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Pin0yB0y
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hey guys, was just wondering if any of you have a good anti spyware that is free? i have a program called spyware doctor but all it does is detect it but not delete =='

urgent help please!
02/08/2008
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skua
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AVG 8.0 free edition
02/08/2008
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longarms
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the best free anti spyware progrma is spybot
www.safer-networking.org/

02/08/2008
Central Coast (NSW)
jason_rhcp
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skua said: AVG 8.0 free edition



Yeah thats what i use
02/08/2008
Adelaide, South Australia
Foetoid
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I work at a computer store building and repairing computers. I can say without a doubt in all my mind that there is only 2 programs than you need:

1. Avg 8.0 Free Edition free.grisoft.com

follow the links and make sure you DL the free version of AVG 8.0.

2. Superantispyware www.superantispyware.com

again, follow the links to get the free version.

These are the two programs we use at the store to repair other peoples computers and remove spyware etc so i highly highly recommend both. I know AVG does spyware, but Superantispyware is much better at it. Keep both up to date and remove ALL traces of ALL other anti-virus/anti-spyware spplications from your PC, especially the CRAP that is known as Spybot: Search and Destroy.
03/08/2008
Sunshine Coast
ask11
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Pin0yB0y said: hey guys, was just wondering if any of you have a good anti spyware that is free? i have a program called spyware doctor but all it does is detect it but not delete =='

urgent help please!



GET A MAC!!!!!!!!!!!!


03/08/2008
Perth, WA
bobg
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I've worked in the AV industry for over 5 years in malware/spam research.

There are some ok products out there which are free....but generally if you want something good you need to pay for it... remember you need to be updating your AV hourly.

I would recommend

Kaspersky
Sophos
or Trend-Micro


what ever you do stay away from symantec/norton, their detection rates suck and their time to detection isn't any good either.

If you want something to just remove spyware/ad-ware/greyware...

then you could download

spybot search and destroy and/or
lava-softs adaware.

You should be able to download them for free... but just rememeber they don't protect you from malware (virus's,worms,trojans)

hope this helps.
03/08/2008
Sydney
blu3man
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bobg said: I've worked in the AV industry for over 5 years in malware/spam research.

There are some ok products out there which are free....but generally if you want something good you need to pay for it... remember you need to be updating your AV hourly.

I would recommend

Kaspersky

Sophos

or Trend-Micro

what ever you do stay away from symantec/norton, their detection rates suck and their time to detection isn't any good either.

If you want something to just remove spyware/ad-ware/greyware...

then you could download

spybot search and destroy and/or

lava-softs adaware.

You should be able to download them for free... but just rememeber they don't protect you from malware (virus's,worms,trojans)

hope this helps.



I wrote an awesmoe virus once. It effectively left your system unrecoverable. It would recursively rename all your files and folder in random characters then delete them from your hard drive. (from the file journal at least)
03/08/2008
Doing the hadouken
blu3man
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ask11 said:
GET A MAC!!!!!!!!!!!!



oh it was only effective against unix based systems. (mac and linux)
03/08/2008
Doing the hadouken
Entice
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....or you can just get a mac

DOUBLE POST ALERT ABOVE.

*pew pew pew!*
03/08/2008
Cambridge Uni!
Foetoid
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bobg said:
spybot search and destroy and/or
lava-softs adaware.
You should be able to download them for free... but just rememeber they don't protect you from malware (virus's,worms,trojans)
hope this helps.



Thats why i dont recommend those two programs. Superantispyware Free Edition WILL remove trojans and malware of any kind. Combined with AVG 8.0 Free Edition and its an unbeatable combo of protection. Its the two programs we use to fix virus/spyware infected computers where i work and it's the only 2 programs i have and i've never ever had a virus or spyware problem in the 12 months i've had this PC.
03/08/2008
Sunshine Coast
malaka
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i have mac
03/08/2008
melb, vic
FireStrife
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What kind of virus protection does a mac have?

I have Symantec Antivirus, but that's not free. I also have a program called DeepFreeze which split my hard drive. I have the E drive which I can save files etc in, and then my C drive gets reset everytime I restart my comp (clearing any viruses )

AVG is definitely the best free software I think. A lot of my friends use it and say it's great
04/08/2008
Perth
malaka
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FireStrife said: What kind of virus protection does a mac have?



none lol
04/08/2008
melb, vic
stublu
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FireStrife said: What kind of virus protection does a mac have?



Mac viruses are very, very rare.

one way to stop getting spyware is to unplug your computer, it has its setbacks but i can assure it does work
04/08/2008
the vines,WA
FireStrife
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stublu said:

FireStrife said: What kind of virus protection does a mac have?



Mac viruses are very, very rare.

one way to stop getting spyware is to unplug your computer, it has its setbacks but i can assure it does work



Ah. Interesting. Maybe I should get a mac then
04/08/2008
Perth
stublu
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alot of people are going mac now days, especially the macbooks
04/08/2008
the vines,WA
FireStrife
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It's also good that they're increasing the compatability of things for the mac. I saw on mywii that there was a mac version of COD4
04/08/2008
Perth
blu3man
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GET LINUX!!!!

LINUX WILL RULES THE WORLD. (note that the new MACOS is simply steve jobs unix?). Linux is already ruling the world, you just dont know yet. Linux is used in tvs, video cameras etc.
6 days ago
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Mobe1969
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Microsoft's Windows Defender is great too.

You couldn't pay me to use semantic antivirus. That program is a virus. It displays to many virus like behaviours. I have to deal with it at work on client machines all the time. "Yolur software is running slow on my PC". Me: "Let me see..." Bring up task manager. "Hmm Semantic is running pretty well constantly at 30% CPU and you aren't doing anything. The OIO stats are... what?!?!?!?! 40 terabytes of disk read, 8 terabytes written? You only have a 40GB hard drive..."
6 days ago
Brisbane, Queensland
 
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