Re: [UC] Spyware Warning

[Shaera]

Recently I found an extra toolbar appearing on my internet explorer.  It turned out to have been installed by a GAIN publishing piece of invasive software.  I found this to be creepy and was really angered by it.  I installed some free adware which eventually removed it. Has anyone else on this list experienced this problem?  The free software, which was recommended by a tech support person, is Ad-Aware SE personal.    Joe Clarke   Hi Joe   Yeah, Gain ... Gator, there's alot of that bad stuff.  That toolbar was probably d/l without your even knowing it - it's called a drive-by.  No warning, no prompt, nothing to let you know that something is being d/l onto your computer.   I have ad-aware, but I also have Spybot Search and Destroy  http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html - excellent IMHO, it detects and removes - not just quarantine and has an immunizer feature.  They also have a great help forum, I also have spywareblaster, which isn't a detector/remover, it acts more as a first line of defense by placing bad sites in your internet security and privacy.  Also get CWShredder - looks for just CoolWebSearch which is a nightmare and has many variations.   Oh when you did your scan and quarantine with ad-aware, did you turn your system restore (if it has that) off?  That's important to do - otherwise it'll still be sitting in your computer.   Good luck!  I had a toolbar problem myself, took days to actually completely get rid of the darned thing.    Wendy