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  Oliver Wendell Jones, 30 Apr 2004 @ 12:23pm

  
  

  Just a reminder

  Just a reminder to everyone - don't wait until you're infected to try and get the tools you need.
  
  Go now and get at least two different spyware tools (I recommend Ad-Aware and Spybot: Search and Destroy) and HijackThis!.
  
  You should also double-check to make sure you have all the latest updates to your AV software. If you're not too concerned about copyrights you can find all sorts of great deals on Symantec/Norton tools on ebay, many of which are just a CD without a manual, but they work.
  
  The time to worry about infection is before it's too late!

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    Anonymous Coward, 11 May 2004 @ 11:40am

    
    

    Re: Just a reminder

    Stop using IE. Switch to Mozilla or Mozilla Firebird. http://www.mozilla.org/ It's free, it's better and it doesn't support ActiveX (the culprit in many spyware/virus means of installation).
    

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  data64, 30 Apr 2004 @ 4:02pm

  
  

  Needs ritual purification once infected

  The process is illustrated in this vintage penny arcade.

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    Anonymous Coward, 30 Apr 2004 @ 10:37pm

    
    

    AdAware

    Actually, it missed some things for me. I find Webroot's SpySweeper pretty good: now its running full-time on my system though I've yet to buy the subscription.
    
    I had a keystroke logger on my system that 3 programs, including AdAware and Norton AV missed. SpySweeper caught it and took it out.
    
    Yes, HiJack This is VERY useful, too!
    

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  Mark Anthony Molina, 30 May 2005 @ 7:16pm

  
  

  Spyware

  Hi, I think my PC is infected with this spyware. I cant use Internet Explorer. Everytime I launce IE, it redirects to another search engine that does nothing. Someone told me to download the AniSpyware from Microsoft. I did it so and it detected some. Removed them. But the problem still exists. I still can use IE. Can you halp me how to fix this?
  
  Many thanks,
  Mark

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