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How many users do you think are really going to look for that? Honestly. Very few unless they are experienced.

In a recent bad move from the developers of the Crap Cleaner (CCleaner) software they have started to bundle Yahoo! Toolbar. Many long time users, pc technicians, and even new users have been complaining about the recent addition of the Yahoo! Toolbar. With the inclusion of the toolbar the download size has more than doubled. But this is not going without notice. Earlier today Softpedia revoked CCleaner's 100% Clean (No Spyware, No Adware, No Viruses) award. The Softpedia staff explain the reason for the removal of the award in clear red letters to warn users who may wish to download the software. CCleaner now contains Yahoo! toolbar, therefore the award has been removed and the program marked as adware. Perhaps the loss of the Softpedia award and the outcries of the users will help the developers of CCleaner to remove the toolbar and better listen to their users. Do you think the developers of CCleaner will listen? No. After taking over three months to solve a simple bug that was wiping out settings for MSN Messenger despite a solution being posted on their forums, the removal of the toolbar more than likely won't be a top priority on their list either. Read More...

I agree with you. Looks a lot better.

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Don't fall for that crap. The anti-virus companies pay the magazine companies to give their product a higher ranking.

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Spyware Doctor is also terrible software, it has countless false positives. It detected a shortcut to a folder that I made on my desktop as a "severe" keylogger/trojan. "peer guardian" would be firewall? I'm not familiar with it, but is this indicative of your machine attempting to connect to a remote site, or is another machine attempting to connect to yours? The former is very keylogger-like, the latter can be ignored so long as it's not causing any noticeable problems.I don't believe your system is so massively infected as to warrant a reformat and reinstall. If one process on your machine is initiating these connections, preventing it from starting and removing its file should be sufficient. PeerGuardian 2 is Phoenix Labs’ premier IP blocker for Windows. PeerGuardian 2 integrates support for multiple lists, list editing, automatic updates, and blocking all of IPv4 (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc), making it the safest and easiest way to protect your privacy on P2P. More... This thread actually belongs in the Malware Prevention section which would also comply with the rules of this subforum. You will want to download an Anti-Malware Package. I personally recommend the Anti-Malware Pro package; as it contains everything you'll need. After you have downloaded that, refer to the PC Maintenance page and select the package that you've downloaded. If you didn't download one, select the Anti-Malware Pro guide. It has all the steps in easy to follow terms to update and clean your pc thoroughly. Once you've run all of the scanners, post a HijackThis log to check for any leftover malicious files.

Actually, it does work. You just have to read and know what you're doing.

Crucial as it's the best out there.

Or google WindizUpdates.

Disable word-wrap and repost your log.

www.americasarmy.com Edit: Just saw it was already suggested. It's great for realism though.

Fixes problems with Windows. Example: Uninstall Norton and use SymNRT. That breaks a lot of Windows things, like Windows Update and BITS. DAF can repair Windows Update, etc by reregistering and repairing .dll's and the services.

Updates (yyyy/mm/dd) : 2006/01/15 - DAF is now 0.57 stable Changed this updates section's time format to yyyy/mm/dd which is more logic-friendly All main checkmarks are on the main form once again, no more overlap to the More dialog 'More' dialog is gone... it is now Tools Tools dialog has been completely rewritten from scratch with a new hint system Tools dialog is dynamic, and tailors itself to your operating system version All tools are much more compatible with various versions of Windows DLL/object registrations can return errors now, so you can track down issues A few more DLLs have been added to the registration checkmarks Policy scanner now detects 88 policies 'Flush SoftwareDistribution' button now works properly 'Empty temp folders' checkmark now covers %TMP% Windows' 'WinHTTP' proxy setting is now detected, and can be removed at the discretion of the user (helps with Windows Update issues when an erroneous value is set for a proxy) HKCR\Directory\shell is checked on startup for erroneous values Complete code overhaul - Dial-a-fix is much smarter now Added 'obj= LocalSystem' to the end of most 'sc.exe config start=' commands Windows Update 'stop services' checkmark now starts the eventlog service (if not started), resets security descriptors for BITS and wuauserv, and then continues as usual Full version (http://DjLizard.net/software/Dial-a-fix-full.exe) is now a 7-zip SFX archive

Read me and then post.

What some people will do for attention.

Is there a download location for getting just the XPize mouse cursors?

Nice guide, but a strange order. Check this out. Also, shouldn't this be in the Malware Prevention section? Only conflict that I would see is that there's already an Introduction To Anti-Malware And Cleaning topic. You always want to run SpywareBlaster first, as it can stop even disable a majority of malware from working. Next you'd run CCleaner, as it can remove malware from several locations where malicious files tend to hide. In TEMP and other locations. After that, CWShredder to get any traces (if any). Then routine scans with Microsoft Anti-Spyware, Ad-Aware SE Personal, Spybot S&D, and ewido Anti-Malware. A user should then finish up with running HijackThis and they can post on a number of forums. Those automatic log analyzers can return a ton of false positives.

He wants patches. Not alternative AIM clients. Google these: AIM AdHack (older versions can be found on etplanet.com) AIMutation

Try booting into Safe Mode and installing.

Or just use GMail with Thunderbird. Course the smartest way not to get spam is be extremely careful where you give your email address out. I don't think I've ever had spam on any of my accounts.

Try cleaning your cache.

It is a lot better than the old Hotmail. Btw; software is the best place to post it. ;D

Exactly!! Im really sick of all the anti-windows jokes! And one thing that has really been getting on my nerves for the last couple of months its the use of M$ to refer to Microsoft! Microsoft would be stupid not to make money of something that sells like crazy! @ sven - nothing against you buddy! Exactly. If it wasn't for Windows, you wouldn't be here.

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