Re: Help!!!

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 05/27/04


Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 19:02:56 -0600

Greetings --

    To deal with issues caused by any sort of "adware" and/or
"spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Smiley Central, Xupiter,
Bonzai Buddy, or KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately
(but without understanding the consequences) installed, two products
that are quite effective (at finding and removing this type of
scumware) are Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search &
Destroy from www.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions.
It's even possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your
system against most future intrusions. I use both and generally
perform manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc.

    Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most common
varieties of scumware are available here:

PC Hell Spyware and Adware Removal Help
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml

    To stop getting spyware, simply pay closer attention to what links
you click on.

Bruce Chambers

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"Emily" <momof3@midmaine.com> wrote in message 
news:12a6501c4431b$2ea8aa00$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> HI,
> Spyware has been downloaded onto my computer -- is there
> anyway of permenantly getting rid of it???  I downloaded
> spybot, which supposedly searches for and fixes problems
> from spyware, but I have to keep doing it manually.
> Please help me with this problem!!!!  Thanks!
>
> Emily 


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