Microsoft have today released what seems (from a forum review I have just
read) to be a good package to check PCs for Spyware. The URL is

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...are/about.mspx

If you have never run such software before, you might be amazed what it
finds.

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 06/01/2005 20:25:47 UTC

Mike,

I run Search & Destroy and Adaware, two things here. Firstly do you
not already run such spyware programmes and would this conflict?
And secondly, it sounds like Microsoft are upto their dirty tricks
again, although it must be siad that the two spyware software packages
are free.


Keith (Southend)

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Weather Home & Abroad
http://www.southendweather.net
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:25:47 +0000, Mike Tullett
wrote:

Microsoft have today released what seems (from a forum review I have just
read) to be a good package to check PCs for Spyware. The URL is

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...are/about.mspx

If you have never run such software before, you might be amazed what it
finds.

On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 20:31:15 +0000, Keith (Southend) wrote in


I run Search & Destroy and Adaware, two things here. Firstly do you
not already run such spyware programmes and would this conflict?
And secondly, it sounds like Microsoft are upto their dirty tricks
again, although it must be siad that the two spyware software packages
are free.

Hi Keith

I use Adaware and Spy Sweeper, but this new product has found stuff both of
those missed. I think as long as you don't run them in the background -
merely doing periodic checks - then there should be no conflict.

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 06/01/2005 20:44:57 UTC

would strongly recommend these spyware detector programs to keep a
clean system

I'm using the same software listed above

if people do internet banking without running these spyware detector
programs, then there could be keyloggers installed on unchecked systems
that can make off with username and password details, not good at all

New one found on 1st Jan 2005:

Backdoor.Zins

More Info: (Using URL shortening website)
http://digbig.com/4cjsw

be sure to keep virus definitions up to date

Mike Tullett wrote:
Microsoft have today released what seems (from a forum review I have just
read) to be a good package to check PCs for Spyware. The URL is

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...are/about.mspx

If you have never run such software before, you might be amazed what it
finds.


I am running the Microsoft prog. as mentioned above, and Ad-aware,
simultaneously. They seem to run quite happily together and there is no
conflict ... each is a little slower of course.

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Gianna

www.buchan-meteo.org.uk

"Gianna Stefani" wrote in message
...
Mike Tullett wrote:
Microsoft have today released what seems (from a forum review I have
just
read) to be a good package to check PCs for Spyware. The URL is

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...are/about.mspx

If you have never run such software before, you might be amazed what it
finds.


I am running the Microsoft prog. as mentioned above, and Ad-aware,
simultaneously. They seem to run quite happily together and there is no
conflict ... each is a little slower of course.

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Gianna

...but no WinME version for us old timers, bit disappointing. At least it
prompted me to upgrade to the latest version of Ad-Aware which promptly
found a few more creepy-crawlies.

Jon.

Gianna Stefani wrote:

I am running the Microsoft prog. as mentioned above, and Ad-aware,
simultaneously. They seem to run quite happily together and there is no
conflict ... each is a little slower of course.


small update - the ms prog found two things, and Ad-aware found the five
that it missed. I will continue with both for a while anyway.


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Gianna

www.buchan-meteo.org.uk

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:01:09 -0000, Jon O'Rourke wrote in


.but no WinME version for us old timers, bit disappointing. At least it
prompted me to upgrade to the latest version of Ad-Aware which promptly
found a few more creepy-crawlies.

Oh sorry about that, Jon. I hadn't checked which OS's were supported but
now see it is Win2K, WinXP and Windows Server 2003 only:-(

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 06/01/2005 23:09:53 UTC

BlueLightning wrote:

would strongly recommend these spyware detector programs to keep a
clean system

I've tried three adware and spyware removal packages and none have
managed to remove the adware I had on my computer. I had to jibble with
my registry settings to find the list of applications that are launched
on running and remove those that looked suspicious. If you don't know
what a .exe file does and it being launched on startup, Googling for it
might throw up a few ideas.

One tip that I found useful: adware tends to install itself at the same
time (the time that you visited a dodgy website or opened a dodgy
e-mail) - if you can find a file related to that adware, do a search for
other files created or modified at about the same time. That worked
wonders for me and I am confident that I have no ad/spyware on my
machine at the moment.

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Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

"Jonathan Stott" wrote in message


One tip that I found useful: adware tends to install itself at the same
time (the time that you visited a dodgy website or opened a dodgy
e-mail) - if you can find a file related to that adware, do a search for
other files created or modified at about the same time. That worked
wonders for me and I am confident that I have no ad/spyware on my
machine at the moment.

Good idea. This is a regimen set out in the AVG forum:

First of all open the programmes menu with the start button. Go to
accessories and look for disk clean up. Right click on it and send it to
your desktop. This can remove all your temp files which include the
cookies that adservers set and any that have been thrown in the bin.
Run this regularly.

Next go into control panel and see if you have got Java plug in. If so
right click on that and send it to the desk top. If you haven't got it,

get it. Sun microsystems is the place. You need this to access the net
as ActiveX has been taken over by them. Some trojans will reside in the
cache of this thing, so open the plug-in and clear the cache. Run this
one regularly too.

Get CWShredder, AdAware, the latest vesion of SpyBot S&D an antivirus
such as AVG and update them all after downloading them. You also want a
firewall, Zone Alarm is a good free version.

Once the firewall is installed and set to the highest security, switch
off your internet connection and run the other stuff in the order they
appear here. Line them up on your desktop and use them every day if you
go online.

I tickled it a bit. If you know your way around cab files you might be
able to set it up to run the whole thing automatically while you are
sleeping or something.

I got a free antivirus and an imitation ZoneAlarm with the SP I disk
Microsoft sent me. They were ok in a crap sort of way and my computer
was allegic to micrsoft updates so they went the way of all flesh.

Of course if you are using Linux or UNIX you can just go ahead without
any of this stuff.


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