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| | IMPORTANT --> Spyware - Popups, Homepage Changing, etcPage 3 of 19 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19) | I do Internet Security Programming for a living and I see so many suggestions mentioning pop up killers,Antivirus Programs,Spyware Killers etc. I have worked with computers since windows 3.1 was new and still have to find a combo better than the following,
panicware.com free pop up blocker,
Spyware Blaster,
Spyware Guard,
Zone Alarm Firewall
Ad-Aware se free for home,and
Grisoft Anti Virus(AVG)
IF ANYTHING GETS PAST ALL THAT PROTECTION IF THEY ARE KEPT UPDATED YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR SURFING HABITS AND THE SITES YOU ARE GOING TO.
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Posted: 4/13/2005 2:51:24 PM | | I have been trying to find a free good a popup Block.the best Popup blacker out there by far is EarthLink Toolbar It Block every pop up other there.It also has a The toolbar blocks spyware and pop-ups, .And the best thing about it free for all Internet users | |
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Posted: 4/23/2005 9:23:41 PM | I have been a computer tech for a loooooooooooooooong time... Here is some free advice...
Adsgone 2004 - Not free... but is cheap and will shut down a TON of popups, and you can add new ones that aren't on their list, or just crap you don't want to see... I recommend it highly, and use it all the time... the only glitch? Occasionallyif you are surfing a lot and are into... um... less than reputuable areas, you can get bombarded with enough popups that it will lock that instance of IE...
On top of the other fine programs mentioned... Black Ice Defender, also not free but again, cheap at twice the price... tons of bang for your buck...
Ad-Aware - Free for personal use, does an excellent job...
Spy Bot SEarch and Destory - great program, be sure to update and USE the inoculator.
CWShredder - Free... gets rid of coolweb and coolsearch bar... about the only thing that will do it too...
Oh, and a GREAT program - HiJack This - User beware, this is an ADVANCED tool... when in doubt don't... but it digs into places that a lot of the others miss.
For the IE users out there... Here is a way to clean up your machine and make it work faster... Right inside IE... Under TOOLS on the menu there is an option there called manage add-ons, go in and look around... KILL ANYTHING you don't know where it came from or don't use or don't want... Close all instances of IE and fire it up again... can you say 300%+ improvement?
Lastly... if you are having a lot of trouble getting stuff off your system... reboot into SAFE mode... Reboot your machine and when you first see the windows logo hit the F8 key... when you get into safe mode... THEN run your adware/spyware stuff... since you load next to nothing in safe mode... none of the files will be locked...
And while you are in safe mode... do a search of your hard drive... look for backweb... and kill every single thing you can find that relates to this... get it all OFF your system...
Reboot and have fun...
Also... if you need help... holler at me... I am always willing to help... but do remember that my time is somewhat limited... but I will try to help best I can...
Safe Surfing..
Dragon Rider... | |
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xander
| | Joined: 2/22/2005
Msg: 54 | |
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Posted: 4/24/2005 7:29:57 PM | DragonRider, you've got to remember that *tons* of people aren't running WinXP SP2. Thus, the "Manage Add-ons" option is only for a portion of users here.
Also, while Safe Mode is definitely the best way to start your removals, those running ME/2K/XP would also need to be temporarily deactivating System Restore to have maximum effect.
Personally, I'd be careful with telling people to arbitrarily "kill anything" they don't recognize. Better that they make notes of what they don't recognize, try googling it, and _just_ deactivate those things they don't recognize. That gives them the option to restore functions when/if they find they've turned off something they need or want.
For the same reason, I'd be cautious about telling people who aren't comfortable with what they're doing to run HijackThis *unless* they've got some good resources for getting help analyzing their logs. There are some great, dedicated forums for this purpose.
Lots of very good information appears in the first page of this thread. Might want to give it a read through. | |
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Posted: 4/24/2005 7:37:14 PM | I did read the first page, and thought I added cautions to the whole HiJackThis... (and did add that I would be willing to help if they needed... HJT is a great program, but all the really GOOD stuff... you can shoot yourself pretty quick)
As far as killing things, I think where I put that, they can't do any harm to their system... I will have to re-read it... Looking at it... the kill comment was for the Manage Add ins... nothing you do there is permanent you can always turn it back on... it does NOT rid your system of anything... so I stand by it... if you don't recognize it don't use it, kill it... I think the only thing that shows up in there that might be an issue is the Java JIT compiler, and it will usually reinstall itself at need... so in general no harm done... I went in there and found 27 things loaded, most were NOT something I did, I shut them all down, page load went from 90 second to about 2... the desired effect...
Yeah, forgot to remind them to disable system restore... duh... you get used to doing things and forget the extra steps... my bad...
I thought the Manage-Add-ins came with the Latest of IE not XP sp2... I may have read that update wrong, if so, I apologize... I will have to go back and check...
Dragon Rider... | |
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Posted: 4/25/2005 5:25:41 AM | The comment below was forwarded to me so I asked a good friend who is employed by Microsoft if it was true and I am posting his reply verbatim.
All messenger programs have a program called Alexa. This you will see in the fine print. They mine your computer of all info. Hackers silently come in usually with viruses and use your computer.
Is this true?
No, that is not accurate.
Alexa is a search feature that usually gets installed by users without their knowledge. It will come with other controls or software. It is not included by default in any of the major IM software. That includes AOL and MSN Messenger.
It might be in some of the others because they are free software and rely on funds from other software that piggy backs on their installation. Trillion is probably a good example of this.
To Admin: Am I correct in assuming that your IM program is free of these "search features"? | |
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xander
| | Joined: 2/22/2005
Msg: 57 | |
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Posted: 4/25/2005 8:47:19 AM | The IM at this site is not an IM "program"; nothing was installed by PoF in order for it to function here, and it doesn't function with any other site, or when you're not on PoF, etc. It works by using Java (a supplementary language that is usually pre-installed by the user or with their operating system). When you start the IM here, you don't have to check off a user agreement or anything which, I believe, would be a requisite for getting any of Alexa's crap onto your system.
If you have anything by Alexa on your computer, it's safe to say that it's not PoF's fault. | |
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yilyen
| | Joined: 3/14/2005
Msg: 58 | |
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Posted: 4/27/2005 8:01:44 PM | | if your running windows 03 you can detect spyware . you have to do the following < need to set secuirty on the admin lvl to detect incomming ips. then you have to setup i honny pot so that server is not open that your not open . easy way to way fix the open problem . turn ip ports . 1500 500 450 300 off . keep 310 open for windows-update . problem is with doing this is you need to run linux with windows 03 on differtn drives use a usb drive if you want so linux can block any incomming traffic to the server. IE linux black box. thanks james | |
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yilyen
| | Joined: 3/14/2005
Msg: 59 | |
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Posted: 4/27/2005 8:09:40 PM | if your running windows 03 you can detect spyware . you have to do the following < need to set secuirty on the admin lvl to detect incomming ips. then you have to setup a(honny pot) so that server is not open . easy way to way fix the open problem . turn ip ports . 1500 500 450 300 off . keep 310 open for windows-update . problem is with doing this is you need to run linux with windows 03 on differnt drives use a usb drive if you want so linux can block any incomming traffic to the server. IE linux black box. msca secuirty admin . thank for time james
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xander
| | Joined: 2/22/2005
Msg: 60 | |
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Posted: 4/28/2005 8:41:28 AM | James, gotta bear in mind that this thread is intended for the lowest common denominator; the people who have very little technical savvy. Anybody who is comfortable running Win2003, blocking ports and setting up a linux system probably won't get much benefit from a thread like this.
Tons of people are still running Win98/Me and a decent chunk have XP. Don't aim for the most techno-elite, aim for the populace. Don't worry about flexing your muscles here - help out the average guy and he'll call you a god.
(Your post was very difficult to translate into English. I'm fairly savvy and couldn't follow half of what you were trying to say.) | |
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Scarrz
| | Joined: 2/14/2005
Msg: 61 | |
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Posted: 5/1/2005 12:20:58 PM | if your having majoir problems... best bet is to.
1. Download Spybot
2. Download Ad-Aware
3. Microsoft Anti Spyware
4.Kaspersky anti-virus. Norton is only a false hope. or any other good anti-virus.
then start windows in safe mode. then run all these programs one after another.
Anti-virus scanners an all are mainly only ment for virus's an worms, not for TROJIN's.
thats why i would sugest kaspersky or a trojin scanner with a massive database.
haveing a good firewall helps. but some trojins once on your computer can still send out info bypassing your firewall.
if runing these scans in safe mode...[is there is any antispyware on you computer it wont run the procces's]
some spyware has its own protection an cant be removed while its runing.
and most now adays wont show on your procces list. | |
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xander
| | Joined: 2/22/2005
Msg: 62 | |
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Posted: 5/1/2005 10:31:43 PM | AVG is still a perfectly legitimate A-V. Just as much as Norton or whatever - it's only downfall right now is that it's gotten popular enough that it's now getting the attention of the virus writers. Used to be just the 'big names' got targeted but they're adding more A-Vs to their lists of what to try to bypass.
Anti-virus scanners an all are mainly only ment for virus's an worms, not for TROJIN's.
Might want to check your info as that's extremely wrong. The *only* thing my own AV has reported in many months has been trojans discovered in downloads. Check the Norton site, for that matter, as they are constantly reporting new viruses that their scanner will detect.
"some spyware has its own protection an cant be removed while its runing"
You can't delete *anything* while it's running. Period. | |
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Posted: 5/4/2005 7:48:06 PM | | I see a lot of adaware and spybot.... I used to use that but it just isn;t as agood as it used to be, grab spysweeper it grabs everything. Avg is good enough for virus protection. And hijackthis or whatever its called Iv heard is pretty darn good. If your know how to run a firewall go for Zonealarm if not stay away. Ive done too much tech support and too many people block their connections tottally. | |
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Posted: 5/9/2005 9:48:42 PM | | I have ad aware and spy block on here but now I have pop ups that have taken control..HOW do I rid the spyware on here already? I was told by adding ad aware and spy blocker that it made it worse. Is this true? | |
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xander
| | Joined: 2/22/2005
Msg: 65 | |
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Posted: 5/9/2005 10:44:39 PM | Hogan, thanks for coming to the board to advertise your own product, very noble of you. {Check the Services page, if anyone's wondering}
Not everybody wants to shell out $150 for an completely unknown product. The goal here is to help out the average user of this board, not try to impress the other techies or pad your own pocket.
Btw, Mr. BuyMyProduct, your website is broken (contact page).
"Astounds me to think that people with no knowledge of security are doing it for a living"
...and you're a cook. Your point? | |
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Posted: 5/12/2005 2:12:03 PM | | XP Pro with SPII, Zone Alarm and Vizual Zone attached. Firefox with the right add-ons for your browser, including the trust bar, and Ad-Aware SE, Spybot S&D (advanced mode), Highjackthis and good secure non-Microsoft software basically. Microsoft are one of the biggest spyware offenders now, which is why you need a configurable Firewall where you can grant or block access, and only grant access to the programs you know need access, like auto update for Windows, your browser, Email client and anti-virus. The big ones to block are Logitech Desktop Manager (if you have any Logitech equipment like webcams), Windows Explorer (desktop explorer-no legitimate need to access the Net), Windows Messenger (built-in for XP and NT: Hacker's gateway), Windows Media Player (unblock if you need it for streaming at the time only), and basically everything you do not recognize, or do not know needs access. Most install programs need access now, so once you install something, block it on your Firewall. You can also try Black Ice as a Firewall, and you can get a hacker alert attachment from the same site as the Vizual Zone one. Avast is the most comprehensive free anti-virus, but this is at the expense of slow scans, but nothing much will get past it, and if it does, the updates are fast enough to catch it quickly. And don't forget to defrag your drive as often as possible, to keep it clear and quick, which helps your software run smoother and faster. The more often you defrag, the less time it takes. I defrag daily, and it usually only takes a few minutes that way. By the time you make a cuppa, the drive is ready to report the results sometimes. If not you can spend an extra minute or two listening to the radio while you wait, or connect to the Net. | |
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Posted: 5/12/2005 2:27:24 PM | Thank you all...Problem is solved..
Nice to know you can get help here when needed.
Angel | |
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xander
| | Joined: 2/22/2005
Msg: 70 | |
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Posted: 5/13/2005 8:51:05 AM | RowdyBear, "The new version of McAfee AntiVirus 10 has built in Spyware."
From a recent newsletter: "Laptop Magazine's May 2005 issue gave CounterSpy 1.0 an Editors' Choice award and a perfect score of 5.0 out of 5.0. The magazine gave lower ratings to Microsoft's AntiSpyware 1.0 beta (4.5), Webroot Spy Sweeper (4.0), McAfee AntiSpyware (3.0), and StopZilla (2.5). "
Love or hate Microsoft, but their antispyware software is kicking McAfee's butt.
(CounterSpy is a commercial product, btw)
Fandarin, "get window xp and svp II, then, choose to disable POP UP."
Installing XP's SP2 deactivates the Messenger service automatically. People running SP2 lost the option of -not- installing SP2 a couple of weeks ago. People -not- running Win98/ME aren't bothered by Messenger service popups anyway so that's not a reason for them to buy XP. | |
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xander
| | Joined: 2/22/2005
Msg: 72 | |
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Posted: 5/16/2005 8:38:05 AM | If you're looking for a competent free one, I'd recommend either Avast (avast.com) or AVG (grisoft.com).
There are others which some might consider better, but I tend to prefer to recommend those that the average user can work with comfortably. | |
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Posted: 5/17/2005 9:10:48 PM | In a recent reseller industry mag I get, AVG Pro came in above the rest for comprehensiveness and usability. The free version is pretty much as good, you just don't get the scheduling freedom. I notice someone mentioned the fact that AVG is starting to get some negative attention. Sad but true unfortunately.
If this thread is essentially for the newbie, I'd recommend (and I do and include on all my systems) AVG Anti-virus Free, Microsoft Anti-Spyware (quite good actually) and Spybot S&D (NOTE: If anything called 'spybot' says it finds stuff and wants you to pay to remove it, it's the WRONG SPYBOT!)
Running those three together, you get your system set the way you want it, and deny access to anything else that pops up. As you say xander, keep it simple. If something gets past those, and your not somewhat of a veteran, you aren't likely going to be able to fix it by yourself anyway.
That's my $0.02. :) | |
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xander
| | Joined: 2/22/2005
Msg: 74 | |
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Posted: 5/18/2005 1:37:55 PM | I was using AVG6 when I switched over to Avast (was just testing it out and found I liked it better). Switched mostly because Avast was better at updating itself more smoothly. After looking at AVG7, it looks like they've got it mellowed out about being only at a specific time. So, knowing that, I'd recommend either again.
I've also been testing out some free firewall softwares, trying to find the dead-simplest one I can find. The winner, so far, has been "Primedius Firewall Lite" (primedius.com) which is basically little more than an "Allow/Deny/Keep prompting" window. I tested it at grc.com and it passed so I think I'll be recommending it to folks. | |
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Posted: 5/18/2005 8:59:27 PM | I like to use proxies, helps keep the spammers and scammers from finding me and an application for Macintosh users I would recommend is called Little Snitch. This app works to report when software is trying to phone home so to speak and reports it to you. You then can allow the software to report back to its source and track where it goes or deny it that privilege and then use your finder to to trash it.
Also, when using a browser "DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER!!!" This piece of gaoshai(????)-the sh*t in Chinese has holes big enough to sneak an apatosaur through. It is also riddled with Microsoft's own spyware. It's better to use Netscape, FireFox, Opera or Mozilla instead. | |
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