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Malware Spyware suggestions

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by fmullegun, Feb 16, 2009.

  1. fmullegun

    fmullegun Contributing Member

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    I am kinda paranoid about computer performance and spyware and am wondering if anyone can suggest more freeware that can help scan.

    Right now I have scanned with MalwareBytes, McAfee, and Windows tools (Defender and Live Search thing).

    I think every tool is useful though so if someone can point me in the direction of the legit programs would be helpful

    Thanks
     
  2. myco

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    spybot, adaware are some common ones.

    superanti-spyware but it's only a free trial
     
  3. doboyz

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    its not free, but seriously the best malware program out there. There's a 30 day trial on it, and it removes every trojan and malware product out on the net. I've been in professional IT for a while, and this product got rid of some nasty stuff that avast, avg, mcafee, and norton couldn't. It's 10x better than adaware, spybot, and stinger imo. It's worth a look, and also worth the money if you decide to buy. Check out the 30 day trial.
     
  4. arkoe

    arkoe (ง'̀-'́)ง

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    Are you referring to SuperAnti-Spyware, or something else?
     
  5. fmullegun

    fmullegun Contributing Member

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    yeah i was confised on that also. I read his reply three times.
     
  6. doboyz

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    Sorry for the confusion, I forgot to read through my message :confused: . It's been a long morning and forgot to post the link and product.

    Trojan Remover http://www.simplysup.com/

    Is the product i was talking about. It cleaned out the malware that the others couldn't get to.
     
  7. Nolen

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    Thanks for the recommendation.

    While we are on the subject, what antivirus/antispyware takes up the least amount of CPU? I have an almost 7 year old laptop that needs as much CPU available as possible. There are some programs that are running full time to monitor the computers' behavior- it may be effective, but can contribute to slowdown.

    Another question- is the standard Windows Firewall on XP faster than ZoneAlarm? ZA can take a decent chunk of CPU time when there's network intensive stuff going on.
     
  8. London'sBurning

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    For another malware program download Windows Defender. It's free from Microsoft so its about as reliable and trustworthy as you can get.
     
  9. dntrwl

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    Anyone know how to get rid of this crap? (all the random lettered and numbered .exe files.)

    --I already have Malwarebytes and Trojan Remover...yet every time I restart the computer, alas, all this crap slows down my computer and I have to spam delete on them.

    [​IMG]
     
  10. madmonkey37

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    ^^^^ you should probably just reformat
     

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