Spyware Remover

[thomasgeorge]

Yea....Charcoal sticks and colored clay and blank cave walls are beginning to seem more attractive and considerably cheaper... Tom

[Ed_L]

Okay, you've talked me into Ad-Aware. Even though I almost never get spam, I simply don't like someone looking over my shoulder. Reading some of the reviews, I saw where one guy said something about deleting files from the registry. I'm a complete computer idiot. Are there any guidelines as to what *not* to delete? Any specific file extensions or anything else to look for?

Ed

[DJ Dubovsky]

Why doesn't your anti virus programs catch these spy things?
DJ

[thomasgeorge]

Ed, the instructions on the web site and with the program explain all about how to work it, believe me, if I can do it, you can do it! It doesnot run amok thru the registry hacking out anything it encounters..I was leery of that when I first checked it out, but all it does is get rid of spyware and leaves everything else.
Dj, As I understand it, the type of coding and purpose of the programs are different from the virus ones, so the anti-virus programs look upon them as benign, and ignore them. Tom

[Ed_L]

Thanks for the reply Tom. I'll surely give it a shot.

Ed