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THoey (IS/IT--Management)
10 Feb 03 12:17
Not really a virus killer, but the latest version of Ad-Aware was released recently.   Also as a note, there was an immediate re-release to upgrade the engine from version 160 to 162.   

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

If you don't use Ad-Aware , I suggest it and Spybot Search and Destroy.   Both are great tools for removing bad cookies, spyware,  etc...

Terry
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jeffbouldin (TechnicalUser)
10 Feb 03 19:04
Use both. I've been using Spybot and after running Ad-Aware 6.0 it found Xupiter files left over from Spybot. Both are updated frequently.
iSeriesCodePoet (Programmer)
11 Feb 03 9:25
It must work. First I ran spybot then Ad-Aware and found more.

iSeriesCodePoet
IBM iSeries (AS/400) Programmer

KimberTech (MIS)
11 Feb 03 13:05
I agree...they both work well....together they are great.

Kimber

The more I learn,I realize how much more there is to know!

2ffat (Programmer)
11 Feb 03 15:26
This new version finds more "ads" than the older version did. I ran the older version just before uninstalling it and installing ver. 6. Ver. 6 found 30 more "ads."
This version also includes the Ref Update program with it so you can get reference updates easier.

James P. Cottingham

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
        Albert Einstein explaining his Theory of Relativity to a group of journalists.

THoey (IS/IT--Management)
13 Feb 03 12:32
One little thing I found that I didn't like.   Ad-Aware 6.0 found a registry key.   I in my haste, naivety, stupidity, etc allowed it to remove it.   It was my proxy setting to access the internet from work.   I was fine until I closed my browser.   Next time, I couldn't get out...

Just a warning, make sure you look at what it finds and select only those you actually want removed.

Terry
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2ffat (Programmer)
13 Feb 03 16:11
Terry,
    Ad-aware has a setting that allows you to restore a key for just such an occasion. Check your archives.

James P. Cottingham

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.
        Albert Einstein explaining his Theory of Relativity to a group of journalists.

THoey (IS/IT--Management)
13 Feb 03 16:27
Thanks James, I was able to reset it fairly quickly.   But I didn't think about that "restoral" feature.   Would have been faster than I did it...

Terry
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