Dweezel Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I think I've got a bug, I'm getting some pop-up, nothing serious but I figured I'd ask the resident OR gurus on a good/great FREE spyware/malware/etc remover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 Just about the best spyware/malware/virus/trojan removal list I've run across:http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407Starts with setup prior to actual removal. In step 3 it goes on to the removal procedures. Just follow all the instructions.Note that there are not only free scanners to download, there are several on-line scanners that work well too. Some will remove the bad stuff, others will only tell you what it is.Also consider removing or shutting off yahoo and google toolbars in your browsers (especially Internet Explorer), as well as un-installing any other toolbars. It's ok to put them back later, but google toolbars are sometimes infected, and once and a while a yahoo toolbar can be infected also. If a toolbar refuses to shut off or be un-installed, it is probably infected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 If you just want to do a quick spyware removal, use these two:AdAware http://www.lavasoft.com/Download at: http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2008/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5&cdlPid=10903602SpyBot http://www.spybot.com/Download at: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Spybot_Search_and_Destroy/1043809773/1Scan in safe mode if you can, works better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWing'R Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 If you just want to do a quick spyware removal, use these two:AdAware http://www.lavasoft.com/Download at: http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2008/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5&cdlPid=10903602SpyBot http://www.spybot.com/Download at: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Spybot_Search_and_Destroy/1043809773/1Scan in safe mode if you can, works better.+1 on the Lavasoft Adaware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpinalFusion Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 We use spybot here are work and it does a pretty good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremygsxr Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 I'm not a computer guy, so I recently did a lot of reading and looking for free security. Lavasoft and Spybot were at the top of every list, and lots of good feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cattmouch33 Posted November 11, 2008 Report Share Posted November 11, 2008 AVGhijackthisadawarethose are what I use to keep crap out and get rid of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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