Q: My record so far for “infected computers
Ad conscious – 348
Then ran Spybot and got 38 more
total 386 .
Re:476 with Adaware a PC in the Office 24/7 on the Web no firewall at all and some 15 different users on it.
Nothing is working as ist should be, and I don't wonder why;)
Re:I fixed my uncle/aunt's computer last year. Between Spybot and Ad-aware, they had nearly 1,000 hits. I also had to run both programs like four times, and each time new things with higher threat ratings were uncovered.
I also found out where all these problems came from. My 14 year old cousin told me, "You know I found this thing on the 'net, and I didn't know what it was, so I installed it! Is that cool or what?!" No… not cool. I nearly choked. I told him to never do that again, but I suspect I'll be reinstalling Windows on that computer again soon. Good thing my uncle has a real nice administrative job for the New York state government, so he can afford his son's TDTO habits.
guy
Re:RE:"neighbors computer continually gets 1600 on it every few weeks, she claims she runs it every other week or so, i claim BS but just get paid and come back all the time so i dont mind"
I think she likes you.
Re:I've nocticed spywareblaster DOES keep the amount of spyware down to a minimum. More so that Spybot's immunize.
Re:2700 the first run, then there was 300 that were only in each users profile in XP, and there was six users.
Re:~4000 on a customers machine, and 3000-4000 infected files, I forget the exact number.
Re:Yeesh. If you're getting that much spyware you need to be installing Spybot S&D (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2471.html) with the real-time and immunize features (but not TeaTimer), Spyware Blaster (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download2859.html) and Spyware Guard (http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3045.html).
I run those three, and run scans with Ad-Aware and Spybot weekly. I have my browser (Firefox) set to only accept cookies from the originating web site. Over the last 6 months, I have not gotten so much as a cookie detected by either Spybot or Ad-Aware, except for the day I installed Firefox 0.9.1 and hadn't set it to deny third party cookies.
Re:neighbors computer continually gets 1600 on it every few weeks, she claims she runs it every other week or so, i claim BS but just get paid and come back all the time so i dont mind
Re:Waaaaay back when I first installed Ad-aware I found 6 on some and 8 on others (computers).
Hardly ever get any spyware now.
Re:Damn, I thought the one I worked on recently was bad. Adaware and Spybot S&D found over 300 items, also 28 viruses, 23 trojans…
Re:Wow — the owner of that computer needs beat… When will people learn???
Re:We actually have a record board at my work of highest viruses and spyware.
current record holders are:
Spyware 22,000+
Viruses 24,000+
These records were from another tech at work, and i don't think i'll ever be able to top
them!
Needless to say, those computers he found that much on needed to be formatted!
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Fixed a computer for a customer…
6000+ spyware items, 3000+ virus infected files.
Omg man 6000 deam
Re:Fixed a computer for a customer…
6000+ spyware items, 3000+ virus infected files.
Re:like 700+ on my neighbors pc – Adaware
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