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  1. Rowan

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    Norton 2004 detected some adveriser spyware on my computer, but can remove it - any suggestions?

    file names:

    winlink.new
    winshow.new

    threat name:

    Adware.Winshow
     
    Rowan, Jan 16, 2004
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  2. David_S

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    The best suggestion would be to remove Norton from your machine, but a reasonable second suggestion would be to install Adaware from Lavasoft.com. It will clean out most if not all of the advertising garbage.
     
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  3. Diablo

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    go to download.com

    get the software ad-aware and also spybot.
    they should be under the most popular link.

    Good Luck
     
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    Ad-aware 6.0 works wonders
     
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  5. Schatten

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    fyi, it's not lavasoft.com it's www.lavasoftusa.com - that will get you the right tools. also get spybot - do the updates to both of them and then run them - of course not at the same time.
     
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  6. David_S

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    Good catch! 'Fraid I downloaded it from www.lavasoft.de & just assumed the US site would be lavasoft.com :)

    At least we all agree that Adaware is the right tool for the job!
     
    David_S, Jan 16, 2004
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  7. Bryan

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    Just make sure it's Ad-Aware from Lavasoft and not ADA-Ware...a different product
     
    Bryan, Jan 16, 2004
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  8. Varenne

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    I would add one more to the list. I run these three weekly:

    Spybot S&D
    Ad Aware 6.0 and finally
    Spywareblaster

    The last one tries to inoculate your computer against a host of bad stuff before it can get downloaded. All of these have free downloads.

    I used them to cleanup my kids' pc from a ton of porn stuff and they worked wonders.

    Good luck,

    mark
     
    Varenne, Jan 16, 2004
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