500 points for anti-spyware

Try this for Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/

If you want to pay, try www.pestpatrol.com.

I have all three, to tell you the truth.  I like AdAware the best.  Others swear by Spybot S&D.   I bought Pest Patrol after AdAware sort of went dormant for a year and before I heard about Spybot S&D.  But AdAware is now back and going strong.

It's probably a good idea to have more than one.  

AdAware is the best, but it cost... :-/

adware / spyware question

There are a number of factors here.
First is that a lot of "freeware" packages won't work without the spyware - pkzip for windows for example installs and won't run without the timesync spyware (for which the fix is to redirect its update server to localhost, of course :)
Second is that a lot of "spyware" found by AdAware is in fact things like cookies in the IE cookie directory. yes, they are a privacy threat, but they aren't spyware in any real sense, and in fact aren't any sort of software at all.

Announcing The Release Of Ad-aware 6.0

http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/index.php?s=3ff89051cc1900f523dcfb20667b3485&act=ST&f=1&t=2669


Announcing The Release Of Ad-aware 6.0

To all our valued customers and users,

We are proud to announce the release of the all-new Ad-aware 6.0 Plus and Professional Editions. You have been the source of our continued growth and the reason we do what we do. All registered users will be receiving a notification of the release that will include a download link, username and password as they always have. Contrary to many rumors that have been spread of late, you will NOT have to reregister or pay any additional fees to get your upgrade from the current version.

Here is a quick look at the differences between the Plus and Professional versions:

Feature...................................................................Plus.....Professional

Enhanced Data Base...............................................Yes.....Yes
Basic command line parameters..............................Yes.....Yes
Standard version plugins and extensions...............Yes.....Yes
Automated scanning................................................Yes.....Yes
Automated Blocking.................................................Yes.....Yes
Plus version plugins and extensions.......................Yes.....Yes
Professional only plugins and extensions...............Yes.....Yes
Popup Blocking........................................................Yes.....Yes
Active X Blocking......................................................Yes.....Yes
Browser hijack and IE download Blocking...............Yes......Yes
Customizable scanning...........................................Yes.....Yes
Ad-watch 3.0 real-time monitor...............................Yes.....Yes
Registry protection..................................................Yes.....Yes
Executable file extension protection........................Yes.....Yes
Improved safety and redundant backups................Yes.....Yes
Improved logging capability.....................................Yes.....Yes
Free E-mail support..................................................Yes.....Yes
Advanced filtering....................................................Yes.....Yes
Full featured quarantine support.............................Yes.....Yes
Printable reports................................................................Yes
Process Browser................................................................Yes
Additional command line parameters.................................Yes
Additional menu and export options for reports...... .........Yes
Professional only plugins and extensions..........................Yes
Mapped network and ram drive scanning..........................Yes


With the Professional edition we have included a powerful Process Browser that offers more than an ordinary process monitor. It has been designed to completely support our all-new Plugin and Extension interface and the exporting features that are only available with the Plus and Professional Editions. It allows using installed extensions on, browsing, scanning and terminating of running processes.

We are also announcing an all-new website! It has been professionally designed for ease of use and greater interactivity. We hope you enjoy visiting it as much as we enjoyed watching it being made.

Please be patient as we are using staggered notification for more efficient downloading and traffic control. If you do not receive your notice within a few days of this announcement, please let us know and we will get the situation rectified.

Standard (free) Edition users will be able to obtain a copy within a week of this notification.

Ad-aware Standard Edition is THE award winning, free*, multicomponent detection and removal utility that has consistently lead the industry in safety, user satisfaction, support and reliability.

http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/


use the new Adware Professional, Spybot , and Pest Patrol


"SpyBot Search & Destroy" (It is freeware)

http://beam.to/spybotsd


PestPatrol 4.0 its not free:

http://www.zdnet.com/supercenter/stories/review/0,12070,563571,00.html


ZDNet Review
               
December 10, 2002

When you're on the Internet, you're vulnerable to all kinds of malicious code. Your antivirus software will weed out some of the Trojan horses, and your firewall will stop some malicious users from getting inside your PC. But to rid your system of the other bad stuff--poisoned Java and ActiveX Web scripts, for example--you'll need a program that's dedicated to doing just that. PestPatrol stops password crackers; keystroke logging; ad-serving software, cookies, Trojan horses; and possible distributed denial-of-service attacks, making it a crucial safeguard for your desktop or network server. If you want to keep your computer and data


haven't tried the following one yet:

Lockergnome Windows Digest] Bullhead Graffiti and the Nucleus  
Date: 2/15/2003 11:52:54 AM Pacific Standard Time

Spyware-Guide.com

http://www.spywareguide.com/


{Guide to stopping spies} Spyware Guide provides information about
spyware and adware, something we all despise, right? OK, who
shouted, "No?" You must write spyware. If not, e-mail me; I've
gotta meet you. The site does clearly state that it does neither
agrees nor disagree with the makers of spyware or adware software,
and it is NOT a sounding board for debate. It's there as a
resource to serve the Internet community. Recently, two spyware
programs attacked me; one was from a program that I was testing
for you Gnomies (which I immediately removed it from the review
list), and another came out of nowhere. I looked them up and this
source listed one of them, explaining what it is and how to squash
it. I dropped a line to the folks behind the site telling them
about the second piece of spyware that I encountered, and maybe
it'll be posted soon. Especially nice is the Blocklist File
download [

http://www.spywareguide.com/blockfile.php

Spyware Block List File
What and Why?
Tired of all that Spyware and Adware crap being installed by ActiveX ?
But don't want to loose out on functionality?
We have created a system that blocks all known "bad" ActiveX controls from running inside Internet Explorer by setting the "Kill bit".
When a page tries to install a component from our list, it will fail.
When a page tries to use a component from our list that was already present on your system, it will fail too!
Other, "friendly" components are not affected.
Download and Installation
The best part of it is that we can pull this off without any programs running on your Pc, without even having to run a program to install the block list! All you need to down is download the -small- registry file below (Right-Click, choose "Save As...") and then double click it to enter it into the registry and activate the protection.
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Last Update: 2003-2-12 20:10:52
Check back here often!

Spyware Blaster

BootLIST 088  
Date: 5/23/2003 9:59:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time

Prevent Spyware From Being Installed Utility

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     get errors I never had before their visits.

     I then have to run Ad-Adware to get rid of all the Spy Software
     they seem to install even though they never admit to installing
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FREE PEST SCAN


PestPatrol News July/August 2003 issue
Date:      8/11/2003 6:34:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From:      newsletter@pestpatrol.com
To:       janles95@aol.com

Thanks to everyone who helped with the launch of PestScan last month - and to all of you who've tried it since. If you haven't tried PestScan yet, go to www.pestscan.com and see for yourself. Tens of thousands of people have scanned their PCs for spyware since we launched PestScan just two weeks ago, so we think we can chalk that one up as a successful launch!

http://www.pestscan.com/


KL-Detector




KL-Detector download, reviewed and rated at Spychecker.com

http://www.spychecker.com/program/kldetector.html


KL-Detector 1.0
detect keylogger activity

 
KL-Detector is designed to provide a way to find out whether your activity is being recorded with a keylogger application. It uses the fact that most keyloggers create a hidden log file on your hard drive and therefore scans for any suspicious activity during a test period that you have to initiate. Basically, it asks you to use the keyboard for several minutes, type some text or do similar activities, while it is monitoring your system to check if it can detect any suspicious logging activity. KL-Detector is intended for occasional use and not as a permanently running program, as normal PC activity may cause false positives. During our test, it did detect changes in a keylogger log file (that we installed), but it did not find the activity suspicious enough to warn us. Advanced users may get value by inspecting the logged items, however novice users should not rely on the results.


KL-Detector is designed to provide a way to find out whether your activity is being recorded with a keylogger application. It uses the fact that most keyloggers create a hidden log file on your hard drive and therefore scans for any suspicious activity during a test period that you have to initiate. Basically, it asks you to use the keyboard for several minutes, type some text or do similar activities, while it is monitoring your system to check if it can detect any suspicious logging activity. KL-Detector is intended for occasional use and not as a permanently running program, as normal PC activity may cause false positives. During our test, it did detect changes in a keylogger log file (that we installed), but it did not find the activity suspicious enough to warn us. Advanced users may get value by inspecting the logged items, however novice users should not rely on the results.
 
2 download go here:

http://www.webattack.com/download/dlkldetector.shtml





SpywareGuard





SpywareGuard download, reviewed and rated at Spychecker.com - ...


http://www.spychecker.com/program/spywareguard.html


SpywareGuard 2.1
detect spyware programs

 
SpywareGuard provides a real-time protection solution against so-called spyware. It works similar to an anti-virus program, by scanning EXE and CAB files on access and alerting you if known spyware is detected. If this is the case, it initially blocks access to the file and then allows the user to select an action. SpywareGuard provides a fast scanning engine, signature-based scanning, heuristic/generic scanning, a control panel, and an online-update utility for downloading of definition updates. It does not replace your anti-virus protection, but instead detects programs that may cause privacy concerns. The list of detected programs includes AdBreak, AdultLinks/LinkZZ, Brilliant Digital, CommonName, Cytron, FreeScratchAndWin, FriendGreetings, HighTraffic, HotBar, IEDisco, iGetNet, Lop.com, MoneyTree Dialer and others.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=SpywareGuard&btnG=Google+Search




SpySites



SpySites download, reviewed and rated at Spychecker.com - ...


http://www.spychecker.com/program/spysites.html


SpySites  1.0
restrict web page access

 
SpySites allows you to manage the Internet Explorer Restricted Zone settings and easily add entries from a database of 1500+ sites that are known to use advertising tracking methods or attempt to install third party software. You can select the sites from the list, or optionally add all of them, or only the "worst offenders". The program then adds the URLs to the IE Restricted Zone settings. Once configured, there is no need to run the program again, unless you want to add additional sites.


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=SpySites&btnG=Google+Search