Comments on: COMPUTER PROTECTION RACKET: Some company http://patterico.com/2003/11/24/computer-protection-racket-some-company/ Harangues that just make sense Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:15:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: user http://patterico.com/2003/11/24/computer-protection-racket-some-company/#comment-38 user Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=904#comment-38 Report as i did to ftc.gov and your state attorney on his website on internet . Report as i did to ftc.gov and your state attorney on his website on internet .

]]> By: Phil http://patterico.com/2003/11/24/computer-protection-racket-some-company/#comment-39 Phil Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=904#comment-39 BTW, HijackThis is a legit tool, but not point-and-click. it lists all the places spyware and adware could hook into your system, and lets you select items installed into these locations for removal. However, most of waht you see in the list is legit, part of windows settings, or things like the acrobat or flash IE plugins. BTW, HijackThis is a legit tool, but not point-and-click. it lists all the places spyware and adware could hook into your system, and lets you select items installed into these locations for removal. However, most of waht you see in the list is legit, part of windows settings, or things like the acrobat or flash IE plugins.

]]> By: D Lacey http://patterico.com/2003/11/24/computer-protection-racket-some-company/#comment-40 D Lacey Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=904#comment-40 Ad Aware is legit, Spybot S&D is also legit, Hijack This is also legit. Those 3 can clean up this problem (which my 7 year old's friend managed to put on one of our boxes last week) and just about any other. Get those 3 programs and install them, make sure they're updated reasonably frequently, and if you have a problem, boot into safe mode and let them run. Be careful what you remove with Hijack This (as Phil also said) you may need to go through each thing it lists and try to figure out what it is. Often just entering the name of the program Hijack This flags into Google will tell you if it is something you need to keep. Be sure to also run an antivirus program in conjunction with the above spyware removal tools, it is helpful in many cases. Ad Aware is legit, Spybot S&D is also legit, Hijack This is also legit. Those 3 can clean up this problem (which my 7 year old’s friend managed to put on one of our boxes last week) and just about any other. Get those 3 programs and install them, make sure they’re updated reasonably frequently, and if you have a problem, boot into safe mode and let them run.

Be careful what you remove with Hijack This (as Phil also said) you may need to go through each thing it lists and try to figure out what it is. Often just entering the name of the program Hijack This flags into Google will tell you if it is something you need to keep.

Be sure to also run an antivirus program in conjunction with the above spyware removal tools, it is helpful in many cases.

]]> By: JT Hundley http://patterico.com/2003/11/24/computer-protection-racket-some-company/#comment-41 JT Hundley Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=904#comment-41 Have you not installed Firefox yet? I'm there on my Windows machine and the site is completely harmless. Have you not installed Firefox yet? I’m there on my Windows machine and the site is completely harmless.

]]> By: initialE http://patterico.com/2003/11/24/computer-protection-racket-some-company/#comment-42 initialE Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=904#comment-42 Please note that Ad-aware is available from http://lavasoft.de and not www.adaware.com, which is another piece of shit spyware Please note that Ad-aware is available from http://lavasoft.de and not http://www.adaware.com, which is another piece of shit spyware

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