch browser hijacker your talking about.

[Glenn@Autowerks]

FYI

My setup is:

ADSL 512 Balanced link
Dynalink RTA 230
Cyberguard SG300 Firewall
1st Server... Microsoft Server 2003 & Exchange 2003, HP Proliant ML370, fully redundant. APC UPS
2nd Server... Microsoft Server 2003 & Exchange 2003 (secondary MX) APC UPS
Both DNS Servers, with 4 name servers
Norton Corporate Anti Virus Server & Exchange
All fully service packed
5 x Desktops XP Pro with Norton Clients off the server, MS Anti-Spyware

NEVER HAVE A PROB HERE

[chilly]

FYI

My setup is:

ADSL 512 Balanced link
Dynalink RTA 230
Cyberguard SG300 Firewall
1st Server... Microsoft Server 2003 & Exchange 2003, HP Proliant ML370, fully redundant. APC UPS
2nd Server... Microsoft Server 2003 & Exchange 2003 (secondary MX) APC UPS
Both DNS Servers, with 4 name servers
Norton Corporate Anti Virus Server & Exchange
All fully service packed
5 x Desktops XP Pro with Norton Clients off the server, MS Anti-Spyware

NEVER HAVE A PROB HERE

holy f....k Batman
must be hard to fly like an eagle while running with turkeys...comes to mind

thats some equipment you have:cool:
way outa my league:confused:

or.......did ya read that in a book and want to frighten us....
if so....ya did:lol:

[Glenn@Autowerks]

If I die, the misses will be lost :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Febs]

I use MacOS X (http://www.apple.com/macosx/). What the hell is spyware? :confused: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers,
- Febs.

[Falchoon]

Spyware Blaster is another freebie one that I use as well as Adaware and Spybot. SB is more of a preventitive, it blocks stuff from getting on your computer in the first place rather than trying to clean the crap off once it's there. Available from javacoolsoftware.com. Careful if searching for anti-spyware using Google or othe search engine as a lot of these similar sounding software are actually spyware or worse!

[OldManMunro]

I got stung by SpySheriff last week. I eventually got to a site called bleepingcomputers.com which has tools and instructions on how to get rid of this crap.

The tools included HijackThis mentioned above and others. It took a while to go through all the steps but eventually it was fixed.

The site has help on a wide range of computer problems, so it is worth making a note of it.

Cheers

[MIC33R]

I hate to be another one of these people that tells you to dump IE and use Firefox, but seriously IE is your problem. I don't run ANY anti-spyware stuff because I use Firefox.

EDIT: Febs' suggestion isn't too bad either. I use Mac OS X sometimes as well and it's great. Not too useful if you have a PC though :)

[Febs]

I hate to be another one of these people that tells you to dump IE and use Firefox, but seriously IE is your problem. I don't run ANY anti-spyware stuff because I use Firefox.

Agreed. Fantastic browser that's available on all three major platforms (Win, *nix, Mac). IE may have some fancy features...but generally those features were available in Firefox months earlier. :)