Adware Spyware,

[tore676]

So I've Been Using AdAware and Spy bot now for a year or two, They have always worked well for me but i was wondering if anyone has an opinion on these and if there is another i should add maybe for a deeper scan, I sinned and bought a dell 2 years ago so my system isnt the best, and all the adware n spyware really like to slow it down, if anyone had some suggestions that would be awesome..

[PrntRhd]

I am moving this to Applications & Security forum.
AdAware and Spybot Search & Destroy are still valid programs. AVG Ewido is another valid program with a free trial. SpywareBlaster is a good prevention tool, not a removal tool.
See the sticky at the top of the A&S forum for applications to remove malware.

How do you connect to the Internet?
Do you use a router with a hardware firewall?
Do you use a software firewall?
Did you modify your Windows security settings or leave at default?

We help members with Dell PCs as well as others.
:)

[tore676]

I am moving this to Applications & Security forum.
AdAware and Spybot Search & Destroy are still valid programs. AVG Ewido is another valid program with a free trial. SpywareBlaster is a good prevention tool, not a removal tool.
See the sticky at the top of the A&S forum for applications to remove malware.

How do you connect to the Internet?
Do you use a router with a hardware firewall?
Do you use a software firewall?
Did you modify your Windows security settings or leave at default?

We help members with Dell PCs as well as others.
:)

Im connected through a router its a Dlink i was playin with it a little but im not to sure about it since i just switched over to a router to link my computers from usin my main as a host for the other, and my win sec settings are default, im using the windows firewall and thats about it.

[PrntRhd]

I would suggest downloading HiJackThis and posting a log if you feel the PC is running slower than expected, at least we could see if malware or security programs are causing the slowdown.
http://www.merijn.org/programs.php

We recommend tightening the security settings in Windows to prevent malware installation, also updating JVM to the latest Java Runtime Environment is helpful to prevention of certain infections.

[Budfred]

This is the speech I give to people when their systems seem to be clean... I particularly think the article may be helpful to you...

Here is my prevention speech to help avoid future infection:

This is a good time to set up protection against further attacks. Read the article linked below about "How did I
get infected". You need an antivirus that is updated, a good firewall (a router firewall is not enough) and a
spyware blocker like SpywareBlaster and also IE-Spyads. All of these have good free versions available... be very
cautious about any security software that advertises in popups or other intrusive ways, they are not only usually
useless, but also often have malware in them....

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=60955