Virus/spyware software

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:31 pm

Virus/spyware software

I have the following software programs to detect viruses and spyware. Can you give me anymore suggestions for free software programs to scan and clean for viruses and spyware?

Spybot
Ad-Aware
CW-Shredder
AVG
AboutBuster
HijackThis

whuppinboy · Post by **whuppinboy** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:16 pm

spyware guard and spyware blaster at javacoolsoftware.com

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 6:34 pm

Thanks. Always looking for software to "debug" someone's computer that is not running correctly.

Kyouryuu · Post by **Kyouryuu** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 11:33 pm

ClamWin is a new open-source virus scanner for Windows. However, it does not yet have real-time scanning capabilities, so you would ahve to either manually start or schedule regular scannings. It is, however, free with no strings attached and has access to a very large antivirus library.

Asrale · Post by **Asrale** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 11:38 pm

IMO, spyware and virii are overrated. Sure it's dangerous stuff (particularly virii), but I see no need to have more than 1 anti-spyware app and 1 anti-virus app. I run only Ad-Aware, Spybot, and AntiVir. Well all that and ZoneAlarm of course.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:44 am

I agree-- if you need 6+ programs to remove spyware, I think you're defeating the purpose.

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 7:38 am

I also agree but I'm looking software to "heal" already infected computers. Thanks again for your suggestions.

WarAdvocat · Post by **WarAdvocat** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:32 am

Asrale wrote:IMO, spyware and virii are overrated. Sure it's dangerous stuff (particularly virii), but I see no need to have more than 1 anti-spyware app and 1 anti-virus app. I run only Ad-Aware, Spybot, and AntiVir. Well all that and ZoneAlarm of course.

Ad-Aware (spyware app) Spybot (spyware app) AntiVir (anti-virus app)

That's 2 anti-spyware apps :p

You flunk DBB math.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:40 pm

www.spywareinfo.com

Ad-Aware 6.181 and Spybot S&D 1.3 should be all you need but what do I know? I've only been messing with computers since the Commodore 64 days....

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:07 pm

MD-2389 wrote:www.spywareinfo.com

Ad-Aware 6.181 and Spybot S&D 1.3 should be all you need but what do I know? I've only been messing with computers since the Commodore 64 days....

Lately I've been running across more and more stuff that neither will remove, tempting me to go back to the tried and true spyware remover: fdisk!