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Spybot...
Spybot is constantly being recomended here. I use it.
Thing is... I do not remember anyone mentioning the advance features of the program. Like "Secure Shredder". It works well. Just right click in the open,right window. Select add file. Browse for the file you want to get rid of and double click on it in the browse list. It then is entered in the shred window. Next,click shred away button at bottom. It's gone. Another is "System Internals" Open this. Click check at the top. This will show programs with missing dlls. Startup lines that have nothing associated with them;etc. These are cool tools. And very useful. Plus from what I have experienced? They work. |
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Spybot...
The same rules apply to System Internals as to any other Registry
Cleaner--if you aren't already an expert in the Registry and able to accurately determine the validity of what some Cleaner is reporting and to assess the validity of the proposed "fix", you should keep your hands off! Also, while Spybot claims that, "This search is limited to a small number of important places that we found missing in other registry tools...", I have to wonder which tools they were referring to. Most of the ones I use check these places as well. The Help file for this app is quite limited, as well, not clearly explaining what happens when you click "Fix", and how to perform a search for fixes--only experimentation provided those answers. And while it *does* include a couple of much needed caveats, all in all, this is a redundant tool in the hands of an expert (who will already have the same detections built into much more powerful tools), and *very* dangerous in the hands of a non-expert. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "ppoatt" wrote in message ... Spybot is constantly being recomended here. I use it. Thing is... I do not remember anyone mentioning the advance features of the program. Like "Secure Shredder". It works well. Just right click in the open,right window. Select add file. Browse for the file you want to get rid of and double click on it in the browse list. It then is entered in the shred window. Next,click shred away button at bottom. It's gone. Another is "System Internals" Open this. Click check at the top. This will show programs with missing dlls. Startup lines that have nothing associated with them;etc. These are cool tools. And very useful. Plus from what I have experienced? They work. |
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Spybot...
The best I have seen so far.
Spybot Tutorial. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...howtutorial=43 -- Henri Leboeuf Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm === "ppoatt" wrote in message ... Spybot is constantly being recomended here. I use it. Thing is... I do not remember anyone mentioning the advance features of the program. Like "Secure Shredder". It works well. Just right click in the open,right window. Select add file. Browse for the file you want to get rid of and double click on it in the browse list. It then is entered in the shred window. Next,click shred away button at bottom. It's gone. Another is "System Internals" Open this. Click check at the top. This will show programs with missing dlls. Startup lines that have nothing associated with them;etc. These are cool tools. And very useful. Plus from what I have experienced? They work. |
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Spybot...
Under "Checks*.*"
5 files 0 folders size is 5 Kb in all. Nothing comes up on Fixes. Probly because I have it set not to save them,fixes, to logs. -----Original Message----- What do you know of SpyBot's log files, ppoatt? I presume you have v.1.3. Do a Find for me-- "Fixes*.*" & "Checks*.*"-- if that's what they are still called. How many do you have & how big? -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "ppoatt" wrote in message ... | Spybot is constantly being recomended here. I use it. | Thing is... I do not remember anyone mentioning the | advance features of the program. Like "Secure Shredder". | It works well. Just right click in the open,right window. | Select add file. Browse for the file you want to get rid | of and double click on it in the browse list. It then is | entered in the shred window. Next,click shred away button | at bottom. It's gone. | Another is "System Internals" Open this. Click check at | the top. This will show programs with missing dlls. | Startup lines that have nothing associated with them;etc. | These are cool tools. And very useful. Plus from what I | have experienced? They work. . |
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Spybot...
Thanks. Have you run SpyBot only five times? I recall v.1.2 would create
a Checks & a Fixes during each run,-- & one of them was a ton long! (I guess it was the Fixes.) Did you have to change the Fixes setting yourself, or did Kolla finally make it the default for it to be off? -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "ppoatt" wrote in message ... | Under "Checks*.*" | 5 files 0 folders size is 5 Kb in all. | Nothing comes up on Fixes. Probly because I have it set | not to save them,fixes, to logs. | -----Original Message----- | What do you know of SpyBot's log files, ppoatt? I presume | you have | v.1.3. Do a Find for me-- "Fixes*.*" & "Checks*.*"-- if | that's what they | are still called. How many do you have & how big? | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "ppoatt" wrote in | message | ... | | Spybot is constantly being recomended here. I use it. | | Thing is... I do not remember anyone mentioning the | | advance features of the program. Like "Secure Shredder". | | It works well. Just right click in the open,right | window. | | Select add file. Browse for the file you want to get rid | | of and double click on it in the browse list. It then is | | entered in the shred window. Next,click shred away | button | | at bottom. It's gone. | | Another is "System Internals" Open this. Click check at | | the top. This will show programs with missing dlls. | | Startup lines that have nothing associated with | them;etc. | | These are cool tools. And very useful. Plus from what | I | | have experienced? They work. | | | . | |
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Spybot...
I don'r know?
It may be that once every couple of weeks I do a search for logs and anything that comes up that is not a scandisk or Windows system log I delete. Plus I run "SeeknClean" that checks for un-necessary files/logs and such and deletes them if I order it to. -----Original Message----- Thanks. Have you run SpyBot only five times? I recall v.1.2 would create a Checks & a Fixes during each run,-- & one of them was a ton long! (I guess it was the Fixes.) Did you have to change the Fixes setting yourself, or did Kolla finally make it the default for it to be off? -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "ppoatt" wrote in message ... | Under "Checks*.*" | 5 files 0 folders size is 5 Kb in all. | Nothing comes up on Fixes. Probly because I have it set | not to save them,fixes, to logs. | -----Original Message----- | What do you know of SpyBot's log files, ppoatt? I presume | you have | v.1.3. Do a Find for me-- "Fixes*.*" & "Checks*.*"-- if | that's what they | are still called. How many do you have & how big? | | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | should things get worse after this, | PCR | | "ppoatt" wrote in | message | ... | | Spybot is constantly being recomended here. I use it. | | Thing is... I do not remember anyone mentioning the | | advance features of the program. Like "Secure Shredder". | | It works well. Just right click in the open,right | window. | | Select add file. Browse for the file you want to get rid | | of and double click on it in the browse list. It then is | | entered in the shred window. Next,click shred away | button | | at bottom. It's gone. | | Another is "System Internals" Open this. Click check at | | the top. This will show programs with missing dlls. | | Startup lines that have nothing associated with | them;etc. | | These are cool tools. And very useful. Plus from what | I | | have experienced? They work. | | | . | . |
#8
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Spybot...
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