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Jeesh

@attbi.com
reply to some guy
Re: Good Move Webroot!

Of course, most just look at the numbers and say "look how many it found!!".... without realizing that most are cookies and not spyware programs. Many don't have any idea there is a difference.



pcscdma
Chocobo Chocobo Random Battle
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join:2004-01-14
Winterset, IA
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bad
I need to get rid of these.

Thaler
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join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA

reply to Jeesh
said by Jeesh:

Of course, most just look at the numbers and say "look how many it found!!".... without realizing that most are cookies and not spyware programs. Many don't have any idea there is a difference.
No offense, but I don't want tracking cookies either. What good does it do me to have them on my computer? Nothing...hell, they may even be giving away more information than I'd like. IE-Spyad prevents a lot of these cookies from getting inserted, and good riddance.


FROSTY
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reply to Jeesh
Jeesh and someguy,
Oh believe me, I know the difference.
You're not dealing with a noob here.
I lose track of counting how many times Spybot thinks a PC is clean, when SpySweeper will find real, not traces or cookies, spyware running on the PC. Free is good for what it's worth. Witnessing this from a real world, hands on experience with countless PCs speaks for itself....
--
"When you set yourself on fire and aim for the sky, you hope to leave behind some sparks of heat and light ... Like a vapor trail." - Neil Peart 2002

Thaler
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join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
Personally, I use Spybot/Ad-Aware to detect the presence of a Ad/Spy/Crapware infection. Upon getting back a positive test result, I know that it's time to just wipe the damn system.


JammerMan79
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join:2004-05-13
Prince George, BC
I use spybot/ad-aware and microsoft anti-spyware, no spyware here.
Microsoft's software works great. It is after all just repackaged Giant software which was one of the best on the market.

Thaler
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join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
Yeah...but the whole validation phone-home software gig is crap IMHO. The reasons for that are in another thread though.
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