Rbreb13 Posted December 31, 2002 Report Share Posted December 31, 2002 I truly hate that it has come to this. Lavasoft's Ad-aware used to be a fine product. Not only was it the only free solution for finding and destroying advertising spyware, it was also a good program. However, Lavasoft has abandoned Ad-aware 5.83. Support is still offered at their support forums and via email, but the program is no longer being updated to handle new spyware targets. In fact, I feel that it is necessary to recommend to everyone that they simply remove Ad-aware version 5 entirely. Using it in its current, unupdated form can be, and has been proven to be dangerous. Spyware Info I didn't know this. I guess I can wait till Feb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsgolfman Posted December 31, 2002 Report Share Posted December 31, 2002 Thx for the heads up, Rb. News to me also. I was wondering about the reference file lately. I guess i'll wait till Feb. also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter-killer25 Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 feh, you want stuff like ad-ware? get spybot S&D it freaken rocks. immunitizes your IE from certain things searches for over 6000 spywares, constantly updated, free. i'm the person to come to if you need to know about spyware (pm me if you wanna know more) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsgolfman Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 Preach on. Never heard of spybot, always been an ad-aware guy. I'll have to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted May 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 The new AdAware is much better. But being the anal type I use Spybot and AdAware! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter-killer25 Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 new adware better? MAYBE the pay for use version is better but spybot is free and it ROCKS. it also comes with a link to a spyware blocker... it doesn't get rid of them it stops them from coming on to your computer. updated even more than spybot... 1 update like every 1-2 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter-killer25 Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 http://security.kolla.de/ <------- spybot link. download it, install it goto immunize and immunitize your computer then clcik on the link on the immunize page and download the blocker. remember to update both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter-killer25 Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 make that checks for about 6858 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruceleeon Posted July 31, 2003 Report Share Posted July 31, 2003 hey man.. thanks for the tip... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr3d Posted September 27, 2003 Report Share Posted September 27, 2003 USe both there are some that both miss. I have compared the two and together are fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsgolfman Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 I use both now. Also, spybot now checks for over 11000 files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbreb13 Posted September 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 I use both now. Also, spybot now checks for over 11000 files. Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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