Re: ad-aware
 

well i dont know how to swipe my hard drive or put it on a disk really....

Re: ad-aware
 

Microsoft bought Ad-Ware.

He got it backwards anyway. :p

First you need to backup all your files. The registry, all your games saves. Your my documents folder, and anything important. The person who has the Admin access should do this, as the other users will have stuff to be backed up.

Then wiping your Hard Drive means to Format it. Wipe it clean. Booting up from another computer, or from the WinXP install disk, and running the format utility.

Re: ad-aware
 

Ad-Aware is a must in my book along with spybot,however i never find anything on spybot after using ad-aware but better to be safe than sorry.Also would recomend spyware guard and spyware blaster(both free).Check out download .com for these along with good and bad reviews for any software there.

Re: ad-aware
 

Yea i like ad-aware SE, its very retard proof and has many options, i run it like twice a week and i love it.

Re: ad-aware
 

M$ bought GIANT AntiSpyware. I'd used GIANT's product, and it worked quite well. As yet, the only thing M$ has done is tack their name onto the GUI. Registry entries still bear GIANT's name. So I may yet still use it on the Windows boxen.

Ad-Aware is excellent. Use it.
Spybot S&D is excellent. Use it.
SpySweeper might've been good, I'm not sure. Didn't feel like paying for it after the trial came up.

I use NAV Corporate for virus control, with occassional forays to TrendMicro's Housecall if necessary.

Re: ad-aware
 

AOL is the biggest scam ever. They brag about their little "free virus protection" and such, but it's insanely under par. The best programs you can use are Ad-Aware SE and SpyBot Search and Destroy. I use both and nothing gets beyond their combonation of killer strength :evilgrin:

Re: ad-aware
 

Thank you AOL for adding to the problem. :D :rolleyes:

From what I've seen, the average user didn't think they needed protection. Now they think that with AOL they are invunerable to Viruses, and Ad-Ware, untill they get 1 or 100...

Re: ad-aware
 

The really sad part is that even once someone's gotten their boxen infected with dozens (yes, dozens) of viruses and hundreds of pieces of spyware... they still swear that they couldn't possibly be infected with anything, most often because they "have McAfee installed!"
Nevermind that the answer is usually a blank stare or flat-out "You have to run it?" when queried if they ever scanned.

Re: ad-aware
 

ad-aware pwns all...and get "Spyware Blaster" to....it stops them from getting there in the first place...most of the time

Re: ad-aware
 

PestPatrol works even better but you have to pay for it.