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[nugglife4me]

Stick it -->TTT



oh and ^ for ad-aware

 

[V00DOO]

I run Ad-aware atleast twice a week and it always find something.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

bump, definately download this.

 

[Parn]

 

[douggie]

How do you know which ones are safe to remove? I remember that once i removed all of them and my Kazaa quit working....

 

[catrats]

It probably depends on the software but most of the time, those adware (as opposed to freeware or shareware) programs that you install look for specific files in order to function. These particular files are used to serve up ads through the software and are installed along with the main program. Some people equate them to parasites.

As an example, Kazaa, as you mentioned, requires the existence of a particular file (CL_CLINT.DLL, I believe), among many others, in order to function. Once Ad-Aware identified this file as a component of the spyware, its removal caused Kazaa to stop functioning.

For the most part, you're better off finding freeware alternatives to adware/spyware that you use if at all possible. It just seems the headache just isn't worth even installing these programs.

 

[v8envy]

Here's another tip. You can look in the spyware cookies and find domains worth blocking at the DNS level.

This works just like mapping offending popup hosts to 127.0.0.1 in a windows hosts file, except now name resolution will fail for all hosts in that domain.

The procedure is to get a DNS server of your choice and set it up to be a caching / forwarding nameserver for everything but spam sites, for which it's configured to be the authoritative server. I've got about 40 different domains for which I pretend to know that they have absolutely no machines. =)

Oh yeah, and bump for a great proggy (ad aware). Used it last weekend to de-infest girlfriend's dad's machine. He uses mozilla and didn't even know IE had picked up about a dozen different browser parasites including gator offer companion.

 

[seatidex]

I ran ad-aware and found only 33 "components." I know how I got some of these "components." They were from some download managers or download accelarators I downloaded a while ago. Soon I found spywares, then I uninstalled the download manager and several spywares came with it. There were some log files and registry entries left. These log files were not harmful, I think. I am not sure if these registry entries are harmful or not. Anyway I deleted all these components found.

To solve the problem, ad-aware is not enough. Install and configure an internet security software/personal firewall. Ad-aware is a good accompany for antivirus and personal firewall software. I configured my personal firewall to block web sites such as ad.doubleclick.net to protect my privacy. My internet security software will also help blocking ad.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
GOD BLESS YOU! I was finally able to get rid of that fvcking lop.com I dont even know how it got installed in the first place


Thanks again!

oh heck yeah! i had it for so long! but thank the board! cuz i did a search awhile ago and found this anandtech software thread!

 

[anton73]

bump

 

[2cool4u]

adaware is a great little program, helped me remove that annoying connoname program

 

[Macro2]

I love adaware.
I always get a laugh when I have people run in on their computer and it comes up with the SEXTRACKER cookie. I ask, if they have ever been to a porn site?
They say oh, no, I never do that!


LOL

 

[BeerGod]

ttt

 

[Semir]

BUMP for Ad-adware and Spybot.
Run 'em both. Catch what you can.
TKS for the word.