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Old 01-09-2006, 05:58 PM   #1
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Should i trust xoftspy ?

Should i trust xoftspy ?
Should i buy it ?
its because i scan my computer wit it n it finds a lot of spywares ...

tahnx for telling me if u gonna
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Old 01-09-2006, 07:39 PM   #2
 
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I wouldn't trust it, for one this site says that it has a LOT of false positives (doesn't bode well if they're trying to sell you a product). There's a thread about it here that isn't very flattering either.
If you have a ton of spyware I would suggest that you scan your PC with a combination of good, freeware utils out there like Spybot S&D, Microsoft AntiSpyware or AdAware and see if you can get rid of them. If you cant post back here with a HijackThis log and we can see if it can be removed.
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i use it all the time.
when i used it with win2k it showed "internat" or something like that as a rat and when i removed it it caused the computer to freeze.
it has never caused problems with xp.
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Old 01-10-2006, 10:36 AM   #4
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Here's a good web site to visit if you have questions about a certain spyware program. Interestingly enough, there are far more "rouge" spyware programs than there are legitimate ones.

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Old 01-11-2006, 07:50 PM   #5
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ooo tanks so much
i got most spywares removeed
but...
howcome i still get pop ups ?
pop ups like Party Poker, Winfixer, winantivirus, and more, some even nudity
how i remove
i already scan alot of times
i use windows sp2 with pop up blocker to highest lvl but still dun block pop ups
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Old 01-11-2006, 11:18 PM   #6
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i use zonealarm security suite and i have the ad blocking setting at highest.
i use firefox.
i use spywareblaster, spybot, adaware,xsoftspy.
i use ccleaner.
i have no popups.
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Old 01-11-2006, 11:25 PM   #7
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ooo tanks so much
i got most spywares removeed
but...
howcome i still get pop ups ?
pop ups like Party Poker, Winfixer, winantivirus, and more, some even nudity
how i remove
i already scan alot of times
i use windows sp2 with pop up blocker to highest lvl but still dun block pop ups
WinFixer is a nasty one. Try the downloads/instructions here. Do exactly as they say cuz this is a tuff one to remove.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic18610.html
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