Windows Spyware Remover!

[IALuder]

yes thats right.

mircosoft is making a Spyware remover.

http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/default.aspx?ln=en-us

best one i found and its FREE!

it found all the ones my others couldnt find.

[blind34_1]

yea its been out for a while. They actually bought Giant AntiSpyware, slapped their branding on it, and called it a beta.

It does a decent job, but doesn't get everything. Its a good solution for the casual user, because it will update itself and scan on a schedule, just like an anti-virus program.

whats not cool about it:
If you run dual displays, you see the window open even if you "minimized" it. sloppy programming.

It takes up memory. I already run antivirus in the background. I don't need another program scanning my shit. especially since the best way to not get spyware, is don't go to crap sites. I have had zero spyware problems lately because I don't go to these scummy popular sites. better to avoid the problem then have a memory eater protecting me from the problem.

but yes, it is decent for what it is.

[GT40FIED]

PeerGuardian is also great for keeping you off of bad sites in the first place. Try and access a site that is known for being infested and it'll stop you cold. It does everything short of throw up a message that says "hey...don't go there you fucking moron". But it's essentially just a blacklisting firewall so it's not going to actually get rid of anything. So far I'm liking MS Anti spyware...been using it for 2 or 3 months pretty successfully. I do, however, share some of Aaron's complaints.

[pdiggitydogg]

I just got PeerGuardian, today actually. I havent gone anything to play with it, yet...
I dont understand the Aggressive and Normal modes...but I havent looked too much at it either

[GT40FIED]

Aggressive mode saves some CPU power by basically blanketing IP ranges to block rather than singling out specific addresses to block. For instance, if a hypothetical bad IP range was 00.000.00.000 - 10.000.00.000 and you stumble across 00.500.00.000 instead of trying to track down the specific point of origin, it just blocks it and lists it as being a bad IP range. I always run it in aggressive just because I run it all the time and don't want it sucking up processing power.

[pdiggitydogg]

Ah, Makes sense. Thanks.
I went to a porn site to test it out; all kinds of stuff was listing up like crazy...then the site came up as unavailable. Neat! :yes:

[GT40FIED]

Yeah...you never really realize what sites have what kind of crap until you use a program like that.

[ChrisCantSkate]

ive been using the windows one and ad-aware and ad-aware always picks up more. most the time the windows one dosnt find anything, then when i run the other one it'll find some more.