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 Dec 1 2004, 01:44 AM
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Super Member  Group: Members Posts: 379 Joined: 18-August 04 Member No.: 835  |
Ad-Aware cleans your pc. Read more about it.
Ad-Aware I used it for about 2 years and its awesome. It deletes advertising and tracking things. Spy Bot Search&Destroy does almost the same think as ad-awared. it removes adware files and also can clean your pc. SpyBot Search&Destroy |
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Dec 1 2004, 05:41 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 18-November 04 Member No.: 2,329 |
QUOTE(Mario @ Nov 30 2004, 07:44 PM) ...Spy Bot Search&Destroy does almost the same think as ad-awared. it removes adware files and also can clean your pc. SpyBot Search&Destroy  I've actually used this one before I switched to Ad-Aware. I never liked it! The interface really could use some work and that's only with the interface. This software can mess up your system somthin' fearce. I don't know how many times I've had to reinstall my OS because of this specific software. But it could have just been on of my more unfortunate problems that seem to only plague me. But I thought everyone should know about this bad experiance before taking on this software. Later... |
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Dec 1 2004, 10:41 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 385 Joined: 7-August 04 From: UK Member No.: 703 |
you actually need both, because if one does find the adware the other one will
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Dec 1 2004, 11:20 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 315 Joined: 1-October 04 From: India Member No.: 1,377 |
I have both adaware and spybot installed on my system and I have no problem with spybot so far. And as Bash said both are needed on the computer for cleaning your computer.
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Dec 7 2004, 05:32 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 6-December 04 Member No.: 2,576 |
I used Adaware 6.0 and it kept finding the same spyware each time I ran it.. so I downloaded Spybot - and it found another set completely different - without fixing my spyware problem.
Downloaded Giant antispyware - it found it's own set and still never fixed the problem. Downloaded Webroot Spy Sweeper - same deal with same problem once it finished. Sad to say.. had to pay for antispyware software to fix the issue. As much as they say they're free - they seem to all be preloaded to find the own set of spyware but don't fix the issue. If some of you found one worked better than the other you're lucky.. I went thru 12 different antispyware programs before I caved and bought one thru an ISP... that actually fixed the issue. Durham Leafs Halo 2 Clan |
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Dec 7 2004, 06:21 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 5-December 04 From: Canada Member No.: 2,567 |
If you really want to clean your pc i reccomend using Hijackthis and Spybot S&D they are the top programs and yes ad-aware works sometimes too but in my experience 5/10 times it wont remove the spyware even tho it says it does, so i use spybot...1...2...3... poof no more spyware. Also im an advanced user so half the time i remove it manually myself. Spyware is quite the plague tho, my uncles computer had 59 viruses and like a ton of spyware and he could barely browse the net its sooo slow and he can barely scroll cause of the spyware eatin up the cpu cycles and memory but i made short work of that and now it runs like a dream
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Dec 13 2004, 02:23 AM
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Member [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 65 Joined: 9-December 04 From: 65201, USA Member No.: 2,634 |
QUOTE(Bash @ Dec 1 2004, 05:41 AM) you actually need both, because if one does find the adware the other one will Agreed. You need both for optimum removal success. Adaware has a more user friendly interface but in the end they both get the job done. Spybot S&D comes with a real time protector, which is nice. |
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Dec 21 2004, 02:07 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 154 Joined: 21-December 04 Member No.: 2,829 |
I used to use Ad-Aware... i think it's nice but Spybot - Search And Destroy sux!!!... I will never use it again!!! Now I only use Spysweeper which is much better!
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Dec 21 2004, 02:34 AM
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Mr. Bradeli : The ultimate cheese and crackers destroyer! Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 21-December 04 Member No.: 2,831 |
QUOTE(chiclete @ Dec 20 2004, 07:07 PM) I used to use Ad-Aware... i think it's nice but Spybot - Search And Destroy sux!!!... I will never use it again!!! Now I only use Spysweeper which is much better! I dont think that spybot sd sucks. I've been using it for a year now and its removied 98% of the spyware that i had installed on my computer. For the other 2 percent i had to use Adaware. They are both great programs but I recomend using both to get perfect results. |
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