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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
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This damn thing keeps telling me I have spyware, it just randomly came up after I restarted. It really annoys me because it keeps doing this.
It acts like it's a real product, but I can't do jack**** if it needs me to buy it.
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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
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Well, Spy Sweeper found it and I deleted it. It was one of those spyware things that replicate and take up memory space. So that annoying pop-up is gone, now it's just the matter of trying to un-install this thing since I already have good anti-virus stuff.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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Syd bakes the best cookies.
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
Location: Here I am.
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Don't you love spyware that poses as anti-spyware?
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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
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No sir, I do not. Would you recommend system restore just in case?
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Mr. Bomberman
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Title: (still) token black.
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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
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I'm gonna get Spybot now, another random application sprung up....
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
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Ba'al
Title: Zerg Zergling
Joined: Mar 02 2008
Location: Uranus
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Nothing seems to be going on now, and those seem expensive....I might get that if I can finally get a damn job....
How are Ad-Aware SE Personal, AVG 6.0, and Spy Sweeper in your opinion? Those are ones my uncle installed on this laptop over a year ago after I had to full system restore it to default because of a virus. Hell, I don't even know how to do full system restore...
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Richthofen
Title: Penguin Molester
Joined: Oct 13 2008
Location: Canada
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Just get MalwareBytes or BitDefender, Spybot S&D, and AdAware and run them in safe mode. That usually works.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Symantec products try to overtake your product.
It is like wearing a full body cast because you have a cut on your finger.
Spybot + Windows Defender should clear out the crap
AVG Antivirus for protection
Threatfire for protection
Nice, easy, and you retain the rights to your computer without signing your life away to Symantec's bloatware.
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DoctorOrpheus
Title: Title: Title: Title
Joined: Sep 18 2008
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
Symantec products try to overtake your product.
It is like wearing a full body cast because you have a cut on your finger.
Spybot + Windows Defender should clear out the crap
AVG Antivirus for protection
Threatfire for protection
Nice, easy, and you retain the rights to your computer without signing your life away to Symantec's bloatware. |
Symantec is probably the best for all of the above options, actually. Especially their Endpoint software.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
Symantec products try to overtake your product.
It is like wearing a full body cast because you have a cut on your finger.
Spybot + Windows Defender should clear out the crap
AVG Antivirus for protection
Threatfire for protection
Nice, easy, and you retain the rights to your computer without signing your life away to Symantec's bloatware. |
Symantec is probably the best for all of the above options, actually. Especially their Endpoint software. |
Why? Because they said so?
I haven't tried the 2009 versions of their security products, but 2008 and prior were terrible.
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
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| Richthofen wrote: |
| Just get MalwareBytes or BitDefender, Spybot S&D, and AdAware and run them in safe mode. That usually works. |
i had the same thing and Malware got rid of it
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
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It was probably a variation of the Contravirus
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DoctorOrpheus
Title: Title: Title: Title
Joined: Sep 18 2008
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
| DoctorOrpheus wrote: |
| GPFontaine wrote: |
Symantec products try to overtake your product.
It is like wearing a full body cast because you have a cut on your finger.
Spybot + Windows Defender should clear out the crap
AVG Antivirus for protection
Threatfire for protection
Nice, easy, and you retain the rights to your computer without signing your life away to Symantec's bloatware. |
Symantec is probably the best for all of the above options, actually. Especially their Endpoint software. |
Why? Because they said so?
I haven't tried the 2009 versions of their security products, but 2008 and prior were terrible. |
I never used anything Norton related for a long time because I hated everything they offered. Memory hogs, rare updates and hard to uninstall. Symantec Endpoint 2008-2009 is great. I have put it on my backup PC and tried numerous times to give myself viruses and spyware/malware to check its capabilites and how it runs with the system and it has been pretty good. Not to say free programs are bad, but I get a lot of software for cheap here at work so it's my personal preference.
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TheRoboSleuth
Title: Sleuth Mark IV
Joined: Aug 08 2006
Location: The Gritty Future
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| It was probably a variation of the Contravirus |
So now that you deleted it once, you'll need to do it 29 more times before it gets the spreadgun.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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| Ba‘al wrote: |
This damn thing keeps telling me I have spyware, it just randomly came up after I restarted. It really annoys me because it keeps doing this.
It acts like it's a real product, but I can't do jack**** if it needs me to buy it. |
lol i had that same stupid virus. had to run my virus cleaners and reboot but its gone now.
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some guy or something
Title: HACKED MY PSP AT 13!!
Joined: Oct 22 2008
Location: SOMEWHERE IN CANADA
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| Ba‘al wrote: |
| Well, Spy Sweeper found it and I deleted it. It was one of those spyware things that replicate and take up memory space. So that annoying pop-up is gone, now it's just the matter of trying to un-install this thing since I already have good anti-virus stuff. |
had that here is a good an d for sure way to make sure you never get a virus/ spy ware
1 never go one the e net.
2 never open files
3 never use your computer
well in ll seriousness u hot a virus and want to get rid of it here is wat i do...
1 get my dad windows 95 **** computer and hook yup my hard drive as a slave.
2 delete EVERYTHING
3 use my leagal copy of microsoft xp home
4 get my disk full of what ever programs i need (Spy bot S/D, lime wire, audio card soft ware, graphics card software, etc
5 while doing all of this my the computer dose not have the Ethernet cable pluged in
after that then im fine. but i only use this method only if its serious virus.
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Richthofen
Title: Penguin Molester
Joined: Oct 13 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 10
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| Ba‘al wrote: |
| Well, Spy Sweeper found it and I deleted it. It was one of those spyware things that replicate and take up memory space. So that annoying pop-up is gone, now it's just the matter of trying to un-install this thing since I already have good anti-virus stuff. |
had that here is a good an d for sure way to make sure you never get a virus/ spy ware
1 never go one the e net.
2 never open files
3 never use your computer
well in ll seriousness u hot a virus and want to get rid of it here is wat i do...
1 get my dad windows 95 **** computer and hook yup my hard drive as a slave.
2 delete EVERYTHING
3 use my leagal copy of microsoft xp home
4 get my disk full of what ever programs i need (Spy bot S/D, lime wire, audio card soft ware, graphics card software, etc
5 while doing all of this my the computer dose not have the Ethernet cable pluged in
after that then im fine. but i only use this method only if its serious virus. |
If you're going to delete everything, why not just reformat your computer in the first place?  Worst suggestion. Ever.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| some guy or something wrote: |
| Ba‘al wrote: |
| Well, Spy Sweeper found it and I deleted it. It was one of those spyware things that replicate and take up memory space. So that annoying pop-up is gone, now it's just the matter of trying to un-install this thing since I already have good anti-virus stuff. |
had that here is a good an d for sure way to make sure you never get a virus/ spy ware
1 never go one the e net.
2 never open files
3 never use your computer
well in ll seriousness u hot a virus and want to get rid of it here is wat i do...
1 get my dad windows 95 **** computer and hook yup my hard drive as a slave.
2 delete EVERYTHING
3 use my leagal copy of microsoft xp home
4 get my disk full of what ever programs i need (Spy bot S/D, lime wire, audio card soft ware, graphics card software, etc
5 while doing all of this my the computer dose not have the Ethernet cable pluged in
after that then im fine. but i only use this method only if its serious virus. |
You have officially lost the right to ever give technical advice anywhere.
You don't know your ass from your elbow and if anyone ever takes your advice they will end up worse off than they already were.
Please list your IP address so that I can contact your ISP and request that you be denied service for failure to use your fucking brain.
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Hacker
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| Syd bakes the best cookies. |
Special cookies 
ones that make you act funny?
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