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boofhead
8th Jul 2007, 17:59
I downloaded Spyware Doctor from Google mainly because it's free. I have run it and found various numbers of spyware on several computers at home. What happens to those files? Are they quarantined or destroyed automatically? I cannot find any button or step to remove them from the computer. Is Spyware Dr another of those "free" programs that find problems but make you pay for the fix?

spannersatcx
8th Jul 2007, 18:01
Is Spyware Dr another of those "free" programs that find problems but make you pay for the fix? Yes:yuk:...................

extreme P
8th Jul 2007, 19:28
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Try these. Both free.

Tarq57
9th Jul 2007, 04:37
SpywareTerminator
(http://www.spywareterminator.com/)
Asquared
(http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/)
Superantispyware
(http://www.superantispyware.com/)

Or these. Also free, or free version. The first also has resident protection. All a bit more up to date than AdAware (the latest version of which, I think, is terrible) or Spybot, which is good, honest, a little dated,(old engine) but still useful.

amanoffewwords
9th Jul 2007, 08:17
IMHO Adware has become too bloated + slow to run so I tend to avoid it. Spybot Search and Destroy is flavour of the month for me and my colleagues. Simple to use + effective like all s/w should be.. :ok:

mcdhu
15th Jul 2007, 19:35
But rightly or wrongly I run full NAV and Internet Security which do slow down the start up process. Can I run programmes such as Spyware Terminator and others in parallel with NAV+IS without either rotting up NAV or NAV interfering with them?

Thanks,
mcdhu

Tarq57
15th Jul 2007, 23:42
But rightly or wrongly I run full NAV and Internet Security which do slow down the start up process. Can I run programmes such as Spyware Terminator and others in parallel with NAV+IS without either rotting up NAV or NAV interfering with them?


Possibly. I've read of a user with SpywareTerminator and NIS 2007 that was then unable to connect to a certain site, troubleshoot still ongoing.
Norton is more likely than a lot of the other security programs to not play well with others.
If you try another resident program, like ST, make a restore point first, just in case.