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Re: Desktop sfw

By: micro in CONSTITUTION | Recommend this post (0)
Sat, 11 Aug 12 3:44 AM | 71 view(s)
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Msg. 19241 of 21975
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Hi Due!

Something else to add that is FREE is DRIVER SWEEPER.

Run this in safe mode when you uninstall any program and it will clean up all the bits and pieces left behind.

It works.

the best,

micro...




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Re: Desktop sfw
By: DueDillinger
in CONSTITUTION
Sat, 11 Aug 12 12:19 AM
Msg. 19235 of 21975

I ran Spyzooka and it found seven 'infections'. Six tracking cookies and one trojan reference in an orphan WinRarSFX registry entry.

The tracking cookies are of no concern as they're from IE which I very rarely use. I killed the whole IE cookie folder. The latest version of Opera detects and prevents use of tracking cookies.

The 'infected' registry entry referred to a program that no longer resides on my system--part of an installation of the crappy BitDefender antivirus program I tried. It slowed my system so I uninstalled it. I guess its uninstallation didn't delete the entry. Calling a registry entry for a program that isn't on the computer an 'infection' is a bit of a stretch.

I deleted the orphan registry entry and reran Spyzooka which found no infections. This tells me that WebRoot is doing its job just fine.

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