At Least FIVE Anti-Spyware Programs

[D. Spencer Hines]

Sounds Sensible.

I use Norton.

DSH

Do you honestly expect folks to install at least FIVE different
Anti-Spyware programs, keep them updated, monitor them and constantly
tweak each one as required?

DSH

Madness...I only use Ad-Aware and it never even finds a bad cookie. I used
to use Spybot as well but it never found anything either so I removed it.

If you practice safe surfing and properly configure your browser you won't
get malware.

[...]

There is no one software that cleans and immunizes you against
everything. Antivirus software - you only needed one. Firewall, you
only needed one. AntiSpyware - you will need several. I have a list
and I recommend you use at least the first five.

First - make sure you have NOT installed "Rogue AntiSpyware". There
are people out there who created AntiSpyware products that actually
install spyware of their own! You need to avoid these:

Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Also, you can always visit this site..
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
For more updated information.

Install the first five of these: (Install, Run, Update, Scan with..)
(If you already have one or more - uninstall them and download the
LATEST version from the page given!)

Lavasoft AdAware (Free and up)
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdn )

Spybot Search and Destroy (Free!)
http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdk )

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner (Free!)
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate3 )

SpywareBlaster (Free!)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate6 )

IE-SPYAD2 (Free!)
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate7 )

CWShredder Stand-Alone (Free!)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Hijack This! (Free!)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
(Log Analyzer: http://hjt.iamnotageek.com/ )

ToolbarCop (Free!)
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm

Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Microsoft AntiSpyware BETA (in testing stages - Free!)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/fqur )

Browser Security Tests (Free Tester)
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/

Popup Tester (Free Tester)
http://www.popuptest.com/

The Cleaner (~$49.95 and up)
http://www.moosoft.com/

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Try teaching Grandmother to suck eggs next time.

DSH

It doesn't really matter what others do, what matters is that *you*
protect *your* machine to a level that *you* feel is adequate. If you feel
one program is sufficient that is fine.

And if someone else thinks they need five that is fine too. Even with ten
pieces of software it won't affect your machine.

Make *your* own choice. What I have on my machine (and what others have
on their machines) doesn't affect your machine.

Do you honestly expect folks to install at least FIVE different
Anti-Spyware programs, keep them updated, monitor them and constantly
tweak each one as required?

DSH

[...]

There is no one software that cleans and immunizes you against
everything. Antivirus software - you only needed one. Firewall, you
only needed one. AntiSpyware - you will need several. I have a list
and
I recommend you use at least the first five.

First - make sure you have NOT installed "Rogue AntiSpyware". There
are
people out there who created AntiSpyware products that actually install
spyware of their own! You need to avoid these:

Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Also, you can always visit this site..
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
For more updated information.

Install the first five of these: (Install, Run, Update, Scan with..)
(If you already have one or more - uninstall them and download the
LATEST version from the page given!)

Lavasoft AdAware (Free and up)
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdn )

Spybot Search and Destroy (Free!)
http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdk )

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner (Free!)
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate3 )

SpywareBlaster (Free!)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate6 )

IE-SPYAD2 (Free!)
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate7 )

CWShredder Stand-Alone (Free!)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Hijack This! (Free!)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
(Log Analyzer: http://hjt.iamnotageek.com/ )

ToolbarCop (Free!)
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm

Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Microsoft AntiSpyware BETA (in testing stages - Free!)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/fqur )

Browser Security Tests (Free Tester)
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/

Popup Tester (Free Tester)
http://www.popuptest.com/

The Cleaner (~$49.95 and up)
http://www.moosoft.com/

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

No, you said: "I have a list and I recommend you use at least the first
five."

_AT LEAST_

DSH

 

[Leythos]

Do you honestly expect folks to install at least FIVE different Anti-Spyware
programs, keep them updated, monitor them and constantly tweak each one as
required?

Normally the ignorant get tired of having to clean their machines and
learn just enough to keep it from happening again.

The first time they have to pay good money to get their machine cleaned
is a real eye opener and many start learning about what caused it and
how to avoid it.

As for the others, well, they are terminally brain damaged - these are
the ones that you can't help.

As for maintaining apps, I run a Antivirus program and three manual
scanners once in a blue-moon to test my own measures. It only takes a
couple minutes to launch them and update and then start testing...

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Shenan Stanley wrote

- Immunization. Since I know they are unlikely to change their
habits - two of the first five (remember - I suggest the *first*
five - not roll-your-own)

No, you said: "I have a list and I recommend you use at least the
first five."

_AT LEAST_

Yes - which still is completely accurate.
You seem to enjoy taking things out of context..

Let's quote all that you left out and should have left in, shall we?

"Since I know they are unlikely to change their habits -
two of the first five (remember - I suggest the *first* five - not
roll-your-own) do nothing more than install registry values that will
basically keep you from visiting some of the worst pages out there.
- Subsets and Supersets. If there was one that caught and eliminated
everything - my list would grow shorter. There isn't. I have had luck with
those first three getting most things - and what those won't get, number 6
and 7 usually flushed out. I don't suggest (off the cuff) they install and
use #6 or #7 (CWShredder and HijackThis) because those take a little
knowledge - well - at least HijackThis does. I may rethink and say "At
least the first 6" from now on. *grin* Or I might remove "Bazooka"
altogether. Usually - if it finds something - it was before AdAware and
Spybot ran - and then it could be ran again after those two ran and find
nothing."

Now - my saying "at least the first five" would imply to any rational
thinking person that they should install those and *if* they still have
trouble with the spyware they are trying to get rid of - go down the list
and continue cleaning. Those first 5 have proven over and over to be
sufficient for most cases - both for cleanup and immunization.

So - I suggest the first five - NOT roll your own.
If they have more trouble than those can handle - I give them options for
that as well.

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Hilarious!

Shenan Stanley wrote

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

Long, Pontificating, Inapposite Verbiage Snipped...
----------------------------------------------------------------------

"I may rethink and say "At least the first 6" from now on."

Shenan Stanley
-------------------------------------

So now we are up to SIX Anti-Spyware Programs.

Lunacy For The General User!

Stanley is talking about people who have suffered an INFECTION and come to
HIM for ASSISTANCE -- a TOTALLY DIFFERENT SUBSET of PEOPLE.

Ergo, Shenan's recommendations are eyewash.

'Nuff Said.

DSH

 

[Shenan Stanley]

D. Spencer Hines wrote:

'Nuff Said.

 

[Watchman]

I just run Adaware and Spybot to deal with spyware. Not that they find anything.
Then again, I don't visit warez sites either.
Strangely, Spybot always identifies two things for fixing. Both are from me
telling XP that I don't need to be told about my firewall being disabled or
program updates. Is there a way to make Spybot ignore them?

Watchman

 

[DrJoel]

As in medicine, it seems that there are disases for which there are
established cures. Now we have "viruses" on computers for which, like many
real viruses, there are no known cure. At this point every man and his dog
claims to have the only true cure. During the Great Plague (1665) it was
apparently a good thing to carry around a posy of herbs to ward off the
sickness. And today everyone is making money producing "cures" which may be
no better than the herbs. One day, someone will come up with the virtual
equivalent of penicillin and then there will only be one cure.

Clearly you don't or shouldn't need five programs. This is redolent of the
obsessive. But perhaps having two programs available that you can run every
once in a while may be no bad thing until the day the real cure emerges.

Do you honestly expect folks to install at least FIVE different Anti-Spyware
programs, keep them updated, monitor them and constantly tweak each one as
required?

DSH

news:[email protected]... [...]

There is no one software that cleans and immunizes you against
everything. Antivirus software - you only needed one. Firewall, you
only needed one. AntiSpyware - you will need several. I have a list and
I recommend you use at least the first five.

First - make sure you have NOT installed "Rogue AntiSpyware". There are
people out there who created AntiSpyware products that actually install
spyware of their own! You need to avoid these:

Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Also, you can always visit this site..
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
For more updated information.

Install the first five of these: (Install, Run, Update, Scan with..)
(If you already have one or more - uninstall them and download the
LATEST version from the page given!)

Lavasoft AdAware (Free and up)
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdn )

Spybot Search and Destroy (Free!)
http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdk )

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner (Free!)
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate3 )

SpywareBlaster (Free!)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate6 )

IE-SPYAD2 (Free!)
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate7 )

CWShredder Stand-Alone (Free!)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Hijack This! (Free!)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
(Log Analyzer: http://hjt.iamnotageek.com/ )

ToolbarCop (Free!)
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm

Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Microsoft AntiSpyware BETA (in testing stages - Free!)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/fqur )

Browser Security Tests (Free Tester)
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/

Popup Tester (Free Tester)
http://www.popuptest.com/

The Cleaner (~$49.95 and up)
http://www.moosoft.com/

The biggest problem that I have run across are people with slow dial up
who don't spend the time to update the anti spy wear programs. They
complain "it takes so long I don't have all day".

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I just run Adaware and Spybot to deal with spyware. Not that they
find anything. Then again, I don't visit warez sites either.
Strangely, Spybot always identifies two things for fixing. Both are
from me telling XP that I don't need to be told about my firewall
being disabled or program updates. Is there a way to make Spybot
ignore them?

Watchman

http://www.safer-networking.org/uk/faq/46.html

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hilarious!

What you really need to write is:

"How To Answer Questions The Smart Way"

Deus Vult

'Nuff Said.

DSH

 

[Ron Martell]

Sounds Sensible.

I use Norton.

That (Norton) is not sensible. Probably the worst possible choice in
terms of performance, stability, reliability, and quality of updates.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Ron Martell]

I just run Adaware and Spybot to deal with spyware. Not that they find anything.
Then again, I don't visit warez sites either.
Strangely, Spybot always identifies two things for fixing. Both are from me
telling XP that I don't need to be told about my firewall being disabled or
program updates. Is there a way to make Spybot ignore them?

Watchman

Which updates have you disabled? Some application programs or Windows
Updates?

If you have disabled Windows Updates then you are vulnerable to
attacks as exploits to take advantage of newly discovered security
flaws in Windows are being released onto the Internet within hours of
the security flaws being announced.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

Norton has protected me just fine for decades.

Of course I have additional resources as a backup.

But I've never had to call on them

'Nuff Said.

But See Below...

DSH

That (Norton) is not sensible. Probably the worst possible choice in
terms of performance, stability, reliability, and quality of updates.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

Hmmmmmm...

I've always preferred women.

But for those with "size problems" I can understand why you might prefer
mosquitoes.

DSH

Lux et Veritas et Libertas

 

[ANONYMOUS]

I use just one - MS antispyware Beta1.

For anti-virus I use Nortons/Symantec.

You simply don't need anything else except a firm handle over your brain
to control the urge to visit those sites that I won't visit! I know UK
is going the wrong way to legalize brothels but it should instead make
it easier (tax wise) to live in sin!

Oh make sure SP2 Windows Firewall is enabled and no exceptions!

hth

Do you honestly expect folks to install at least FIVE different Anti-Spyware
programs, keep them updated, monitor them and constantly tweak each one as
required?

DSH

[...]

There is no one software that cleans and immunizes you against
everything. Antivirus software - you only needed one. Firewall, you
only needed one. AntiSpyware - you will need several. I have a list and
I recommend you use at least the first five.

First - make sure you have NOT installed "Rogue AntiSpyware". There are
people out there who created AntiSpyware products that actually install
spyware of their own! You need to avoid these:

Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Also, you can always visit this site..
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
For more updated information.

Install the first five of these: (Install, Run, Update, Scan with..)
(If you already have one or more - uninstall them and download the
LATEST version from the page given!)

Lavasoft AdAware (Free and up)
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdn )

Spybot Search and Destroy (Free!)
http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdk )

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner (Free!)
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate3 )

SpywareBlaster (Free!)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate6 )

IE-SPYAD2 (Free!)
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate7 )

CWShredder Stand-Alone (Free!)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Hijack This! (Free!)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
(Log Analyzer: http://hjt.iamnotageek.com/ )

ToolbarCop (Free!)
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm

Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Microsoft AntiSpyware BETA (in testing stages - Free!)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/fqur )

Browser Security Tests (Free Tester)
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/

Popup Tester (Free Tester)
http://www.popuptest.com/

The Cleaner (~$49.95 and up)
http://www.moosoft.com/

 

[ANONYMOUS]

No don't ask her to do that. That will only hasten her death! Too many
eggs can be dangerous!

Try teaching Grandmother to suck eggs next time.

DSH

It doesn't really matter what others do, what matters is that *you*
protect *your* machine to a level that *you* feel is adequate. If you feel
one program is sufficient that is fine.

And if someone else thinks they need five that is fine too. Even with ten
pieces of software it won't affect your machine.

Make *your* own choice. What I have on my machine (and what others have
on their machines) doesn't affect your machine.

Do you honestly expect folks to install at least FIVE different
Anti-Spyware programs, keep them updated, monitor them and constantly
tweak each one as required?

DSH


[...]

There is no one software that cleans and immunizes you against
everything. Antivirus software - you only needed one. Firewall, you
only needed one. AntiSpyware - you will need several. I have a list
and
I recommend you use at least the first five.

First - make sure you have NOT installed "Rogue AntiSpyware". There
are
people out there who created AntiSpyware products that actually install
spyware of their own! You need to avoid these:

Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Also, you can always visit this site..
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
For more updated information.

Install the first five of these: (Install, Run, Update, Scan with..)
(If you already have one or more - uninstall them and download the
LATEST version from the page given!)

Lavasoft AdAware (Free and up)
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdn )

Spybot Search and Destroy (Free!)
http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdk )

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner (Free!)
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate3 )

SpywareBlaster (Free!)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate6 )

IE-SPYAD2 (Free!)
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate7 )

CWShredder Stand-Alone (Free!)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Hijack This! (Free!)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
(Log Analyzer: http://hjt.iamnotageek.com/ )

ToolbarCop (Free!)
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm

Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Microsoft AntiSpyware BETA (in testing stages - Free!)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/fqur )

Browser Security Tests (Free Tester)
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/

Popup Tester (Free Tester)
http://www.popuptest.com/

The Cleaner (~$49.95 and up)
http://www.moosoft.com/

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

SMART!!!

DSH

I use just one - MS antispyware Beta1.

For anti-virus I use Nortons/Symantec.

You simply don't need anything else except a firm handle over your brain
to control the urge to visit those sites that I won't visit! I know UK
is going the wrong way to legalize brothels but it should instead make
it easier (tax wise) to live in sin!

Oh make sure SP2 Windows Firewall is enabled and no exceptions!

hth

Do you honestly expect folks to install at least FIVE different
Anti-Spyware
programs, keep them updated, monitor them and constantly tweak each one
as
required?

DSH

[...]

There is no one software that cleans and immunizes you against
everything. Antivirus software - you only needed one. Firewall, you
only needed one. AntiSpyware - you will need several. I have a list
and
I recommend you use at least the first five.

First - make sure you have NOT installed "Rogue AntiSpyware". There
are
people out there who created AntiSpyware products that actually
install
spyware of their own! You need to avoid these:

Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Also, you can always visit this site..
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
For more updated information.

Install the first five of these: (Install, Run, Update, Scan with..)
(If you already have one or more - uninstall them and download the
LATEST version from the page given!)

Lavasoft AdAware (Free and up)
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdn )

Spybot Search and Destroy (Free!)
http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdk )

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner (Free!)
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate3 )

SpywareBlaster (Free!)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate6 )

IE-SPYAD2 (Free!)
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate7 )

CWShredder Stand-Alone (Free!)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Hijack This! (Free!)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
(Log Analyzer: http://hjt.iamnotageek.com/ )

ToolbarCop (Free!)
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm

Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Microsoft AntiSpyware BETA (in testing stages - Free!)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/fqur )

Browser Security Tests (Free Tester)
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/

Popup Tester (Free Tester)
http://www.popuptest.com/

The Cleaner (~$49.95 and up)
http://www.moosoft.com/

 

[Shenan Stanley]

'Nuff Said.

^^
How it must feel to be a troll out of water..

 

[Frank]

The answer is not BS a hosts file _will_ slow a system.

Your answer is BS. It depends on how the host file is used. It can
indeed be a viable solution.

Tom

Hosts files really drag down the performance of a boxen, therefore
not a viable solution.

What about a Hosts file?


Perhaps, personally I load customer's machines with AdAware,
Spybot, MS-AntiSpyware (Defender) & several URL's for on-line
scans. I've now gone as far as to create a "Security" Toolbar with
all these tools on a prominent place on the TaskBar to help
customers remember to update and use them regularly.
Threats change & evolve constantly - there is no Static type of
solution that will keep them at bay. The Internet is a dangerous
place to play with no proper protections.

Do you honestly expect folks to install at least FIVE different
Anti-Spyware programs, keep them updated, monitor them and
constantly tweak each one as required?

DSH


[...]

There is no one software that cleans and immunizes you against
everything. Antivirus software - you only needed one. Firewall,
you only needed one. AntiSpyware - you will need
several. I have a list and
I recommend you use at least the first five.

First - make sure you have NOT installed "Rogue AntiSpyware".
There are
people out there who created AntiSpyware products that actually
install spyware of their own! You need to avoid these:

Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Also, you can always visit this site..
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
For more updated information.

Install the first five of these: (Install, Run, Update, Scan
with..) (If you already have one or more - uninstall them and
download the LATEST version from the page given!)

Lavasoft AdAware (Free and up)
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdn )

Spybot Search and Destroy (Free!)
http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdk )

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner (Free!)
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate3 )

SpywareBlaster (Free!)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate6 )

IE-SPYAD2 (Free!)
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate7 )

CWShredder Stand-Alone (Free!)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Hijack This! (Free!)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
(Log Analyzer: http://hjt.iamnotageek.com/ )

ToolbarCop (Free!)
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm

Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Microsoft AntiSpyware BETA (in testing stages - Free!)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/fqur )

Browser Security Tests (Free Tester)
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/

Popup Tester (Free Tester)
http://www.popuptest.com/

The Cleaner (~$49.95 and up)
http://www.moosoft.com/

 

[Jonny]

Maybe.

I would ask would two or more self updating pay for antispyware programs be
adequate. Many AVs have spyware sniffers built-in, does this count? Some
have ZA Pro with its own antispyware, would this count as one? If not, why?

.............
Jonny

Do you honestly expect folks to install at least FIVE different
Anti-Spyware programs, keep them updated, monitor them and constantly
tweak each one as required?

DSH

[...]

There is no one software that cleans and immunizes you against
everything. Antivirus software - you only needed one. Firewall, you
only needed one. AntiSpyware - you will need several. I have a list
and
I recommend you use at least the first five.

First - make sure you have NOT installed "Rogue AntiSpyware". There are
people out there who created AntiSpyware products that actually install
spyware of their own! You need to avoid these:

Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm

Also, you can always visit this site..
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
For more updated information.

Install the first five of these: (Install, Run, Update, Scan with..)
(If you already have one or more - uninstall them and download the
LATEST version from the page given!)

Lavasoft AdAware (Free and up)
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdn )

Spybot Search and Destroy (Free!)
http://www.safer-networking.net/en/download/index.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/atdk )

Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner (Free!)
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate3 )

SpywareBlaster (Free!)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate6 )

IE-SPYAD2 (Free!)
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/ate7 )

CWShredder Stand-Alone (Free!)
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html

Hijack This! (Free!)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
(Log Analyzer: http://hjt.iamnotageek.com/ )

ToolbarCop (Free!)
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/toolbarcop.htm

Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Microsoft AntiSpyware BETA (in testing stages - Free!)
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/
(How-to: http://snipurl.com/fqur )

Browser Security Tests (Free Tester)
http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/BrowserSecurity/

Popup Tester (Free Tester)
http://www.popuptest.com/

The Cleaner (~$49.95 and up)
http://www.moosoft.com/