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 Post subject: What is the best way to get rid & keep spyware off my laptop
PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:57 pm 
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Does anybody know of some free software that can get rid of and keep spyware off of my laptop. It seems like it is getting slower and slower and I now get popups all the time. They are annoying.


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 Post subject: Re: What is the best way to get rid & keep spyware off my laptop
PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:48 pm 
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The Best way is to use Spybot search and destroy. There is also a more advanced program called ComboFix. Those are the best tools for free. Spybot has a program called tea timer that you can set to watch for spyware all the time.

Here is a link to Spybot: http://www.spybotupdates.com/files/spybotsd162.exe

Here is ComboFix: http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe

I always get ComboFix from BleepingComputer.com because the program has been known to have fakes ones out there from other sites.

If you need any help setting these up or running ComboFix just post it on here what you want to do.

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 Post subject: Re: What is the best way to get rid & keep spyware off my laptop
PostPosted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:18 pm 
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Thanks, man that worked great. I never even heard of these programs. Simple and easy to understand too.

Thanks again.

Greg


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