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Software => Computer viruses and spyware => Topic started by: Fordtruckmaniac on June 14, 2006, 04:36:28 PM
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On an old Windows 98SE computer with somewhat limited hardrive, memory and processor and so on. What mix of spyware programs would be good for not eating a lot of resources.
I have found the A2Squared on here. And it is definitely in the picture. So A2Squared and Spybot or A2Sqaured and Adaware, and I will be using Avast for the Anti Virus.
It may have been me, But I thought A2 was better than Adaware on cleaning up this old computer. After running the Adaware until it showed clean I then loaded and updated A2 and it found 367 more infections, including 3 trojans.
Thanks,
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Fordtruckmaniac...... I would be using a combination of the following:
CCLeaner ..... for general crap removal ( use both cleaner and issues parts)
SpyBot ......... Make sure to use the resident........
Avast ........... For AV scans
A2Squared.... For trojan removal on older machines .
Note Ad-Aware really isnt designed to eradicate trojans .........
dl65 ::)
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Fordtruckmaniac...... I would be using a combination of the following:
CCLeaner ..... for general crap removal ( use both cleaner and issues parts)
SpyBot ......... Make sure to use the resident........
Avast ........... For AV scans
A2Squared.... For trojan removal on older machines .
Note Ad-Aware really isnt designed to eradicate trojans .........
dl65 ::)
dl65, Looks good to me.
I left out I was using CCleaner too. ::)
I read this about Adaware in their description of the program, and it got me to thinking about what I noticed:
"Ad-Aware provides protection from known Spyware including: Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, [highlight]selected traditional Trojans[/highlight], Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components".
Thanks,
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If you decide to run Spybot you should also look at the EI Tweaks & Hosts file.
Spybot is a very powerful program in advanced mode, I believe most people only use it as a scanner & don't unlock it's true potential.
(This has been an unpaid text commercial for Spybot S&D) :D