mjsmith6
join:2004-09-01
K1S6F5 | Spyware Blaster removal
When uninstalling Spyware Blaster, does it undo/remove all the changes it made the registry? |
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MrTopher
join:2002-08-29
Portage, MI | No, you have to go into the program and "Disable all Protection". After you do that, you can uninstall it. |
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MattUK
Premium
join:2003-03-23
UK | reply to mjsmith6
If you don't mind me asking, how comes you wish to uninstall SB? |
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dp
Go Steelers
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join:2000-12-08
Greensburg, PA
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said by mjsmith6  :
When uninstalling Spyware Blaster, does it undo/remove all the changes it made the registry?
As MrTopher posted, you need to clear all the selections from within the program so the kill bits are removed from the registry, then you can uninstall.
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mjsmith6
join:2004-09-01
K1S6F5
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I'm just being cautious. I've been installing and uninstalling a number of these tools simply trying to find ones that I like. I actually think I'll keep this one along with spybot and adaware.
But there's alot of these tools out there and I wonder how much you can trust some of them. For the tools to work, you give them permission to go through your firewall to update their signatures. After that, they may scan every file on your computer including the registry. How do you know the tool isn't sending your confidential information back to headquarters the next time it updates it's signatures.
Who's watching the watchers? |
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habya
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Huntsville, AL
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| said by mjsmith6 :
I'm just being cautious. I've been installing and uninstalling a number of these tools simply trying to find ones that I like. I actually think I'll keep this one along with spybot and adaware.
But there's alot of these tools out there and I wonder how much you can trust some of them. For the tools to work, you give them permission to go through your firewall to update their signatures. After that, they may scan every file on your computer including the registry. How do you know the tool isn't sending your confidential information back to headquarters the next time it updates it's signatures.
Who's watching the watchers?
Well a good place to start is here »www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_ant···ware.htm
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SnowyOne
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join:2003-04-05
Kailua, HI
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"Who's watching the watchers?"
Fair Question.
To a degree they watch each other. At some point it simply comes down to "who you gonna trust?", that's where your own due diligence should be relied upon.
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Bubba
GIT-R-DONE
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join:2002-08-19
Around, Us
·Comcast
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As SnowyOne said....very fair question and Welcome to the Security Forum here @ BBR. Being this is only your second day....you'll find as you read some of the threads and comments made by other users....many programs will be disected and run thru the reamer. As for SpywareBlaster....it is a program that adds a very good layer of protection....along with many others you'll see being mentioned here.
One link you may have noticed at the top of the thread list would be a good place to start when selecting some programs. I can assure you if that program is on that list it is about as legit as they come. IF....by chance they change their ways....I can assure this Forum will be one of the very first ones to know and that program would have wished they would have stayed safe by the time these folks got through with them.
This Sticky link---> Security Software Updates
Once again....Welcome to the BBR Security Forum  |
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keith2468
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join:2001-02-03
Winnipeg, MB
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I go with the concensus of the forum and apply on top of that my own experience as to who to trust.
You can also check for a vendor's support forum activity and also send them an email. Especially for paid software, check to see if support emails can somehow be sent to an address that gets read manually.
If a vendor is taking time to at least respond to emails within 72 hours, they are probably trustworthy -- although they may be buggy or new and ineffective, 72 hours is not all that prompt, and sites selling their software may be selling other software from other vendors that is not trustworthy.
Of course any of these sites could be hacked by a third party I suppose, and the legitimate downloads replaced with something else. 
I'm currently going with SpywareAnalyser, and SpywareBlaster as infection preventors, and Ad-Aware SE, Spybot S&D, for weekly scans, CWShredder and HijackThis when I get suspicious.
I also run KAV Personal 5, ZoneAlarm 5 (free), TDS-3, and a Linksys BEFSR41 NAT router.
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Mele20
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join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
1 edit | reply to mjsmith6
Spyware Blaster is great but you don't need it if, like most many here, you use Firefox/Moz/Opera and treat IE like it is the plague.  |
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Owlbet
Ignite the Ice
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join:2002-09-24
Palmer, AK
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1 edit | reply to Bubba
said by Bubba :
IF....by chance they change their ways....I can assure this Forum will be one of the very first ones to know and that program would have wished they would have stayed safe by the time these folks got through with them.
If you don't believe us, check out this thread when Privacy Tools 2004 tried to sell his wares: »Anti-Spyware Vendor Threatens to Write Malware. The same thing would happen if the creators of well-recommended and well-loved products went to the "dark side". They would be outed faster than a fly to meat at a picnic.
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PeeWee
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said by Mele20 :
Spyware Blaster is great but you don't need it if, like most here, you use Firefox/Moz/Opera and treat IE like it is the plague.
Maybe a lot of people here. I do, though, think you should hesitate to say "most".
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mjsmith6
join:2004-09-01
K1S6F5
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But what about software that is very well written. It gets good reviews, becomes well received, and is used by a wide number of people. You come to trust the software and give it free reign on your computer. When you execute the program, it does it's job very thoroughly, but all the while, very quietly, its gathering confidential information to send back to the author.
How do you know? |
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habya
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join:2003-05-29
Huntsville, AL
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| said by mjsmith6 :
But what about software that is very well written. It gets good reviews, becomes well received, and is used by a wide number of people. You come to trust the software and give it free reign on your computer. When you execute the program, it does it's job very thoroughly, but all the while, very quietly, its gathering confidential information to send back to the author.
How do you know?
Well there are people who do have the knowledge and ability to inspect the software and watch what it is sending/receiving and find out what it is doing. However by that same logic how do you ever know anything? You don't, there is never a 100% certain or is there? Either way you have to extend a certain degree of trust over anything in this world or else nothing would get done.
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