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Software => Computer viruses and spyware => Topic started by: Fordtruckmaniac on June 14, 2006, 04:36:28 PM

Title: which combination of spyware programs?
Post by: Fordtruckmaniac on June 14, 2006, 04:36:28 PM
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,
Title: Re: which combination of spyware programs?
Post by: dl65 on June 14, 2006, 05:46:02 PM
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  ::)
Title: Re: which combination of spyware programs?
Post by: Fordtruckmaniac on June 14, 2006, 05:57:02 PM
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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,
Title: Re: which combination of spyware programs?
Post by: Fed on June 14, 2006, 11:37:10 PM
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