Posted: 7/12/2004 4:40:20 AM EDT
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I think I have spyware on my computer. I can exit all of my browser windows and cancel all internet software but yet I am still sending/recieving data. It is choking my computer big time. I have scanned with norton and found no infections. Any ideas? |
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Scan with AdAware or some other spyware detection software ..... The basic version of AdAware is free ... here is the link ... www.lavasoft.de |
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I just got rid of my Spyware problem, it took three different programs to get rid of it. I'm not sure how I got it or how long it's been on my computer. I ended up using Spybot Search and Destroy, followed by Ad-Aware which found a lot of things SpyBot missed, then I followed that with SpySweeper. Both SpyBot and Ad-Aware are free. SpySweeper seemed to do the best job but only comes with a trial version that can't be updated unless you buy the program. |
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Well, porn sites and warez sites are the absolute worst offenders for spyware...and you won't even know you're gettting it...it's in all those annoying pop up ads. AdAware and Spybot *can* solve the problem, but if it's real bad, ain't nothing short of a reformat gonna get it all. I had to switch to Netscape on my home computer, it got so bad. One thing you can try, if you have XP...do a system restore to about a month ago...if you've just encountered the problem, that will roll back the system 'til before you got infected...and it won't nerf your latest documents, so don't worry about that. |
