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ad-aware & spybot
Name: arndthwrld Date: November 25, 2003 at 08:47:05 Pacific OS: XP pro CPU/Ram: P4 1.7GHz / 256Mb
Comment:
is there any danger in running these two utilities at the same time. and are there any other progs that are similar that are better or will detect spyware that these two won't. thanks for the help. this forum is great
Name: Hooner Date: November 25, 2003 at 08:51:48 Pacific
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When you run Ad-aware it may point to files in Spybot's folder which it thinks are spyware (to find out which files, simply clean your system with Ad-aware, then install Spybot and run Ad-aware again, the files that come up will be the files you know to ignore in the future).
The only other apps that would possibly pick up on things these two might miss, are CWshredder and Hijackthis.
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Response Number 2
Name: Solarian Date: November 25, 2003 at 09:48:03 Pacific
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Relatively unknown, Bazooka spyware scanner has found a couple pieces of spyware on my PC that Spybot and Ad-Aware missed, though they are both excellent anti-spyware tools. After downloading and installation, update Bazooka through its interface.
Name: blender Date: November 25, 2003 at 14:22:13 Pacific
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Solarian
The link you gave also has an interesting test...you can test your popup stopper if you have one. The test link is at the bottom of the page. I have google's popup stopper and it killed every popup they tried to hit me with. Just thought it may be of interest to some...especially if they are paying for their popup stopper software.
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