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- Your Mac's Specs
- Powerbook G4 1.67 MHz
Unforunately I have vast amounts of knowledge when it comes to Microsoft's Amazing Windows (TM). Today I had to "fix" someone's computer who obviously had a bad case of spyware. I thought my youngest brother was the king of collecting spyware but this was totally different. The family maybe had like 10-15 spyware entries in adaware/spybot but when it narrowed down to like 5 NONE of them would go away. Some required digging through the registry, one of the *******s kept messing with some of Window's services, and one would constantly use massive proportions of CPU. I've never dealt with spyware this difficult to remove. 3 of them came up as 10 TAC rating on Adaware, correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that is the highest rating they can go. I guess I haven't been following the worst of spyware lately as my PC, as much as I love it, is collecting dust. Once again, I love having a Mac.
EDIT: The spyware prevented both spybot and adaware from starting right when windows boots AND crashed out adaware initially (not spybot though, hmm). Also, McAfee (spelling) couldn't get rid of some of them. I did find some programs that specifically target certain malware and so far one of them has worked.
p.s. really glad my PowerBook does not have a registry!
EDIT: The spyware prevented both spybot and adaware from starting right when windows boots AND crashed out adaware initially (not spybot though, hmm). Also, McAfee (spelling) couldn't get rid of some of them. I did find some programs that specifically target certain malware and so far one of them has worked.
p.s. really glad my PowerBook does not have a registry!