 C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And PolicePremium
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Davenport, FL | All too true. At first, I used to wonder why Microsoft implemented that one feature for automatic updates on Windows XP.
With just looking at my brother's home computer, I had to look no further. He hardly updated Spybot: S&D at all, let alone ran it since I left...
Almost gets to the point that when I head down to check over his computer, I have to reload the OS and start from scratch, because - as he puts it - it gets very slow over time. 
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DaemonPremium
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| We are like the gifted sages, walking earth to protect the weak from the domination of spyware.
I too, have fixed many computers with just a few simple programs. It's satisfying to anniliahte that stuff. Also, there are programs you can run now that will prevent spyware from getting reinstalled. I suggest you run them on your friend's computers so you don't have to return as often.
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C0deZer0Oc'D To Rhythm And PolicePremium
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Davenport, FL | said by Daemon:
Also, there are programs you can run now that will prevent spyware from getting reinstalled. I suggest you run them on your friend's computers so you don't have to return as often.
Is there something like that that can be set on a specific schedule? Like once a day/week?
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DaemonPremium
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| you have your choice of methods. Some run via a .reg file that sets the kill bit of spyware and puts the sites that offer it in the restricted zone, or you have the more comprehensive approach of a scanner that sits resident in memory and activly fights installation of those programs. I like IE-SpyAD and SpywareBlaster
Now that I think about it, the .reg files are available naked off of the net and they are updated regularlly. It would be a simple matter to write a little program that fetches the .reg and executes it to merge it into the registry. Then, all you'd have to do it set the program up as a scheduled task and it would run on it's own. None of them have a sophisticated auto-updater like the better AV programs do.
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i know, it's just like the gas guage in your vehicle. if it shows empty i guess you better stop & fill it up. When Microsoft sends out their Windows Critical Update Notifications then yup, install it NOW! If not then we call this a simple case of self-infliction. Some people like stress just so they can bitch about something because they obviously are not computer literate. |
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said by Daemon:
We are like the gifted sages, walking earth to protect the weak from the domination of spyware.
No kidding. You'd think after cleaning up some spyware and installing a few Windows updates that we're like these world famous surgeons or something performing life-saving operations. I wish I got paid like that anyways.
said by Daemon:
I too, have fixed many computers with just a few simple programs. It's satisfying to anniliahte that stuff. Also, there are programs you can run now that will prevent spyware from getting reinstalled. I suggest you run them on your friend's computers so you don't have to return as often.
I keep Spybot, AVG, and a few other apps on a keychain drive because I use them so much. I work at an ISP and in the call center we frequently take in troubled computers from users who can't get them to work right. 99% of the time it's just spyware/virus related. |
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