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i have so much adware on my computer it doesnt even work like it used to anymore. when i try to get rid of it with norton antivirus it always fails to delete it all and now i really dont know what to do... anyone got a solution for this? |
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reformat and repartition also wipe the MBR just in case |
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get It's free, and specially designed to remove spyware - it's also user-friendly and highly effective. |
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i'm not sure on the legitimacy of what i've read, but i'm sure i've read that AD-AWARE is itself a kind of spyware, or it does something to your system that you don't really want it to do ?? |
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i was thinking about just reformatting my hd but its big pain in the ass. i'll read up on the ad aware. if that doesnt work i guess im gonna have to reformat... |
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i haven't had any problems with it. |
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yeah i know.....i had to do it the other week on my Mac, because i fiddled around a bit too much with the UNIX stuff it took me two and a half weeks to get back up and running how I like my machine (installing software, configuring software etc etc etc) Don't forget, I'm running: Mac OS 9.22 (with apps) Mac OS X 10.3.3 (HUNDREDS of apps!) MS-DOS 6.22 & Windows 3.11 Windows NT Workstation 4 Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Professional all on the same iBook it takes a SHITLOAD of time to get back up and running and guess what? I'm gonna have to do it all again if/when I get my Powerbook |
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ah well i guess what i read is most probably bullshit unfortunately the net can be a good bullshit generator itself :) |
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ad-aware is good. is also good. run both just to be sure. is a free antivirus program as well. it's been very good to me. |
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just installed ad aware and scanned my computer and it was BAD 508 files deleted 1016 quarantined |
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:\ do you have kazaa installed, and/or do you download a bunch of pirated software through p2p apps? that will make your computer very unhappy. i hear kazaa lite is much better. plus, Internet Explorer is a festering wound waiting to be infected with various spywares. use |
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just to reiterate; seeing as you were pretty eaten up, you should probably run spybot & some sort of antivirus application as well to be on the safe side. |
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i really have no idea how i got so much shit on my computer. i used to have kazaa but i got rid of that a while ago... but i'll run spybot and norton just to make shure i got it all. thanks for the help everyone! |
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system mechanic is good thorough ad evicter too. |
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kazaa lite professes it contains no spyware. they are lying - it does contain spyware. |
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that's what i figured. basically, i'd be very wary of any p2p software. chances are the developers have somewhat loose moral standards. are there any opensource p2p apps? |
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