The Women Warriors

[MessiahMews]

Usually my Saturdays and/or Sundays are spent updating my anti-virus programs, Spwyare Removal/Blocking programs.

Of course, the best thing is to use Unix, Linux or Macs to avoid these.

I have Pest Petrol and Lavasoft AdAware for actural spyware/adware removal.

I have Spyware Blaster for blocking it.
Spyware Blaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Even though I run the updates, I still have to customize it to Block sites and CLSIDs. I go to the Symantec Security Response site and check the latest Spyware, Adware, etc.. info. What I do is open up my Spyware Blaster and go to the tools and custom blocking and look on Symantec's Security Risk page for new programs not included in the Spyware Blaster update. I then copy the name of the Spyware/Adware program and then copy all the CLSIDs' associated with it, to keep it from ever coming on my computer. I found a bunch that the update hasn't got yet. The good thing is, that you can right click copy and paste when copying the program name and the CLSID. Easy.

Symantec Security Response - Security Risks
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...isks/index.html
(There's a lot, so I'm still not done with that yet.)

Then I went to the Symantec Removal Tools Page and downloaded all of them, just in case I need for future use.
Symantec Security Response - Removal Tools Page
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...tools.list.html

This system works very well in protecting myself from further Adware/Spyware/Malware attacks. Then I have to do it again on my hubby's computer.
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[MessiahMews]

I have...

• Nortons Anti-virus from Symantec which also can detect some spyware/adware
  
• Lavasoft's AdAware SE
  
• Pest Patrol
  
• Spyware Blaster (I really like this one, but is only a blocker, not a remover)
  
• and CCleaner aka Crap Cleaner.
  

I have Xoftspy and Webroot Spysweeper, but those only scan, as I have to pay for them to remove, and I really don't need to buy them since I have the others, plus I can figure out where to manually remove things that these find. If I have trouble removing, then I just go back to Symantec's Security Response pages, and get the step by step instructions.

Javacool has a forum regarding their products. (Spyware Blaster).

I joined because I still have questions about custom blocking, plus keeping up with the updates, and new products. Their products are all free, by the way.

Wilders Security Forums
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