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[Mosbonian]

What about rkill? I have had to use it a couple of times on my kids computer whenever he forgets and gets that fake Antivirus crap....

mmaddog
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[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by mmaddog

What about rkill? I have had to use it a couple of times on my kids computer whenever he forgets and gets that fake Antivirus crap....

mmaddog
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Added, thanks... it would definitely help if Safe Mode isn't working. There have been a few times where I've resorted to changing security and/or deleting random DLLs as a last resort, and something like this would have been useful.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by irishjayhawk View Post
For preventative measures, I believe these should be mentioned:

Lavasoft's AdAware
Spybot Search and Destroy
Spywareblaster

It's been a while since I've actively used those, but they were gold back in the day. Ran the first two at 3am once a week. Updated the third one once a month (You can purchase autoupdates for $10).

Originally Posted by thecoffeeguy I am not a fan of any of the above. AdAware and Spybot used to be pretty good, probably the best to use at one time. However, many other tools have surpassed these.

I still believe hijack this is still one of the better tools to use to find malware and crap. Removing it, is another thing.

I've waited for this: *Takes deep breath in*