Re: [amibroker] Off Topic: spyware/adware removal

["john gibb" <jgibb1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

thanks for everyone's suggestions!!!
 
So far, I downloaded and ran Spybot and, i 
think, i got rid of quite a bit of ad/spyware...my Friday night  Norton 
scan will confirm...
 
One disapointment is that I may have to pay $30 to 
keep the reminder system I have become dependent on (Date Manager from 
Gator/GAIN Publishing). It turns out that Gator was prominent on the list of 
stuff Spybot found. Can anyone suggest a (ideally ad/spyware-free and 
<$30 ) reminder system? GAIN claims their $30 product is 'GAIN 
Network advertising' free, whatever that 
means.
 
-john
 
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  >From: 
  Bob 
  Johnson 
  To: <A title=amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  href="">amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 3:34 
  PM
  Subject: Re: [amibroker] Off Topic: 
  spyware/adware removal
  
  Try Ad-aware.  They have a free program 
  version that's as effective as anything I've tried. They have
  regular updates to the reference file.  It 
  will let you go through the list it finds and select the items 
for
  deletion.  On my machine it was able to get 
  rid of 'sah', which is very hard to eliminate because it 
  keeps reinstalling itself.  Ad-aware is 
  available from <A 
  href="">www.lavasoftusa.com.
   
  Note: It's Ad-aware, not Adware as in the 
  pest-ware Norton is reporting on you machine.
   
  If you're willing to do manual cleanup, you might 
  try www.pestscan.com.  You can run 
  a scan from 
  their website.  On my machine 
  it found more stuff than Ad-aware did, but the free scan doesn't 
  do
  any cleanup.
   
  Bob
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    >From: 
    john 
    gibb 
    To: <A title=amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    href="">amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 12:38 
    PM
    Subject: [amibroker] Off Topic: 
    spyware/adware removal
    Hi,Anyone else having problems removing 
    adware/spyware threats from their PCs?I am using Symantec's Norton 
    AnitVirus 2003, which scans my XP Home PC everyweek and, each time 
    lately, reports 400 or so of these threats:    
    Dialer.Tibs    Adware.Lop    
    Adware.Ipinsight    Adware.WhenU    
    Adware.CydoorIt recommends I delete them, which I attempt to do but 
    they won't delete.(It then gives me an opportunity to Exclude them from 
    future scans, which Ihave been reluctant to do.)I have tried 
    following some of the removal instructions on the Symantec website, 
    involving starting XP in the safe mode, removing registration keys,etc. 
    but to no avail.Anyone have a 
    recomendation?thanks-johnSend 
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