2004 Word Processor, Spyware

[richk]

What is the best freeware Word processor. My wife really like
Microsoft Word. I'd like to get something that works like that.

I download a trial of a program called Spyware Doctor. It found 166
entries. I ran Adware and it for like 40 entries. This could be an
attempt by the makers of Spyware Doctor to sell the program. You cant
delete what spyware doctor finds until you buy the software...

Anyway familair with Spyware doctor..

 

[Rod]

(e-mail address removed) (richk) wrote in

What is the best freeware Word processor. My wife really like
Microsoft Word. I'd like to get something that works like that.

I download a trial of a program called Spyware Doctor. It found 166
entries. I ran Adware and it for like 40 entries. This could be an
attempt by the makers of Spyware Doctor to sell the program. You cant
delete what spyware doctor finds until you buy the software...

Anyway familair with Spyware doctor..

You can always check this website for anti-spyware software:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Your Spyware Doctor is not tested (see the 'not on the list'-section). I
would recommend you to stick to Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy, they
are both on the good side of the list and I'll expect you to get this same
answer from other posters.

For a wordprocessor there's:

Atlantis Nova: http://www.rssol.com/en/html/download/nova.htm

CryptEdit: http://cryptedit.chat.ru/overview.htm

 

[me]

(e-mail address removed) (richk) wrote in

What is the best freeware Word processor. My wife really
like Microsoft Word. I'd like to get something that works
like that.

I download a trial of a program called Spyware Doctor. It
found 166 entries. I ran Adware and it for like 40 entries.
This could be an attempt by the makers of Spyware Doctor to
sell the program. You cant delete what spyware doctor finds
until you buy the software...

Anyway familair with Spyware doctor..

From PCMag review of Spyware doctor ($39.95):
< quote >
Sometimes identified itself as a suspect program.
...
Given the other strong antispyware options on the market today,
PC Tools' Spyware Doctor left us underwhelmed.
< /quote >

J

 

[John Corliss]

What is the best freeware Word processor. My wife really like
Microsoft Word. I'd like to get something that works like that.

You should definitely check out OpenOffice.org:

http://www.openoffice.org/

I've used it and its word processor module is very similar to MS Word.

I download a trial of a program called Spyware Doctor. It found 166
entries. I ran Adware and it for like 40 entries. This could be an
attempt by the makers of Spyware Doctor to sell the program. You cant
delete what spyware doctor finds until you buy the software...

Anyway familair with Spyware doctor..

Sorry, can't help you there. It ain't freeware. 80)>

--
Regards from John Corliss
No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware,
nagware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses
or warez please.

Because Andy Mabbett is stalking me in this group, I have him killfiled.

 

[Mark Warner]

Anyway familair with Spyware doctor..

I just took it off my boss's spyware infested laptop last night. It's
garbage.

Spybot S&D and Ad-aware cleaned it up just fine.

 

[Bob Newman]

Please help. I recently downloaded both Spybot S&D and Ad-aware but am not
sure how to tell it which things to remove. Can anyone give me some
guidelines or help with this issue?

 

[Mark Warner]

Please help. I recently downloaded both Spybot S&D and Ad-aware but
am not sure how to tell it which things to remove. Can anyone give
me some guidelines or help with this issue?

Both programs will identify the Critical items in red -- at the top of
the Spybot list and under a separate tab in Ad-aware. Let the programs
remove those. The non-critical items are optional, and won't cause any
harm.

 

[Bob Newman]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

Bob

Both programs will identify the Critical items in red -- at the top of
the Spybot list and under a separate tab in Ad-aware. Let the programs
remove those. The non-critical items are optional, and won't cause any
harm.

 

[sethra]

(e-mail address removed) (richk) wrote in

What is the best freeware Word processor. My wife really like
Microsoft Word. I'd like to get something that works like that.\

You might try Abiword. GPL, advertised as being similar to Word.

I download a trial of a program called Spyware Doctor.

Stick with Spybot Search & Destroy for spyware and Adaware from Lavasoft
for adware. CWShredder and Spywareblaster can help also. They're all free,
updated relatively frequently, and reputable.

Regards,

 

[Mark Warner]

Stick with Spybot Search & Destroy for spyware and Adaware from
Lavasoft for adware. CWShredder and Spywareblaster can help also.
They're all free, updated relatively frequently, and reputable.

Regarding CWShredder... that program was abandoned by its author
(Merjin), and hasn't been updated in some time. (Yes, I know another
outfit is claiming to have taken over its development -- I'm maintaining
a wait-and-see attitude about that.) Nevertheless, Lavasoft (Ad-aware)
seems to have done a good job of taking up where Merjin left off. Just
yesterday I used it on my boss's laptop, and it cleaned up twelve
instances of CoolWebSearch and the 'about:blank' hijacker (among other
less notable critters). I won't say that Lavasoft is going to be as fast
with the updates as Merjin was, but they seem to be doing their level
best to stay on top of this particular parasite.

 

[sethra]

Regarding CWShredder... that program was abandoned by its author
(Merjin), and hasn't been updated in some time. (Yes, I know another
outfit is claiming to have taken over its development -- I'm
maintaining a wait-and-see attitude about that.) Nevertheless,
Lavasoft (Ad-aware) seems to have done a good job of taking up where
Merjin left off. Just yesterday I used it on my boss's laptop, and it
cleaned up twelve instances of CoolWebSearch and the 'about:blank'
hijacker (among other less notable critters). I won't say that
Lavasoft is going to be as fast with the updates as Merjin was, but
they seem to be doing their level best to stay on top of this
particular parasite.

Ah, thanks for the update...haven't visited the site in a while, and was
unaware of the CWShredder situation.

 

[Dan Goodman]

What is the best freeware Word processor. My wife really like
Microsoft Word. I'd like to get something that works like that.

I would recommend Open Office, but it might not be enough like Word for
her.


--
Dan Goodman
Journal http://www.livejournal.com/users/dsgood
Predictions http://seeingfutures.blogspot.com
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician.

 

[JanC]

J schreef:

From PCMag review of Spyware doctor ($39.95):
< quote >
Sometimes identified itself as a suspect program.

ROFLMAO

(Maybe it's right? ;-)

 

[Franklin]

For a wordprocessor there's:

Atlantis Nova: http://www.rssol.com/en/html/download/nova.htm

Very nice application. I too would recomend this one.