Re: Need opinions on the best Spyware removal utility

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From: Yves Leclerc (yleclercNOSPAM_at_maysys.com)
Date: 06/03/04 

Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 15:40:54 -0400

The two popular ones: Ad Aware 6.0 and Spybot: Search and Destroy 1.3.

I ran both, since one will pick up something the other does not pick up.

You could also run the spyware blocker spywareblaster. It blocks a series
on "known" spyware from installing onto your system.

"MJS" <mjs@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:c9ntar02rl8@enews1.newsguy.com...
> Though I was completely updated in virus definitions and security
> patches, stupidity in forgetting to turn my firewall back on after
changing
> servers resulted in a nasty bout with Trojan SecThought.E. Seems little
> information is available on this trojan as it appears to be a new variant.
> After using Spybot and AdaAware and various other means to clean this from
> my system, a couple of hours of continuous crashes and freezeups compelled
> me to do a complete reformat of my hard drive. At least I was backed up,
and
> 'tis a good thing as I could not reach many of my documents, etc.
>
> My question - what are opinions on the best Spyware utility to use? I
do
> like Spybot, but believe some of my "post-trojan" problems were due to the
> extensive file-destroying this utility does. Though I *did* read
> instructions concerning "how to deal with scan results", in all fairness,
> perhaps a lack of experience as a first-time user in using Spybot may have
> also contributed to my problems.
>
> Thanks for assistance,
>
> MJS
>
>
>

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