Spyware Doctor

[JG52Uther]

Anyone here use this programme? I run Adaware and SpyBot scans daily,but running a free trial of Spyware Doctor found another 90 nasties (allegedly).Of course you have to buy the licence to remove said 'nasties'.The program seems to have good reviews,but is it worth it? http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[AJRobson]

If you install the run the Beta Windows Antispyware program it will tell you that "Spyware Doctor" is, itself, spyware.

It will also not let you uninstall it.

I would not use it. It has infected friend's PC and was virtually impossible to remove.

Good luck.

[x6BL_Brando]

http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

Try this one. There is also a paid version which includes real-time protection etc. but this freebie works very well. Update regularly.

[B16Enk]

PC Pro ran a review on Spyware this past month,

It's Here (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/133/anti-spyware/products.html).

I tend to listen to what they have to say, most of my kit has been bought following their review of it (Cannon Camera, Mobo, Monitor etc) and I have yet to complain.

Spyware doctor won the lab...

[JG52Uther]

Interesting stuff.I have that edition of PC Pro as well (brought today,after you mentioned in another thread the words 'partition manager').

[arcadeace]

I just used Spyware Doctor and got 35 hits. My regular spyware programs didn't find them. They are ALL legitimate nasties. Its now a part of my arsenal... thanks Uther and Enk.

[B16Enk]

thanks Uther and Enk.
No problem http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Good to know it's spotted some nasties for you!

[-HH-Quazi]

Just curious m8s. I downloaded and installed Spyware Doctor 3.2 mentioned here. It found 11 entries and listed them all as "Possible Website Hacks". Then it gave the IP address of the offending website(s). All of them are identical and the web site in question is "msn.com". The risk type is "High" and the description tells me "Indicates that a known good site may have been hijacked".

With the above known, let me ask you guys this and see if you think the above assement of Spyware Doctor may have found what has been puzzling me for quite some time.

Now I, as well as most everyone here, take pride that we keep lean/clean rigs, as well we should. Compared to the majority of the computer users worlwide wide, we are gods. HEHE Now don't read that last statement wrong m8s. I've no big head. But when any of us can take a computer, (let's say your next door neighbor comes to you and says, "My computer is so slow. I can't hardly get it to do anything without having to wait for a folder to open. It takes forever to start and shutdown. I am afraid it is on its' last legs. Will you take a look at it and see if you can get it running better?"), and dl the types of programming we know about to clean the malware/spyware, junk/temp files, clean out and tighten the registry, defrag, or maybe reformat the hd, and when they get their computer back they are nearly worshipping you, then you understand why I used the term "gods". All of a sudden we are looked upon as "The Man" when it comes to getting a computer with one speaker in the grave so to speak, to come back and run as it did when it was first bought. And I give all the credit of being able to do this, to this forum and all of you guys. This forum has been better than any college course that could be taken to learn about computer, imho of course.

But even as well as I try to keep my rig tightened up, sometimes when I sit down to use it after doing other things, I notice that it says I have 1 program running. I didn't leave any program running. Nor do I have any programs set to run on their own. And when I get to my desktop, I see no other active icon in my taskbar. I can't figure out what is running on its' own. And I want to know. So, my question and the reason for this long, drawn out diatribe, is this: Could it be that what Spyware Doctor has found with 11 high risk entries described above dealing with msn.com, be the program that is running on its' own? And if so, what could be the reason why it is running?

Seeing as these 11 entries, all concerning the same ip address and being msn.com as a possible hijiack situation, I feel great about the condition of my computer as being as clean as it is. I give alot of credit to my using of Firefox, and only one program I actively run since changing to FireFox, and it is called WinPatrol. For those of you that aren't familiar with it, it is a freebie and does a super job protecting and providing crucial information about every process running on your rig.

But, if you m8s think that these entries that Spyware Doctor has found is the culprit or the "program" that is running on its' own, then I may have to purchase it and get rid of them.

[arcadeace]

Quazi there’s a free utility called Process Explorer here (http://www.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorerNt.zip) that gives the ability to quickly pinpoint ANY program activity in the background. If you want it can replace Task Manager’s alt-ctrl-del. It can also sit on your tray showing real time CPU usage and when there’s activity you want to check just give it a click. Not only will you see all programs with every means to identify them branched out, but a real-time graph of activity. You can move your pointer on it and it will read out the specific program(s) currently running and percentage of CPU usage. I’ve found there are native Windows programs that intermittently run out of necessity I was unaware of. Its helped me become more confident my system is a tight ship.

[ausmondo]

Originally posted by -HH-Quazi:
But, if you m8s think that these entries that Spyware Doctor has found is the culprit or the "program" that is running on its' own, then I may have to purchase it and get rid of them.

I can't give you an answer directly.
However I have been using Spyware Doctor since v3.and I can only recommend it to anybody and everybody.
Only problem I have come across is the
'Onguard Scan' which use too cause very bad stutter with FB/PF this seems to have gone away
tho I did noice some slight lag.
It doesn't matter tho, simply deactivate this before starting FB/PF.

Cheers.
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[-HH-Quazi]

Originally posted by Arcadeace:
Quazi there’s a free utility called Process Explorer here (http://www.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorerNt.zip) that gives the ability to quickly pinpoint ANY program activity in the background. If you want it can replace Task Manager’s alt-ctrl-del. It can also sit on your tray showing real time CPU usage and when there’s activity you want to check just give it a click. Not only will you see all programs with every means to identify them branched out, but a real-time graph of activity. You can move your pointer on it and it will read out the specific program(s) currently running and percentage of CPU usage. I’ve found there are native Windows programs that intermittently run out of necessity I was unaware of. Its helped me become more confident my system is a tight ship.

Super little program there Arcadeace. I actively run a freebie called WinPatrol that offers the same type of data, but not in a tree form. Thanks for the link m8. This is something I can open quickly and the displayed information is laid out in a way I can easily understand.