revised (somewhat) list Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 1:29 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by joe (7018 messages posted) the choice is yours, some people like the thought of the added perks you get with a paid version of anything, so the choice is, as i said, yours....at the bottom of this list is some "non-free" versions that are somewhat recommended not just here, but elsewhere as well. Any product can be legit or a rogue/bad product. first before trying out anything new or unheard of, log onto and check out The Spyware Warrior List of Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites by Eric L. Howes FREE Spyware, Maleware, ADware scanner/removers and other utilities AdAware SE Spybot- Search and Destory Spybot - Search and Destroy DSO Exploit Fix 1.3.1 TX a-squared (a²) Micro$oft Windows AntiSpyware (Beta) CWShredder CWShredder (Last Merijn Version) 159.1 HijackThis FREE AntiVirus Software AVG AntiVirus Avast! AntiVir Bit Defender Ver.7 FREE Firewall Software Sygate Kerio Personal Firewall/ Limited Edition OutPost Firewall 1.0 Tiny Personal Firewall Security Scans/Port Scanners ShieldsUp (GRC) Sygate Online Services (SOS) Audit My PC FREE Online AntiVirus/Malware Scanners HouseCall Panda ActiveScan RAV AntiVirus Scan Bit Defender Symantec Security Check TrendMicro-Europe for Firefox Browser support includes all major browsers that support the Java 2 Platform: Microsoft Internet Explorer Netscape (6+) Mozilla (1+) Firefox (all) Opera (7.5+) Operating Systems currently supported are: Microsoft Windows 9x (Me) Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 2k/XP Linux Solaris FREE AntiVirus/Malware stand alone utilites Stinger MWAV AntiVirus Toolkit Utility FREE Malware/Bad ActiveX/Browser Hijack Prevention and Winsock Fix SpywareBlaster SpywareGaurd MRU Blaster LSP-Fix Winsock XP FREE Browsers safer to use the Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Starting your computer in Safe mode How to Disable System Restore in Windows ME or Windows XP Clean XP install/Reformat Spyware forum links How to Delete Temp. Internet files/History Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File non-free professional malware/adware scanner/removers SpySweeper One year of updates and support for $29.95 USD Spyware Doctor™ $29.95 USD Ad-Aware® SE Professional Edition $39.95 USD ewido security suite plus $29.95 USD non-free trojan scanner/prevention/removers DiamondCS TDS - 3 $49.00 USD TrojanHunter™ $49.00 USD BOClean $39.95 USD a-squared Personal $39.95 USD Written in response to: Spyware Removal: to pay or not to pay? (Rich: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 6:17 am) Responses to this message: re: revised (somewhat) list (werner: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 3:02 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Spyware Removal: to pay or not to pay? (Rich: Wed, May 25, 2005, 6:17 am) re: Spyware Removal: to pay or not to pay? (werner: Wed, May 25, 2005, 6:52 am) re: Spyware Removal: to pay or not to pay? (Rich: Wed, May 25, 2005, 8:31 am) re: Spyware Removal: to pay or not to pay? (werner: Wed, May 25, 2005, 8:46 am) re: Spyware Removal: to pay or not to pay? (Jazz: Wed, May 25, 2005, 8:48 am) re: Spyware Removal: to pay or not to pay? (Ms. Eagle: Wed, May 25, 2005, 10:57 am) revised (somewhat) list (joe: Wed, May 25, 2005, 1:29 pm) re: revised (somewhat) list (werner: Wed, May 25, 2005, 3:02 pm) re: Spyware Removal: to pay or not to pay? (blitz: Wed, May 25, 2005, 8:39 pm) NO to AdwareSpy. It's a RIP-OFF (Ms. Eagle: Wed, May 25, 2005, 9:56 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum