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Post by Jaggy on Jan 23, 2004 2:53:54 GMT -5
Anyone know a pop-up killer program that's free and isn't one of those stupid trials?
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Post by Creed on Jan 23, 2004 21:27:11 GMT -5
i have found that spybot: search and destroy works really well in eliminating and blocking spyware. my computer was bugged and was running really slowly but now it is good as new. i really suggest getting it.
www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download
note: spybot can block future attempts by spyware to get into your system, and it really helps to deal with those recurring nightmares
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Post by Sektor on Jan 23, 2004 22:51:15 GMT -5
Spybot's really good. Your problem is bots, not viruses. Bots go undetected by virus scanners and can do stuff like generate pop-ups and change ur home page adress.
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Post by Creed on Jan 23, 2004 23:20:11 GMT -5
or in my case, shuts down your internet connection...
spybot is really good, and it's free. everyone should get spybot, even if they don't have a problem with spyware. it's to spyware as firewall is to viruses and hackers.
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Post by Gustave on Jan 24, 2004 8:46:20 GMT -5
I downloaded it, but i have a question, how exactly do i get it into Advanced mode? I don't want it checking at system startup, and to change that i need to be able to see my settings.
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Post by Jaggy on Jan 24, 2004 17:49:21 GMT -5
Access that program from your start menu and you should be able to have the choice of starting it up in easy or advanced mode. Anyway, it got rid of most of the spyware and crap on my computer. It found like 165 problems. -.- I'm SO glad I'm rid of that goddamned Alexa thing now. It always had this "What's Related" pop up thing whenever I searched for something on google.
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Post by Gustave on Jan 24, 2004 18:17:50 GMT -5
Yea, mine found 98 problems.
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Post by Creed on Jan 24, 2004 18:43:11 GMT -5
i also found another program to be of help. the freeware is called hijackthis, and it basically creates a log of your computer's registry. after you create a log, you post it up on another forum and experts will analyze it, and give you tools to remove whatever bad things you may have on there. you can download hijackthis at
mjc1.com/mirror/hjt
afterwards go to the tomcoyote forums and post it under the hijackthis threads. the people there should be able to determine your problems.
forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?act=idx
EDIT: it even picks up some stuff that spybot doesn't, and despite the malicious name it's actually a very useful program
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Post by Vapour on Jan 30, 2004 22:14:14 GMT -5
[glow=darkgreen,2,300]Hey guys, sorry I haven't been around, but my computer is screwed up. Something is wrong with some BIOS thingy and the whole motherboard needs to be replaced. It probably won't be fixed til around next Thursday or so, so don't expect me around until then. I know that this post doesn't really fit this thread, but I didn't feel like making a new one just for 1 post and this is the thread it fit best in. So until the end of next week, Later.[/glow]
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Post by SNK! on Feb 7, 2004 23:13:33 GMT -5
Has anyone else got that "mydoom" thing that's been spreading around? my email account has been reportedly sending it to people, but all my virus scans keep coming clean. I'm pretty sure that the virus has just affected my email account, and not my computer itself. I've been sent the emails that contain the virus several times, but I have never ever downloaded the attachment. Can anyone who knows more about computers than me confirm this? I am a bit worried about this and your help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Post by Ghosty on Feb 7, 2004 23:38:45 GMT -5
Has anyone else got that "mydoom" thing that's been spreading around? my email account has been reportedly sending it to people, but all my virus scans keep coming clean. I'm pretty sure that the virus has just affected my email account, and not my computer itself. I've been sent the emails that contain the virus several times, but I have never ever downloaded the attachment. Can anyone who knows more about computers than me confirm this? I am a bit worried about this and your help would be appreciated. Thanks. I don't know too much about this... but it could be possible that you got the virus somehow, and then when it e-mailed itself it left your computer... another thing you should make sure is that what your using to scan your computer has the necessary update or whatever to check for it. You could also try dling a different scanner for a "second opinion".
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Post by Jaggy on Feb 8, 2004 3:10:32 GMT -5
You don't have to download the attachment or get the virus for it to send to other people by itself. That has happened to me many times before and I just ignore it because there's nothing that could be done about it. There was this virus that kept going around with like everyone at my school. It went away though.
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Post by SNK! on Feb 8, 2004 12:18:35 GMT -5
You don't have to download the attachment or get the virus for it to send to other people by itself. That has happened to me many times before and I just ignore it because there's nothing that could be done about it. There was this virus that kept going around with like everyone at my school. It went away though. Okay, but for sure it hasn't affected my computer, right?
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Post by Jaggy on Feb 9, 2004 17:45:16 GMT -5
I don't see how it could've. I never noticed anything funny happening to my computer so I didn't really care.
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