Adware
 

Hi,

Adware/Spyware scanner has detected "DownloadWare" as a serious bit of code that should be deleted.

I am using LimeWire 4.0.7.

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of this please.

Thanks,
Nogd.

Adware & Spyware
 

Nogd

I have used LWPro 4.0.7 on the recent past and have never found any ad or spyware contained in it.

What ad/spyware scanner are you using?

I use and can recommend the following:

Ad-Aware SE (Personal).

Spybot V1.3.

MS Anti-Spyware.

I am sure that LW Folks will back me when I say that these three ad/spyware scanners are the best that are out there at the moment because they not only find ad/spyware they give you the choice of quarantining or deleting this rubbish off your PC.

Mind you, if the scanner that you use can only find ad/spyware without giving you the option to delete them then what you have is probably a rogue spyware scanner, i.e. a cloned rip off that will install spyware on your system.




UK Bob

You probably got the trojan/adware etc from downloading from the Gnutella network.

Stick to downloading license free (uncopyrighted) music. Porn and programs will almost certainly have embedded rubbish that you have unfortunatly experienced!

Limeplugged :)

greetings ukbobboy01, I concur with what you typed.

Hi Nogd, You can search(upper right between f.a.q. and home) for these programs. You can also search for an anti-virus program the same way.

I would also search the forums on what to look for when d/l files.

I would also go ahead and delete what it said to.

I would also recommend upgrading to the newest version of LimeWire.

Limeplugged, It doesn't necessarilay mean she has got a nasty thing from using the "G" network. Matter of a fact I have never gotten a nasty thing from the "G" network, but I do have all the security features on this comp. up and running 24/7, when the comp. is on, and it has caught everything not only from the "G" network, but other programs too.

Best of luck

I also get "downloadware" but it seems to be on the limeware exe, and it only shows up when scaned w/ "noadware"....should i be worried or is this just one of my spybot scanners being too sensitive?

Anti-Ad/Spyware
 

Rubedo

Even though I wrote my views on ad/spyware over six months ago it is still as relevant today as it was back then.

Apart from the three Anti-Spyware products I mentioned in my previous post , most of the others, including the one you've got, are bogus (clones, rip-offs, contains spyware, etc.).

If you do a search for my previous post you will find a link to an article by an anti-spyware specialist that did an evaluation of the anti-spyware apps that are out there. You will be surprised to find out the number of so-called anti-spyware stuff that actually put spyware on your PC.

Change your anti-spyware app to one of the others.




UK Bob

ukbobboy01, Thanks alot that really helped me out