Re: Spyware removal

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From: Ken Blake, MVP (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 04/17/04


Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 14:16:11 -0700

In news:585C0D3C-E5FC-4D84-9C0B-00B13E89B467@microsoft.com,
Connie <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> Does anyone have a suggestion as to which of the spyware
removal
> programs is the best?? I have used Spybot but it doesn't seem
to get
> them all. I tried XoftSpy but you only get the scan unless you
buy
> it.

There's no reason why you have to limit yourself to one product.
I used to use a combination of Adaware and Spybot Search and
Destroy; I ran each daily, and every day each found things the
other didn't.

A couple of months ago I installed Spyware Blaster, and since
doing so, Spybot Search and Destroy has never found anything,
although Adaware still finds an occasional tracking cookie or
two. I think Spyware Blaster is the best product, but I now
recommend a combination of it and Adaware.

> I prefer Free. Thanks

All of the above are free.

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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