anyone have a suggestion for an adware/spyware program? I have Windows defender installed, but in the last few days I have been getting ads randomly poping up on my computer. There use to be free versions of Adware, but I don't see those anymore.
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anyone have a suggestion for an adware/spyware program? I have Windows defender installed, but in the last few days I have been getting ads randomly poping up on my computer. There use to be free versions of Adware, but I don't see those anymore.
Ad-Aware 2007 is what I have in addition to Spybot 1.5.2. They seem to do a good job for me.
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avg is a great all in one program you can use but if you are looking just for a anti spyware program I would go with super antispyware
Spybot has upgraded to version 1.60 and it seems to be much faster. I have that installed on all of my computers. I also have Spywareblaster installed on my computers. They both have features to block spyware/adware and Spybot has a search feature to go in and look for spyware/adware to remove it. Both are free and can be downloaded easily from www.download.com
cytech
SuperAntiSpyware will get rid of AntiMalware? It has taken over my computer. Do you have to remove all your other spyware programs to install?
avast! is how I roll at home.
FREE avast! antivirus 4.x Home Edition, anti-spyware & anti-rootkit for Windows
I use avast as well. Don't even notice it is on my computer except for the voice that announces that my "virus database has been updated" or whatever he says! Great software!Quote:
Originally Posted by cycloneG
i second both of those.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyfanatic
Probably won't be needed to remove others from your system it just depends on which ones you have installed.Quote:
Originally Posted by WLCY
In addition to those above, Malwarebytes seems to do a good job of getting rid of adware/trojans that already exist. Not sure how good they are at protection.
Malwarebytes.org
The best spyware you can get is abstinance. =) I dont keep anything installed and havent had spyware in years. Its perfectly avoidable. However if you do get an infection, a combination of Spybot and Adaware work great.
Agree :)Quote:
Originally Posted by bostinelosd
AVG is a good program but I'm not a fan of Superantispyware, it is a memory hog in my opinion and tends to slow the computer down, even while only working in background.Quote:
Originally Posted by cytech
Superantispyware is great for removing infections from your system, just remove it after the problems are goneQuote:
Originally Posted by Iastfan112
Thank you guys for all of the help. I went with avast!, just because it had a cool pirate sound to it.:growl5cj: It really cleaned a lor of crap off the old hard drive and the computer is working better than it has for 4 months.