-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Tools similar to Ad-Aware. Now Spyware Terminator
- From: GMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:34:44 -0500
Sandi,
I'm SO glad to see that you're using WinPatrol on that beast of yours.
That program has saved my hide on several occasions, although it's not
really user friendly enough for me to readily recommend to just anyone.
As for my opinion on ST, I don't have one yet since I've never tried it.
Send me a link to the download and I'll take it for a spin in my sandbox.
:O)
Peace,
GMan
http://tinyurl.com/2s8x23
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 3:22 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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