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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:00 PM
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Poll question: A C.G. computer poll. Actually more of a request. Could some of you
fine people run an Adware/Spyware *full* scan tonight or sometime today. Then mention the number, if any, of detections that were found. Just run the scanner you normally use; Ad-Aware, Spybot, Spyware X-Terminator, etc. Thank you.

Note: Choices 1-4 below are for Spybot. Choices 5-8 are for Ad-Aware. Choice 9 is for other brand with zero. Choice 10 is for other Brand with 1+ found.

Thanks again.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:03 PM
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1. I've been getting around 5 after a week's use.
:shrug:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:03 PM
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2. I think I know where you're going with this
but isn't the data gathering method flawed? Shouldn't people run more than one, and post which found more results - or which one found more 'actual' results.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:05 PM
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4. No. It's ok.
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 02:06 PM by Crazy Guggenheim
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:05 PM
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3. For people who chose 9 or 10, could you mention the brand you
used? Thanks.
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:06 PM
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5. I run them both religiously
I get about four tracking cookies a day at the end of the day I sweep them out. One of these days I'll learn to stay out of dark alleys and dimly lit corners.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 02:21 PM
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6. I've also used SpySweeper and Spyware X-Terminator.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 05:21 PM
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14. I didn't know Terminator X had his own spyware program

:shrug:
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 04:22 PM
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7. Bump.
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landdaddy Donating Member (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 05:58 PM
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8. I had 14
but they were all cookies. I use BPS Spyware Remover.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 01:06 PM
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10. I haven't heard of BPS. I'll take a look at it on PCWorld.
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 06:09 PM
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9. I ran Ad-Aware, Microsoft Antispyware, and AVG..
After 9 months of this Windows 2000 Pro box I have had zero nasties. Some Tracking Cookies reported by Ad-Aware. Nothing harmful. Also, I use Firefox, gMail, sit behind two routers, and run Windows Update when /. tells me to.

*I'm a Macintosh user, I use my Windows box for very little, Mostly Bittorrent and watching porn.*
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 01:23 PM
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11. It's been over a month and I got 1 plus 1 M$ broadcast warning
it was the desktop display setting and I don't think I can stop that.
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 02:30 PM
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12. When you say a Microsoft broadcast warning, is that for updates?
How did it appear?
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Greyhound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 05:17 PM
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13. Oh no, just that windows loves to give out all kinds of data about your
Edited on Sun Dec-18-05 05:20 PM by greyhound1966
system. Apparently it is telling my display resolution and refresh rate, nothing too serious.

Edited to add: My system is pretty tight, but there're many sites I can't go to and many features I can't access because I won't let winblows have its way (can't vote MSNBC polls for example). :shrug:
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purr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 06:59 PM
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15. Oh wow.. 86 found by Adaware
Havent ran it in 2 months :)
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-18-05 07:26 PM
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16. I have tried several but I have to honestly say that Ad-Aware by
Lavasoft finds the most consistently every time, followed by McAfee's AntiSpyware which finds almost as many. Damn Microsoft Antispyware rarely ever finds adware or spyware, even if it's there.
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