SpySweeper is the one I concluded was best too when I was fixing customer machines.
Unfortunately it still couldn't handle the latest variants of CoolWebSearch etc. Still that was a few months ago, maybe the anti spyware programs have improved since then. Part of the problem of course is that the guys writing the spyware are getting PAID to write them - it's not like viruses which are usually amateur efforts. So the top spyware programs usually have a new version release every few days and they have had the time and money to develop much more elaborate defences than virus writers do. David. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Phil Middlemiss > Sent: Wednesday, 19 January 2005 8:58 AM > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List > Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] Arial.ttf and system fonts removed > andselfbootmodem dialup > > > There was an article on Slashdot last week that recomended Webroot's Spy > Sweeper. The article is here: > http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/14/2319210&tid=172&tid > =109&tid=201 > > Phil. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy Coulter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:59 AM > Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] Arial.ttf and system fonts removed and > selfbootmodem dialup > > > > Some of you may or may not have used Giant AntiSpyware. > > Personally I have, and it bets the others hands down. Where you once (as > > pointed outin an earier email) you used to have to use 2 or spy ware > > programs to get all the spyware, Giant was all I ever needed. > > I was about to actually purchase a subscription, WHEN, we received an > > email at work with this URL :- > > http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx > > > > Ok, so it's a Microsoft link....BUT when one delves deeper, you find > > that M$ have brought the company that makes Giant AntiSpyware ! > > Personally, I like this because now I don't have to pay a subscription, > > and its still the app. I like to use :-) > > > > Jeremy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Brennan > > Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2005 22:59 > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - OfftopicList > > Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] Arial.ttf and system fonts removed and self > > bootmodem dialup > > > > > > Good luck. There are some truly brutal adware programs out there, > > several of which I have met while trying to fix problems with customer > > machines. Unfortunately it's not like viruses. With computer viruses if > > you have one of the main virus scanners then you are pretty much immune. > > Adware is much, much cleverer and most commercially available anti > > adware software only manages to handle a subset of the contaminations - > > even worse the adware they find are often just the spawn of the real > > nasty adware program lurking invisibly behind the scenes. If this > > happens to you then removing the main adware infection will probably > > require serious research on the internet, use of tools like HijackThis, > > booting to safe mode, disabling services (yes I have encountered adware > > which had it's own service to reinstall itself if you managed to delete > > it), manual deletion/quarantining of DLL and other files from the > > Windows and Windows\System directories and general perseverence. > > > > Of course your experience may vary ;-). > > > > Cheers, > > David. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Like Magic > > > (Maurice > > > Butler) > > > Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2005 6:50 PM > > > To: Paul A Norman; NZ Borland Developers Group- Offtopic List > > > Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] Arial.ttf and system fonts removed and > > self > > > bootmodem dialup > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > sound very much like adware or trogan etc - can be very hard to get > > > rid of. "Adware Personal" is good http://www.lavasoft.de/ so is > > > "Spybot-S&D" http://www.safer-networking.org > > > > > > note you will need both programs as they detect different problems > > > > > > Maurice > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul A Norman > > > Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2005 6:20 p.m. > > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List > > > Subject: [DUG-Offtopic] Arial.ttf and system fonts removed and self > > > boot modem dialup > > > > > > > > > Here's someting I am wondering whether any one has ever encuntered, > > > which doesn;t seem to be known on virus forums yet. > > > > > > A friend of mine who uses AVG asked me to come and look at his > > > computer as some of his fints were disappearing. > > > > > > His Arial.ttf font was found in the recycling bin. > > > > > > He told me that around the date shown in the recyling bin for the font > > > > > having been deleted, the machine had appeared to turn its self on and > > > dial out through the modem. > > > > > > Someting is blocking free use of the interent. > > > > > > He's AVG scanned the whole harddrive doing all files but nothing > > > shows. > > > > > > I have run an AVG 7.0 virus check from safe mode dos prompt using the > > > > > rescue disks. Nothing was found. I had to do it from safe mode dos > > > prompt as booting to dos on an A: drive disk does not recognise any > > > NTFS partitions under Xp Home only FAT patitions. > > > > > > I am yet to download some other Spyware removal utilities as well. > > > > > > I have checked in that computer's recycle bin and other TTF fonts were > > > > > also there, deleted at the exact same time. > > > > > > They mostly appear to be fonts that come with Windwos Xp or are > > > installed by Internet Explorer 6.0 > > > > > > I am convinced that no operator of the computer deleted these fonts. > > > > > > When trying to restore these fonts from the recycle bin, a message > > > came up objecting to Dc362: being reinstalled. However I have checked > > > the font on my own machine and it does not appear to have an internal > > > name of Dc362: > > > > > > Has any one ever heard of anyting specific that would do this please? > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Offtopic mailing list > > > [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Offtopic mailing list > > > [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Offtopic mailing list > > [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Offtopic mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
