Article Spyware and Adware Removal

[Ian]

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Spyware and Adware Removal - Spyware and Adware Removal

Introduction

Spyware and Adware are two of the major annoyances for many computer users, slowing down PCs and obtaining information - all done covertly. Most computers connected to the internet will in fact be infected with some form of spyware, with users being blissfully unaware (apart from maybe a few strange occurrences whilst browsing). There are some forms of adware that will actually cost user dearly, which will be covered later on in the article.

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[searmor2]

Great article and easy to understand, even for the newbies. Some of the free products I like, in addition to the ones mentioned are:

1) Yahoo! Anti-Spy on the Yahoo toolbar will remove spyware;

2) A (squared) 2 (free version) at www.emsisoft.com/en/ will find worms/malware; and

3) Mozilla Firefox which will reduce the user's exposure to spyware.

 

[Ian]

Glad you enjoyed it Searmor2 I'm planning on following the article up with some information on Firefox, which has quite alot of security features built in

 

[searmor2]

Let me know what you think of the other two free products I mentioned. I think that they would be two great additions to your article. Neither one of them gets much press but they are very good.

 

[muckshifter]

Great read Ian.

I agree with searmor ... A2 2 (A-Squared) is well worth a mention.

a² provides protection against Trojans, Dialers and Spyware. a² fills the gaps that malware writers exploit.

 

[joshT]

Www.microsoft.com or search "microsoft anti spyware" in google because that is a good free version.

 

[BRETT STEVENSON]

how do if find out if this spyware

I have found the following programs starts when my computer does. RUNDLL32.EXE NvQTwk,NvCplDaemon initialize
i think it may be a virus or the link but i am not sure. does anyone know, or even know how i can find out. i have run various anti-spyware programs on it but none have picked it up. If it is nasty i could do with some advice on how to remove it.
cheers
brett

 

[Raje]

well my first question is, do you have Daemon tools ?? Its a dvd rip program. My next advise is to always google your errors. You'll be amazed with what you pull up.

 

[andy j]

Spy ware problems, Really infected?

Give this a shot
http://www.ewido.net/en/

14 day free trial
also visit this site, stop the parasites !!!!

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
protect your PC, this site is updated once/ twice monthly
Please give me your feed back, much appreciated.

 

[John G]

Lots of advice on how to cope , identify and eliminate the malware problems but can anyone say if there is a mechanism to go after and prosecute ( ..or persecute) the perpetrators of this type of crime eg Antivirus Gold ?

 

[itsme]

Reading this thread Spybot comes to mined along with C-Cleaner, both are excellent programs and are FREE.

 

[jfxcoll]

IP address

I would love to get a log of the ip addreses of the pin heads that are loading spyware spybots popups Stealthads I call them then we can go after them... MS is way to silent about this!