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The best Anti-Virus/Anti-Ad Software
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Old May 14, 2006, 02:36 AM #1 of 7
The best Anti-Virus/Anti-Ad Software

I have a real doozy of a spyware earlier tonight. It disabled my task manager, it closes my internet whenever I typed "virus" or "scan" in anything (yes, it nearly froze as I typed those words), and Ad Aware constantly freezes when it scans for things. My monitor will get staticy, my homepage changes....basically it's a whole lot of shit.

So I downloaded a french antivirus software from mininova. It helped a lot, but only temporary. The crap is still in my windows folder, and there's still a lot of spyware detected. So I need your opinion on what the best anti-virus/anti-spyware program there is, so I can fix this mess and be safe from any future infestations. I could really use your help here.

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Old May 14, 2006, 05:14 AM Local time: May 14, 2006, 02:14 AM #2 of 7
Tried booting into Safe Mode and running things? I am fairly sure you know how, but if not, slam on F8 while Windows is booting and select Safe Mode when it asks how you want to start Windows.

Beyond that, I tend to rely upon the trio of AVG, Spybot, and Spyware Blaster (all free)--beyond that always seems to be frivilous for my needs.

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Old May 15, 2006, 10:32 AM Local time: May 15, 2006, 11:32 AM #3 of 7
Trend Micro has some great online scanners, got rid of a few things that Spybot, Adaware & ZoneAlarm Security Suite were unable to.

http://www.trendmicro.com/spyware-scan/default.asp

http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/default.asp

http://www.trendmicro.com/hc_intro/default.asp

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Old May 15, 2006, 10:43 AM Local time: May 15, 2006, 08:43 AM #4 of 7
The best way to ax all your spyware and viruses is to scan the HDD from an OS not affected by the viruses. Run a combination of AVG, Ad-Aware, Spybot, Windows Defender and whatver else you can get your hands on. If you do this from a separate drive, you should be able to root out most, if not all the malware, since it can't defend itself when not running with the infected OS.

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Old May 15, 2006, 11:43 AM #5 of 7
I'm a big fan of AVG as well.

I was speaking idiomatically.
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Old May 15, 2006, 05:56 PM Local time: May 16, 2006, 01:56 AM #6 of 7
Try Hitman Pro is ultimate spyware remover and use ZoneAlarm for firewall

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Old May 18, 2006, 05:20 PM Local time: May 18, 2006, 03:20 PM #7 of 7
It's smarter to use more than one scanning Utility. Some programs pick up different faults as compared to others. IE: Spybot & Ad-aware. Completely different results sometimes.

Anyways, I suggest the following. Ewido (I usually use this FIRST, cleans up a lot of problems), Windows Defender, Ad-aware, Spybot Search & Destroy, and use HouseCall Trendmicro for a virus scanner. (http://housecall.trendmicro.com/) If you can that is.

If this problem persists I suggest doing a Windows Repair. Last resort but it fixes the essentials.

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