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Posted at 04:33 on November 21st, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Prof Gumby Posts: 432 | I was wondering what you use, since I still get new stuff even though I have both spywareguard and spybot with its immunisation activated ----- If it ain't broken, you're not trying hard enough. |
Posted at 07:03 on November 21st, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 1007 | Ad-aware for now. Right at this moment, though, we are reworking our computer network and putting some better protection directly on the server. ----- NetDanzr<br /> -The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog- |
Posted at 07:16 on November 21st, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11098 | I'm using a great program called 'common sense' to avoid spyware ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
Posted at 07:28 on November 21st, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Prof Gumby Posts: 607 | I used Adaware for a while and now I'm using Spybot... But I wouldn't know if one is 'better' than the other. My whole family uses the same computer so I can't rely on common sense. ----- "One Very Important Thought" |
Posted at 11:41 on November 21st, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11098 | Thinking about it, I shouldn't have voted 'another free program'. Looking at how the market for virus scanners is booming, common sense apparantely doesn't come for free... I wrote a great virus myself at university today by the way. Pretty cool stuff, just five lines of code - and the anti-virus software immediately popped up when I tried executing it I'm so evil ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
Posted at 12:09 on November 21st, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 740 | Unfortunately, this is something that even perfect common sense (if there was such a thing) couldn't avoid. If you want freeware, you're going to run into at least a little spyware. That's why I run spybot, and sometimes ad-aware whenever I install something. The poll really oughta be multiple choice, or at least have a "more than one" option. The best solution is to use more than one spyware tool. Spybot always finds at least a few things that ad-aware misses, and ad-aware always finds a few things that spybot misses. ----- At the end of the day, you're left with a bent fork & a pissed off rhino. |
Posted at 14:14 on November 21st, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11098 | Quote: If you want freeware, you're going to run into at least a little spyware. No.----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
Posted at 17:40 on November 21st, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Prof Gumby Posts: 336 | Quote: Posted by Mr Creosote at 15:16 on November, 21st 2003: I'm using a great program called 'common sense' to avoid spyware Thats funny Leave a Link Library if you Like, Like a Long Lame Lobotomized Lout. Cookies? Care I? 'Course not! Every virus Entrapaneur Exceeds in Extrapolating an Enemy's dumb Eediot's desire to open an Executable. |
Posted at 17:45 on November 21st, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 936 | I use Ad-Aware to kill some of the weird cookies I get. ----- Keep your stick on the ice |
Posted at 18:34 on November 21st, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Dr Gumby Posts: 268 | I use Spybot and Adaware. ----- Mock ugly people. Praise ugly goats. |
Posted at 02:37 on November 22nd, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 964 | I don't use another spyware protection than myself because I don't use software that includes spyware. Some time ago, I was running Spybot once on my Windows partition, and it didn't even find Internet Explorer. Also, I disagree that you are forced to run spyware when running freeware. Good freeware never inludes spyware... |
Posted at 21:10 on November 23rd, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Dr Gumby Posts: 268 | Quote: Also, I disagree that you are forced to run spyware when running freeware. Good freeware never inludes spyware... But only 1/10 of the freeware you use is good.----- Mock ugly people. Praise ugly goats. |
Posted at 00:30 on November 24th, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11098 | How do you know what programs others are using? ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
Posted at 02:59 on November 24th, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Prof Gumby Posts: 488 | The best protection I had for my old computer (which is now dead) was my firewall. If any spyware was able to run and send information over the web without my firewall detecting it was (I hope) killed by ad-aware which I runned everytime once in a while, i.e. when I thought that my connection was running slow. Personnaly, I don't think common sense is in case here... You remember me posting something about Sierra having a kind of spyware in their own program? That's not as easy as "I won't install any program that have spyware in it"; you don't know what you might get everytime you install everything. You can't even know what you'll get just by surfing on the net... ----- I am on a hot streak... Litterally. |
Posted at 04:40 on November 24th, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11098 | Since I only use free software (as opposed to freeware) on my computer which is connected to the net (as well as on the network server), it is indeed as simple as saying "I won't install any program that have spyware in it". I absolutely agree about the firewall by the way. This option doesn't prevent spyware from being installed, but it can prevent the sending of data. Too often overlooked. Edited by Mr Creosote at 12:42 on November, 24th 2003 ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
Posted at 03:54 on December 4th, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Prof Gumby Posts: 432 | Spybot can also immunize, to prevent downloads. But mr Creosote: how can you be certain that you have no spyware without checking the files first? ----- If it ain't broken, you're not trying hard enough. |
Posted at 11:29 on December 4th, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11098 | I can be certain, because it's basically impossible to spread free software and include spyware in it. Everybody would immediately notice, and nobody'd use it anymore. If that trust-argument isn't enough for you, there is a simple way: Reading the Makefile. ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
Posted at 12:07 on December 4th, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Retired Gumby Posts: 964 | Quote: because it's basically impossible to spread free software and include spyware in it. Everybody would immediately notice, and nobody'd use it anymore. Windows Media Player... |
Posted at 12:43 on December 4th, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Admin Reborn Gumby Posts: 11098 | That's only free in the meaning of 'without cost'. ----- Now you see the violence inherent in the system! |
Posted at 20:11 on December 11th, 2003 | Quote | Edit | Delete | |
Member Master Gumby Posts: 111 | Quote: No. Don't you even have divx installed? In some caes you have to install spyware knowingly, and then remove it with spyware tools. At least me. |