Anti Spyware

[loverboy]

Hi, I have recently installed Anti Spyware software. Can anyone tell me, after doing a scan and having found some spyware, what items I should remove and what items should I ignore. What is the governing factor that helps me decide.

Cheers.

[LeMarchand]

What program are you running?

[Sligachan14]

Most spyware is pretty low level stuff like tracking cookies that trace the websites you visit etc. Usually you can just get rid of the lot - I do anyway.

[PatTheRat]

If you dont have ad-aware, get the latest version here

After it scan your computer it say which spyware is critical, and which is not. This can bee seen by clicking the tabs at the top after the scan is complete. However, I tend to just delete everything.

[MargeB]

The governing factor is the type of scanner you use. Some go overboard to try and freak you out in order to get you to buy them. OH NO, I'VE GOT A NEW FAVOURITES ITEM. Use common sense there.

I didn't like adaware, but did like Yahoo toolbar, and would do all it says. Much spyware is stubborn to remove.

The day will surely come when I can charge the 30 or so hours I spend a year to these idiots that infested my machine. They send Ads to my desktop: the irony is that I will NEVER EVER use the companies that used this platform for advertising.

[loverboy]

Thanks all for your answers. The program I am running LeMarhand is Microsoft AntiSpyware. The main problem I have is deciding what to delete and what to leave alone, For instance one of the files I was recommended to delete was Kazaa Lite. I quarantined it but I had all sorts of problems after that. It wouldn't run even after unquarantineing it. So I am a bit sceptical as to what to do incase I do anything drastic to a more important file.

[Sligachan14]

Have a read at this lb

http://www.zisman.ca/Security/spyware_printer.htm

[loverboy]

Thanks for that Sligachan. I haven't read it fully yet but it does look very interesting.