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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?
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http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Try these. Both free.
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Try these. Both free.
SpywareTerminator
Asquared
Superantispyware
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.
Asquared
Superantispyware
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.
'nough said
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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.. 
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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?
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mcdhu
Thanks,
mcdhu
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?
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.
