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Spyware-adware removal help needed (yet another vanity)
March 8, 2008 | processing please hold

Posted on 03/08/2008 9:52:50 AM PST by processing please hold

I've been searching for a free download version of adware/spyware removal. The sites I find says free but after turning a couple of pages on the site, dollar signs are always at the end of the article.

Is there a truly FREE download, no bait and switch?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: help; malware
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Any help would be appreciated. Off topic, comic responses are okay, I need a laugh or two.
1 posted on 03/08/2008 9:52:51 AM PST by processing please hold
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To: processing please hold

Adware SE Personal version and Spy Bot Search and destroy.....both free


2 posted on 03/08/2008 9:54:36 AM PST by Focault's Pendulum (Doomage on you)
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To: processing please hold; ShadowAce

I think we had a thread just recently....


3 posted on 03/08/2008 9:55:08 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: processing please hold

http://snapfiles.com/


4 posted on 03/08/2008 9:55:57 AM PST by Soaring Feather (I soar- 'cause I can....)
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To: processing please hold; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; ...

5 posted on 03/08/2008 9:56:20 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: processing please hold

To my knowledge, Spybot is still free. Of, course they’d like you to sign up for more bells and whistles, but the basic program is free. Sometimes they make it hard to find the “free” button, for obvious reasons.


6 posted on 03/08/2008 9:56:25 AM PST by FReepapalooza (Joshua 3:4 ..."for ye have not passed this way heretofore.")
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To: Focault's Pendulum

Thank you. I’ll check it out.


7 posted on 03/08/2008 9:58:14 AM PST by processing please hold ( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
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To: processing please hold
Spybot is still free, although they will try to sell you a purchased copy. Go to download.com and search for spyware or adware.
8 posted on 03/08/2008 9:58:29 AM PST by Bernard (If you always tell the truth, you never have to remember exactly what you said.)
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To: processing please hold

Spyware: www.lavasoft.com search for their free version of ad-aware. If it’s not from lavasoft it’s not the real thing.

Anti-virus: free.grisoft.com and download the free version of AVG. So good I’ve many times thought about actually buying their commercial version.


9 posted on 03/08/2008 9:59:25 AM PST by Domandred (McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I can’t even find my own post on FR in the last few days. I typed in tech support in the upper right hand corner and checked threads. I saw nothing that could help me.


10 posted on 03/08/2008 9:59:54 AM PST by processing please hold ( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
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To: processing please hold; hsmomx3
Look thru this thread ...others on the malware keyword list....:

Trojan Horses & Computer Help

11 posted on 03/08/2008 9:59:58 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: processing please hold
Spybot S&D
12 posted on 03/08/2008 10:00:16 AM PST by PeaceBeWithYou (De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
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To: Soaring Feather

Thank you. I’ll go to the sites suggested and bookmark them.


13 posted on 03/08/2008 10:01:36 AM PST by processing please hold ( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
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To: processing please hold
I use Ad-Aware and SpyWareBlaster myself and really like the combo.
14 posted on 03/08/2008 10:01:58 AM PST by SledgeCS (Build the fence. Deport the Illegals. Sell all their assets to cover the cost.)
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To: processing please hold
try the malware keyword list....and read thru some of the threads on recent changes to FreeRepublic ...for the new ways to do the old searchs etc....lots and lots of discussion...
15 posted on 03/08/2008 10:02:32 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: FReepapalooza
Of, course they’d like you to sign up for more bells and whistles, but the basic program is free. Sometimes they make it hard to find the “free” button, for obvious reasons.

That seems to be the ones I found, they want money. I'm not a bells and whistle kinda gal, just the spyware/adware removal kind. :)

16 posted on 03/08/2008 10:04:06 AM PST by processing please hold ( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
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To: processing please hold
SuperAntiSpyware or Malwarebytes.
17 posted on 03/08/2008 10:04:23 AM PST by jdm (Contrary to popular belief, the search function works just fine.)
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To: Domandred

I went to lavasoft and clicked on the free home version. It wasn’t, I’ll go back and see what I missed concerning the free part.


18 posted on 03/08/2008 10:05:31 AM PST by processing please hold ( "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.")
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To: processing please hold
Here's a thread regarding the FR changes:

Who keeps tinkering with FR?(Yes this is a VANITY)

19 posted on 03/08/2008 10:06:07 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: processing please hold

After all the time and money wasted trying to protect Windows computers, it’s a better deal to just buy a Mac and quit worrying about it.


20 posted on 03/08/2008 10:06:26 AM PST by HAL9000 ("If someone who has access to the press says something over and over again, people believe it"- B.C.)
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