http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

Recent Changes

* (FIXED) Main window now brought to front when the scan finishes.
* (ADDED) Function to restore broken SecurityProviders.
* (ADDED) Associations are now checked for malicious entries.
* (ADDED) Heuristics for common infections.
* (ADDED) New mirror to updates.

After reading some very good reviews of Threatfire, I installed it (free)
but it slowed down my computer almost to a standstill so I uninstalled it.
Has anyone any experience of this program from PC Tools?

1. What is alt.privacy.spyware?
2. Who can post here?
3. What is spyware?
4. Can you give me some more details on the types of spyware that exist?
5. How is spyware different from, or similar to, adware?
6. Why/How is spyware a problem?
7. Are there any posting restrictions, rules or guidelines?
8. How reliable is the information I might get?
9. How can I identify, prevent and eliminate spyware in my computer?
10.Why didn't (X anti-spyware program) find (Y spy program or file) on
my computer?
11.Am I being spied upon?
12.What are third party cookies and what do they have to do with spyware?
13.How can I keep track of what another person in the household is doing
on a computer?
14.Is privacy the same as anonymity on the Web?
15.How is the issue of consent important when it comes to spyware?
16.How can I be spyware-free without all this hassle?
17.Do different types of programs exhibit different degrees of
vulnerability to spyware? ...

I installed IE 8 two days ago and since then my browser seems to have
been hijacked by spyware - I get redirected to a website whose address
begins: www.top2dir

I have run two different anti spyware progrannes and neither seems to
have removed it.

Ideas, anyone?

TIA

I have been an SAS user for sometime (have a lifetime subscription) and
think it's a great product.

BUT BUT BUT, having moved to using Vista, the update process has become a
PITA.

Apart from the regular minor updates, whenever there is a significant update
that I get alerted to, I get a message telling me i need to be an
administrator in order to apply this. When I query this, the only solution
seems to be to uninstall, then reinstall, then re-register.

This tries patience

Is there going to be a proper solution??

Installed the latest Avast 4.8 Home and I can't stop it from loading
when I start Windows XP.

I tried turning off the services associated with Avast but Avast is
protecting those services.

I ran MSconfig and turned it off but it turns itself back on when I reboot.

What I need is a simple on-demand anti-virus scanner and it appears
Avast is no longer letting me set it up that way.

Help!

http://msmvps.com/blogs/siljaline/archive/2008/09/04/scammers-skirt-spam-shields...

Silj

--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be

http://www.lavasoft.com/support/securitycenter/blog/
http://www.lavasoft.com/single/mirror_download.php?f=948DEWk12
http://download.lavasoft.com/public/defs.zip

Silj

--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be

http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?showtopic=20656

Silj

--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be