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which of these spyware/adware scanners/removers do you use/suggest?? I have build a system for a client that is having problems with this (her son is a porn fanatic, and I had the pleasure of telling her). She needs something to get rid of the crap she already has on there. I will be able to install it, but she will have to maintain it, so if it is too technically challenging it will lose her. Let me know what you think fits.

What I would do is make 2 partitions, do a clean install of windows in one, install firefox, make it the default browser, and set firefox privacy options so it erases cookies, history etc. as soon as you exit the browser. Install the firewall, antivirus, AdAware, Spybot, and any other applications you want for that client, including updates and drivers, and configure them so they're user friendly and the client doesn't have to mess around with them. Then make an image of this partition and place it on the other partition (hidden of course) or burn it in a DVD and place it inside the case. If they have a problem with it or the pr0n screws with windows, you can restore that image and you will not lose time installing everything again.
Just remember to tell them to not save anything they don't want to lose on the system partition.

I hope this helps.

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Add this to your list for FREE FTP clients ... pretty nice little client:

<A HREF="http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/" target="_new">FileZilla</A>

Microsoft Anitspyware also works very well... it's free and offers realtime protection.

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Yeah somebody recommended it and I'm planning to add it later in the day.
Thanks

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Damn, you're right. I have an older version that's 100% freeware. Looks like they changed the license for mp3 encoding with the newest version. That kinda sucks (I'm glad I saved the installer for the older version).

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Added CPU Z, can someone tell me if the description is right for it?

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Firewall: its really bad that u didnt add Sygate there
i use Sygate more then 4 years, and all i can say is, there isnt any better one, i tryed all, but only sygate gives u the Software security that u need
note: there is a pro version to, but the normal one is free, and powerfull too.

Stinger isnt added, u can use it even as a antivirus chekcer too, i use it to scan me files that i Receive from MSN Messenger (u just need to configure MSN for that)

and a good PDF reader is FoxitReader , really fast and stable

The old version of the firewall at OldVersion.com

thats the POINT its all crapware there
they rebrand some of the stuff and it has popups etc etc

thats the worst place to go

I google all my downloads...

no thanks download.com is banned in my house

Thanks I'll check it in the afternoon and add the link to it.

Anyone know of a free, good alternative to Outlook Express? I really hate the fact it loads MS Messenger when it starts up. I tried to kill MSM but then Outlook Express refuses to load.

Sorry if there is a link already. I ran a search on the topic but didn't see anything that was relevant.

You can stop Messenger from loading with Outlook Express.

First, go to http://www.tacktech.com

Click on the "Articles" link, then scroll down and look for "Removing MSN Messenger from Windows XP".

Simply copy and paste the text into your Run box, and Windows Messenger 4.7 (NOT MSN Messenger) will be uninstalled and no longer load with Outlook Express (which really speeds up OE's load time). Now, the command line will not work unless you have Windows Messenger 4.7. If you have 4.6, you'll have to go to Windows Update first.

From there, you can download MSN Messenger 7.5 or Live Messenger and use it without having it load up with Outlook Express.

Does gparted work with windows.
Is it safe to make a partition in a drive that has windows installed?
How would you do it?

The GParted LiveCD is completely outside of Windows, it will work on any x86/AMD64/EMT64 machine (read: any normal PC) regardless of OS (it provides it's own, it's a bootdisk), just pop it into a bootable optical drive and reboot.

And yes, it is safe to repartition an already active Windows partition into smaller ones, this is what I primarily use it for (when friends want to try out Linux and already have Windows installed on their machine, I will use GParted to shrink their NTFS partition and make new partitions for Linux, this is only one example of what you can do with it)

As for how you do it, it's pretty darn easy but here is a good howto with screenshots. Basically, select the space on-disk you want to change (i.e. your full-disk NTFS partition), right-click, and select "Resize". You can then either drag the ends of the partition graphic or enter a specific size to shrink and hit "OK". This will free up space on the disk (only showing what will happen if you choose to apply the changes by hitting the "Apply" button) which you can now use to make new partitions in one of many flavors (FAT32, NTFS, Linux, BSD, etc.) Once you've finshed and are satisfied with the setup, hit "Apply" and let the disk do it's thing.

Thanks for the link.
I used it succesfuly to repartition my HDD.

the no nonags site is not updated for a year

ya if you want ads galore and hippo does not offer real freeware they consider trial versions freeware

so then open your eyes read the topic and don't link to shareware when the topic is freeware.

add to it your last 3 posts and we get a 6 year old who now has zero creditability and is only interested in getting their avatar and nothing else just like a 6 year old.

please follow forum rules, take a look around you will see this forum in not for kiddies, for kiddies like yourself I recommend neowin, there you can spam for pointless pics all you want and its full of 6 and 8 year old kids like yourself

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I found this site to be useful.

I can say I have tried almost every spyware and melware software and most have gave me a problem of some sort but I came across this uniblue software and if you have never tried it I do recommend it. I started with the registry booster. What a difference in performance after I ran the program it also defrags the registry, then i tried the spyware and it is absolutely the top guy for me now, then there is the speedupmypc take a look for yourself it is really a good program/s for spyware. http://www.liutilities.com/