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Can You Trust Your Spyware Protection?
PCWorld.com through Yahoo! News ^ | May 31, 2005 | Andrew Brandt

Posted on 05/31/2005 6:41:03 PM PDT by El Conservador

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To: PeaceBeWithYou

I have had zero trouble with Windows Media Player.


61 posted on 05/31/2005 8:40:56 PM PDT by Ramius
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To: Stellar Dendrite; Sen Jack S. Fogbound
Webroot Spy Sweeper is damn good....it isnt free though.

You truly do get what you pay for. To me, Spy Sweeper is worth every penny.

62 posted on 05/31/2005 8:41:09 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Natural Law

When I run the Yahoo anti-spy scan, it only gives me results of tracking cookies and offers no recommendation. They never report any threats that I should get rid of.


63 posted on 05/31/2005 8:42:59 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: strongbow
I could care less about brands and loyalty to companies so don't start the harang about Macs.

Apparently you haven't spent a lot of money on software for the Wintel platform (games, utilities, applications) or you wouldn't have so blithely marched into the Mac camp. Many of us have substantial investments in software that we aren't willing to give up just for the honor of spending too much on a computer that doesn't require you to think too much.
Personally, I use Windows for games and applications then switch over to my Linux install when I want to edit sound or video or surf the 'net or open up any other kind of hole in my shields.

64 posted on 05/31/2005 8:44:30 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (If you only knew the powerrrrr of the Tagline.)
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To: HairOfTheDog
I have had it on my machine for years... no trouble at all from it. That's why I'm asking what it does.

I've had it for years too. My son, who is a software engineer for a high profile company really ragged on me about it. Serious ragging.

I refused to take it off because I couldn't find anything as good.

Last week he sent me a link to the Weatherchannel software.

After evaluating things for a week, just this AM I took Weatherbug off my computers. Not only is the Weatherchannel software much better, my son is happy that I don't have what he called the Invaders on my computers anymore.

Here's a link. Give it a try, as I did. It's a bit of a hassle to load then you have to load the latest releases, but I think you'll like it. Freepmail me if you can't get the link to work.

http://www.weather.com/services/desktop/MSNBC_desktop.html?refer=PFPtextMSNBC&from=PFPtextMSNBC&par=msnbcDT&site=msnbcPFP&promo=0

65 posted on 05/31/2005 8:44:32 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (God has blessed Republicans with really stupid enemies.)
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To: HairOfTheDog

For starters, see:
http://axe-s.com/weatherbug/

I guess it's a question of whether or not you want surreptitious communications (beyond updating temps/forecasts) going on and/or yet more advertisements from an already saturated medium/marketplace.

Not to mention the fact that there are better programs, many of them free, that do not contain the ad/spy components.


66 posted on 05/31/2005 8:47:02 PM PDT by relictele (so there)
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To: Natural Law
Yahoo has Super Casino with a 180 auto dialer. I saw WhenU on someones system. A real pile of hot tar.
67 posted on 05/31/2005 8:48:23 PM PDT by Domangart
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To: ChuckHam
Quicktime and Realplayer don't exist on my PC either.

Try this one.

It is an alternative to Real Player (which is spyware) that plays all RealOne or Real Player video or audio content. It's a gem. Small and potent.

68 posted on 05/31/2005 8:48:51 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (If you only knew the powerrrrr of the Tagline.)
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To: Sen Jack S. Fogbound
I don't trust the Microsoft Beta Spyware software! It's no damn good! Spybot and Ad-Aware catch a whole lot more!

I agree. I also use HijackThis and Avast Anti-Virus (which also protects against spyware and malware). I have had a fair share of times where I had to do it through registry editing (risky but sometimes that is what it takes)

69 posted on 05/31/2005 8:54:49 PM PDT by Paul_Denton (Get the U.N. out of the U.S. and U.S. out of the U.N.!)
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To: relictele
I guess it's a question of whether or not you want surreptitious communications (beyond updating temps/forecasts) going on and/or yet more advertisements

I don't see where that says it ~does~ that. I do get one ad, and only when I check the forecast. I get no other ads or bother from it, and it works.

I don't feel overmarketed to, really, but then I don't visit a lot of sites that have ads... and I do use Google toolbar adblocker that catches most stuff.

70 posted on 05/31/2005 9:00:32 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: fat city
Had Weatherbug for about a year- a year ago & was pretty happy but I was getting a lot of crap on my machine.

I don't have any crap.

The warnings about difficulty taking it off are noted...

71 posted on 05/31/2005 9:01:58 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: shattered
Not sure how this happened but it has been BAD! I'm trying to use some old files from windows restore to fix it but not having much success.

I reinstalled my Windows 98 once. It wasn't too difficult.

Also, when I get a message about a corrupted or missing file, I look to see which directory it belongs in and then start looking for it in my cab files, which are located at: C:\win98. I right click each cab file, click View, and look for the missing file within that cab. If it's not there, I go on to the next cab. It takes a few minutes to find the file. When I find it, I right click it and click Extract, making sure the I put it in the right directory.

72 posted on 05/31/2005 9:02:59 PM PDT by shebacal (Go, Minutemen, Go)
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To: Sen Jack S. Fogbound

The MS ASW app is what used to be Giant. This was, and probably still is, one of the best ASW apps around.


73 posted on 05/31/2005 9:06:21 PM PDT by savedbygrace ("No Monday morning quarterback has ever led a team to victory" GW Bush)
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To: HairOfTheDog

The Minibug I got- transmitted most probably by clicking on and End User Agreement from another, unrelated download- loads Weatherbug.


74 posted on 05/31/2005 9:07:42 PM PDT by fat city (Julius Rosenberg's soviet code name was "Liberal")
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To: Balding_Eagle

Thanks - If I have trouble in the future... I'll get that instead. For the moment, I'm still happy with what I've got :~D


75 posted on 05/31/2005 9:11:58 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: potlatch

Annoying spyware ping.


76 posted on 05/31/2005 9:15:47 PM PDT by ntnychik
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To: El Conservador

Does anyboby have any opinions on Spy Subtract? A 30 day trial is preloaded on my new Compaq computer. Seems to be working good for me.


77 posted on 05/31/2005 9:18:23 PM PDT by de Buillion (Ready, Fire, Aim!)
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To: Babu

:-)


78 posted on 05/31/2005 9:22:08 PM PDT by planekT (Go DeLay, Go!)
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To: TommyDale
you really need to use them all in order to clean everything. Why can't someone put all of them together?

Make yourself a schedule and put them together yourself. Run one scan per day before you shut your computer off, or go to bed, or go home, or whatever.You don't have to sit there and watch it.This is the one I made for my wifes computer at work, it seems to work pretty well.

Monday update and run AVG antivirus

Tuesday update and run Adaware

Wednesday update and run Spybot Search and Destroy, you might as well update Spyware blaster while your at it since it runs in the background in conjunction with Spybot S&D

Thursday Run CCleaner or an equivilant disk cleanup/registry cleaning utility.

Friday Defrag

Note all the above utilitys are free or already on your computer ie.Defrag,Windows also comes with a disk cleanup utility but it doesn't work anywhere near as good as CCleaner.There are many more Microsoft,Yahoo,AOL all have thier own but the ones I've mentioned all work on just about anything from a crusty old P2 to the latest P4s.

79 posted on 05/31/2005 9:33:15 PM PDT by edchambers (Neocon foot-soldier of the Haliburton death squad)
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To: El Conservador


"MajorGeeks.com - Gettin' Geeky with it."

Spyware Tools
80 posted on 05/31/2005 9:45:43 PM PDT by John Lenin
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