spyware remover question

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Does anyone know of a spyware remove program that can be run from a disk,
without being installed on the computer? My brother accidentally removed
Zone Alarm (he thought he was just removing the Pro trial version). Now his
computer is so full of junk I can't keep it stable long enough to clean it
out.

He's running Windows 98, so I need something that will work with that.

Many thanks for any advice anyone can send.
 
fc42 said:
Does anyone know of a spyware remove program that can be run from a
disk, without being installed on the computer? My brother
accidentally removed Zone Alarm (he thought he was just removing the
Pro trial version). Now his computer is so full of junk I can't keep
it stable long enough to clean it out.

He's running Windows 98, so I need something that will work with that.

Many thanks for any advice anyone can send.
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Stinger for AV: http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

X-Cleaner for malware: http://www.xblock.com/download-freeware.shtml

Those two should help with the big chunks.
 
fc42 said:
Does anyone know of a spyware remove program that can be run from a disk,
without being installed on the computer? My brother accidentally removed
Zone Alarm (he thought he was just removing the Pro trial version). Now his
computer is so full of junk I can't keep it stable long enough to clean it
out.

He's running Windows 98, so I need something that will work with that.

Many thanks for any advice anyone can send.
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If you know what you are doing and what to look for, you could also try
HijackThis!
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
 
fc42 said:
Does anyone know of a spyware remove program that can be run from a disk,
without being installed on the computer? My brother accidentally removed
Zone Alarm (he thought he was just removing the Pro trial version). Now his
computer is so full of junk I can't keep it stable long enough to clean it
out.

He's running Windows 98, so I need something that will work with that.

Many thanks for any advice anyone can send.
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Adding to Anti_Freak_Machine's info

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

alt.privacy.spyware (news group)
 
fc42 said:
Does anyone know of a spyware remove program that can be run from a
disk, without being installed on the computer? My brother
accidentally removed Zone Alarm (he thought he was just removing the
Pro trial version). Now his computer is so full of junk I can't keep
it stable long enough to clean it out.

He's running Windows 98, so I need something that will work with that.

Many thanks for any advice anyone can send.
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http://www.windowsubcd.com/index.htm

Get it. Build it. Boot from it, and clean that mess up! ;o)
 
fc42 said:
Does anyone know of a spyware remove program that can be run from a
disk, without being installed on the computer? My brother
accidentally removed Zone Alarm (he thought he was just removing the
Pro trial version). Now his computer is so full of junk I can't keep
it stable long enough to clean it out.

He's running Windows 98, so I need something that will work with that.

Many thanks for any advice anyone can send.
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" I can't keep it stable long enough to clean it out."

My suggestion, turn off the modem/disc the cable whatever after you've d/l
the above programs.
 
fc42 said:
Does anyone know of a spyware remove program that can be run from a
disk, without being installed on the computer? My brother
accidentally removed Zone Alarm (he thought he was just removing
the Pro trial version). Now his computer is so full of junk I
can't keep it stable long enough to clean it out.
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Do it from safe mode.


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On [GMT+1=CET],
Thank you for the suggestion, but it looks like that one requires
higher than Windows 98. It looks like a good thing to keep in mind
for my own computer though, so I'm definitely bookmarking the page!
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It is made using XP, but once you build it, you can boo from it on any
Windows PC and run the spyware and antivirus stuff on it...
 
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