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27 Oct 2007, 11:20 pm
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Rage against my Machine: Ad-war-e!
Yes, I used more puns in that title than I'm comfortable with.
Anyway, I'm proud of myself for getting rid of annoying Adware. That's kinda it. I just used system restore and virus scanned, followed by putting an axe through a wall and killing my neighbors dog. I'm so awesome.
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27 Oct 2007, 11:26 pm
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I use two programs to get rid of my adware...
Ad-aware SE and Spybot Search & Destroy.. We really need a Technology subforum.. =_=
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27 Oct 2007, 11:39 pm
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Not really. I just wanted to brag and get a free post.
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28 Oct 2007, 12:46 am
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to degunk my computer i use avg antivirus...adaware...spybot search and destroy...hijack this....windows defender....and comodo fire wall for a while at least get kinda annoying
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28 Oct 2007, 6:58 am
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Adaware is fantastic. But it's not perfect. As noted, HJT rocks too, as does CShredder
 Use a combination of things to combat the problem. Or don't go on the net at all  here's a good spot for more info SWI Forums (Powered by Invision Power Board)
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28 Oct 2007, 7:55 pm
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Move to technology subforum pls..
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moved as requested. Now we've got a place for things like this, we may as well use it ^_^
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Search and Destroy in my opinion is the best, so if your looking for something good, I suggest getting it.
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29 Oct 2007, 10:19 am
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One thing about those two...
Ad-Aware looks at every file to see if it's infected... Search & Destroy looks at all the spyware & adware stored in it's database and sees if your computer has it... Now, they seem pretty much the same.. But meh.. They search it a different way, so different results will be found...
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well, depends, if i remember correctly, adware has a 'smart' scanning and complete. Smart just looks for folders/files of common spyware/adware, whereas complete, well its obvious what it does
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i wouldnt say spybot is the best infact it takes me like 2-3 scans to get the same freaking piece of spyware offf my computer and i click on fix so no problem their....adware takes stuff on in one scan...but any way im so confident with my army of programs i can take the liberty of scainning once a month and to find 1-3 pieces of spyware so it all good....
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