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Yo, experts -
A knowledgeable friend recommended Spy Doctor, so I went to their Web site and downloaded it. Then I tried to BUY it, which they said was necessary to remove the viruses, etc. that it detects, cookies, etc. but the site was very confusing so I gave up. Now, Spydoctor periodically lists the stuff it has identified. I go to My Computer, through the prompts, to documents and settings, and Select and Delete everything. My question: Does Deleting the stuff really get it off the computer? Or where does it go? I was quite willing to buy Spydoctor, but if this is doing it...? Your input appreciated. Aspasia -- A king can stand people fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking. Will Rogers |
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Aspasia wrote in message ... Yo, experts - A knowledgeable friend recommended Spy Doctor, You could probably do as good a job by using SpywareBlaster, and it's free. |
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"Spammy Sammy" wrote in message news:1139100898.60628@teuthos... Aspasia wrote in message ... Yo, experts - A knowledgeable friend recommended Spy Doctor, You could probably do as good a job by using SpywareBlaster, and it's free. Do a Google for it. Not great reviews. |
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It goes to Kansas
Aspasia wrote in message ... Yo, experts - A knowledgeable friend recommended Spy Doctor, so I went to their Web site and downloaded it. Then I tried to BUY it, which they said was necessary to remove the viruses, etc. that it detects, cookies, etc. but the site was very confusing so I gave up. Now, Spydoctor periodically lists the stuff it has identified. I go to My Computer, through the prompts, to documents and settings, and Select and Delete everything. My question: Does Deleting the stuff really get it off the computer? Or where does it go? I was quite willing to buy Spydoctor, but if this is doing it...? Your input appreciated. Aspasia -- A king can stand people fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking. Will Rogers |
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Hi!
I think you'll find there are a lot better set of tools out there, some of which are free. For starters, I'd look at (in no particular order) Lavasoft's Ad-Aware (free for personal use), Spybot Search and Destroy (donationware the last I knew) and possibly Microsoft's own MS Anti-Spyware product. Other tools that might come in handy are HiJack This! and CWShredder. (These are for particularly stubborn messes.) If nothing else, you may wish to consider more than one tool. I don't know of any that are 100% effective. William |
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I'm not familiar at all with Spy Doctor. I'm also not clear on exactly what
you are doing... Deleting everything in Documents & Settings??? That deletes all the profiles except the one that is active.... My recommendation to folks is to get Spy Sweeper (WebRoot). Excellent program. Costs anywhere from $30 to $0 depending the deals. It is a subscription service. Best part is it is updated very frequently (code & sigs) and it blocks spy/malware before it is installed. Also blocks attempts to add auto starting programs and browser hijacks. Of course, I also have Ad Aware (Lavasoft) and Spybot Search & Destroy as added sweepers. Since I added Spy Sweeper, neither has found anything other than an occasional tracking cookie.... -- Regards, Hank Arnold Aspasia wrote in message ... Yo, experts - A knowledgeable friend recommended Spy Doctor, so I went to their Web site and downloaded it. Then I tried to BUY it, which they said was necessary to remove the viruses, etc. that it detects, cookies, etc. but the site was very confusing so I gave up. Now, Spydoctor periodically lists the stuff it has identified. I go to My Computer, through the prompts, to documents and settings, and Select and Delete everything. My question: Does Deleting the stuff really get it off the computer? Or where does it go? I was quite willing to buy Spydoctor, but if this is doing it...? Your input appreciated. Aspasia -- A king can stand people fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking. Will Rogers |
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Aspasia wrote in message ... Yo, experts - A knowledgeable friend recommended Spy Doctor, so I went to their Web site and downloaded it. Then I tried to BUY it, which they said was necessary to remove the viruses, etc. that it detects, cookies, etc. but the site was very confusing so I gave up. Now, Spydoctor periodically lists the stuff it has identified. I go to My Computer, through the prompts, to documents and settings, and Select and Delete everything. My question: Does Deleting the stuff really get it off the computer? Or where does it go? I was quite willing to buy Spydoctor, but if this is doing it...? Your input appreciated. Aspasia -- A king can stand people fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking. Will Rogers Another freebe is Ad-Aware SE Personal available from http://www.Lavasoft.de It gets rid of most of the crap! HTH |
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A knowledgeable friend recommended Spy Doctor,
If you`d like to head over to my site, I try to point to legit free apps for spyware removal (about 80% of all the ones you see are actually fake, and are a form of spyware in themselves) http://www.coreutilities.co.uk There`s a lot of text i`m afraid, as I ramble on, but hopefully i`ve got some useful info in there ! You could probably do as good a job by using SpywareBlaster, and it's free. Do a Google for it. Not great reviews. SpywareBlaster doesn't remove spyware - it locks down activex exploits - and what it does, it does well. -- Please add the word "newsgroup" in the subject line of personal emails **** My email address includes "ngspamtrap" and " **** |
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A knowledgeable friend recommended Spy Doctor,
so I went to their Web site and downloaded it. Then I tried to BUY it, which they said was necessary to remove the viruses, etc. that it detects, cookies, etc. but the site was very confusing so I gave up. Glad to hear it - its one of the rogue (FAKE) lets-pretend-you-have- ****-on-your-system apps. http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm #2 on the list under "#1 Spyware Killer" --- #1 Spyware Killer 1spywarekiller.com surfertools.com false positives work as goad to purchase; poor scan reporting; dubious corp. associations (1); same app as Max Privacy Protector, SpyDoctor, SpyFirewall, Spyinator, SpyKiller 2005, SpyLax, SpySpotter, SpywareThis, & Spyware Protection Pro; Ad-aware knockoff [A: 10-5-04 / U: 2-7-05] --- -- Please add the word "newsgroup" in the subject line of personal emails **** My email address includes "ngspamtrap" and " **** |
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A knowledgeable friend recommended Spy Doctor,
Just reading through my previous link, can you confirm you`re talking about SpyDoctor, and *not* Spyware Doctor ? (see the entry for SpyLax) Spyware Doctor is legit. -- Please add the word "newsgroup" in the subject line of personal emails **** My email address includes "ngspamtrap" and " **** |
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