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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 06:01 PM
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Default Any recomended free anti spyware software?

As above as my computer is infected?
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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ad-aware is a good free one.
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 06:36 PM
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ad-aware,spybot search and destroy and ive also had no probs with windows defender (as long as you have a genuine copy of windows.....oh and it keeps tryin to delete all my music theft programs )
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by rauri
ad-aware,spybot search and destroy and ive also had no probs with windows defender (as long as you have a genuine copy of windows.....oh and it keeps tryin to delete all my music theft programs )
yeah, both free, just make sure you hit "update" on both before doing any scans
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 06:44 PM
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Use CCleaner after running these to purge unwanted crap from the registry aswell
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 06:53 PM
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Use CCleaner after running these to purge unwanted crap from the registry aswell
dont you have to have a reasonable idea about computers to use that tho?
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 06:58 PM
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Not really as long as you leave the advanced section alone, and the prefetch option is deselected by default.

Everyone has to start somewhere.
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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yeah ive used ccleaner for over a year, easy way of deleting all temp internet files and what not in about 20 seconds depending how long you leave it between scans, awesome little programme
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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CCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less than a second to run) and Free.

Cleans the following:

* Internet Explorer Cache, History, Cookies, Index.dat.
* Recycle Bin, Temporary files and Log files.
* Recently opened URLs and files.
* Third-party application temp files and recent file lists (MRUs).
Including: Firefox, Opera, Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more...
* Advanced Registry scanner and cleaner to remove unused and old entries.
Including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more... Backup for registry clean.
* Windows Startup tool.
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 07:26 PM
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sounds useful,away to find it and see how i go
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 07:30 PM
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AVG free edition.............got it off here......
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng...nti-virus-free
they do everything
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 07:50 PM
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i downloaded ccleaner from here

http://www.filehippo.com/download/53...7394/download/
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Red16
Yes i have had filehippo bookmarked for years now and yeah thats where you download it from, although a simple google search would bring it up aswell
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