Preserved Topic: Spyware: Removal/Prevention software (Page 1 of 1)

I've always been big on finding the best ways to keep that junk off my system...

While i've always loved Ad-aware & PestPatrol for spyware removal and detection.

But what about flat out prevention from it ever being downloaded from your browser? Well until recently I wasn't aware that i could, well you can

It's called SpywareBlaster v1.1

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SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed.

How? By setting a "kill bit" for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls, it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. You can run Internet Explorer with Active-X enabled, but you will never even get a "Yes/No" box popped up, asking you to install a spyware Active-X control (Internet Explorer will never download or run it!). All other Active-X controls or plug-ins will work fine.

The SpywareBlaster database contains information on these known spyware Active-X controls. Make sure you run the Check For Updates feature frequently to get the latest database! (And make sure you check the new items to protect your system against them!)

As a side benefit, setting this "kill bit" will also prevent the spyware Active-X from running, in many cases, if it is already installed on your system.*

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And that is just one of the great freeware products I found on http://www.wilders.org/ security resource site

Do you know of other great softwares for dealing with or removing spyware? Feel free to post em here

Good stuff. Thank you. =)

Cool beans! A new version of SpywareBlaster has been released, incase anyone did decide to use it, I recomend you download the new version...

Download SpywareBlaster v2.0.1 from here