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Old 08-18-2010, 10:10 AM   #6
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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).
I had forgotten about AdAware.. I used to use AdAware, Spybot, and malwarebytes all the time. I've read Spybot is no longer one of the highly recommended tools, but I'll look into those 3 some more.

I'll probably expand on the preventive stuff... the EliteKiller link provides links to reviews of scanners, and the readme of the rogue kit provides links to online scanners, so it's a challenge to not repeat stuff and keep the post fairly concise.
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