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Old 09-28-2007, 08:10 AM
Rick
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Spyware Removers FYI

Just finished reading an article in PCWorld ( Oct. pp 101-108) about
spyware removers. The old "standbys" Ad-Ware and SpyBot Search and
Destroy as well as Windows Defender did not show themselves to be very
good. I ran all three one after the other and they indicated no
problems, then I ran PC Tools Spyware Doctor and it found 6 files, one
being a Trojan. I would recommend the PC Tools product too.
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Old 09-28-2007, 08:30 AM
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Re: Spyware Removers FYI

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:02:30 -0500, Rick <fsholbrook******.com> wrote:

>N 46°53'251"
>W 096°48'279"


More than 60 seconds in your coordinates doesn't make sense. Do you
mean 25.1" and 27.9"?

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Re: Spyware Removers FYI

On Sep 28, 11:02 am, Rick <fsholbr...******.com> wrote:
> Just finished reading an article in PCWorld ( Oct. pp 101-108) about
> spyware removers. The old "standbys" Ad-Ware and SpyBot Search and
> Destroy as well as Windows Defender did not show themselves to be very
> good. I ran all three one after the other and they indicated no
> problems, then I ran PC Tools Spyware Doctor and it found 6 files, one
> being a Trojan. I would recommend the PC Tools product too.
> --


I read this too. Spyware Terminator got a bad review somewhere also.I
uninstalled Ad-Aware (it was buggy anyway) & now use A squared as a
passive scanner in addition to a free version of Spyware Doctor.

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