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to: Glenn Meadows
from: Robert Comer
date: 2005-01-13 10:20:56
subject: Re: Best freeware tools for removing viruses, adware, and other junk?

From: "Robert Comer" 

I use Maxthon too and am very about with the way it works!

- Bob Comer


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:41e680e3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> On the Crazy Browser side, I've switched to Maxthon, and have virtually no
> popups showing up, and it blocks 90% of the ads on websites as well, even
> the flash ones.  Same tabbed approach that Crazy had/has, ala firefox.
> It's
> MY new browser of choice.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Geo"  wrote in message
news:41e5df6e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> besides what /m said, spybot search and destroy
>> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html is good for
> removing
>> adware
>>
>> stinger for removing the most common virus
>> http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
>>
>> AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/ (free to
> home
>> users)
>>
>> sygate free firewall http://smb.sygate.com/download_buy.htm (again free
> for
>> home users)
>>
>> and I like crazybrowser for blocking popups and somewhat locking down IE
>> although some popups still come thru http://www.nls.net/dloads/crazy.exe
>>
>> Geo.
>>
>> "Randall Parker"

> wrote
>> in message news:41e5bacc$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > I've seen people mention free stuff for checking and removing all the
>> nasties that
>> > get onto machines. I'd like to collect a comprehensive list and send it
> to
>> friends.
>> > Anyone want to recommend freeware machine checking tools?
>>
>>
>
>

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