-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Tools similar to Ad-Aware. Now Spyware Terminator
- From: "suzanne" <lailoken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:19:39 -0600
Sandi, as I mentioned previously, the Crawler piece is a add on that is very
similar to the Google tool bar, which I no longer recommend or install as it
has caused issues for my peeps recently. ST restores the original
configuration of IE - setting msn.com as your home page and whatever the
version of IEs' default search engine was originally. I have found that
Crawler is effective when a pc is badly infected as it notifies of all
communication, both incoming & outgoing, it will also give you exact details
on the file that is requesting outgoing connection so you can identify it by
location. it is easy to uninstall, as it adds itself to Add/Remove.
I no longer use AdAware. it installs a piece that runs continuously but
doesn't seem to do a thing, even with the freeware version. check your
services and you will see it there. not all scumware applications will find
all the same things that are running, that is why I use many different
apps... usually starting with CleanUp to rid all temp files, then SpyBot and
after that, going to heavier artillery.
I do quite a bit of research before recommending programs... and I would
NEVER post an answer to a request with one of the bogus spyware removers out
there. but as with anything else, everyone has their own opinion. all I
can say is that the programs I recommended to you saved that laptop I was
working on when you posted your question. it would have been easier for me
to reformat & reload it, but I didn't have the original software.
hth.
~s
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:22 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Tools similar to Ad-Aware. Now Spyware
Terminator
> Suzanne, I have downloaded both Spyware Terminator and Super AntiSpyware
> and
> just installed Terminator. Going to test them one at a time. I always
> set
> a System Restore before installing anything and have done that.
> I found the Eula to be a little disconcerting but I agreed and continued
> to
> install. When I came to the toolbar I was not going to install it until
> it
> said it was easy to uninstall so thought I would give it a try. In the
> process Win Patrol sent up a warning and the plus information at Win
> Patrol
> told me the Web Crawler is adware so I chose no when Win Patrol asked me
> if
> I wanted to allow it. When I was all done I checked and I only had the
> app
> and no toolbar. So far so good as it appeared it also wanted to take over
> my home page and make it's search engine my default choice. I did not
> want
> that either as I depend almost totally on Google.
> Did you have a problem with these things when you installed and ran
> Terminator?
> Another concern: When I ran the quick scan it came up with over 100 items
> and 1 critical one. I had just ran AdAware and Spybot a few days ago and
> Spybot came up clean. I canceled the scan as I decided I needed to do
> more
> research before actually using the app. The reviews that I read from
> users
> were almost all extremely complimentary and none mentioned the tool bar
> thing.
> Again, I would welcome any comments and suggestions from anyone who cares
> to
> respond. G, what say you about Spyware Terminator????
> Sandi
>
>
>
> From: "suzanne" <lailoken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:06 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Tools similar to Ad-Aware
>
>
>> hi Sandi, I am currently [as I type] working on a particularly nasty
>> infected laptop... trojans, spyware, scumware, all of it... I've found
>> that
>> the latest and greatest AdAware does nothing really... today I have used
>> SpyBot Search & Destroy, Spyware Terminator and SuperAntiSpyware - free
>> edition - which, so far, has found and deleted over 150 infections during
>> 3
>> scans... I am on the 4th now.
>>
>> hth.
>>
>> ~s
>
>
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