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great link mate! guess it is time to patch my windows!

Found another excellent resource this morning.

This very handy tool comes from Sysinfo.org:
http://sysinfo.org/bhoinfo.html

The BHOlist application is an online/offline tool that can be used for identifying spyware Browser Helper Objects and can be toggled to a Toolbar list for help in identifying Toolbar spyware / adware

You can load the lists from the online servers, but the key is you can dump the lists to your hard drive for use when online access is unavailable. I also like that you can toggle between BHOlist view and Toolbarlist view. The biggest thing to me is that it is searchable which to date I have not found on any online counterpart.

The status key is at the bottom of the above page link. X = spyware, L = legit and O = "open for debate"

The executable download can be found on the page:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/bholist.zip

There is also a companion proggie BHODemon:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/bhod/

Another very handy BHO tool.

Enjoy!

one of my favorite scanners is Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner. The scan takes roughly two seconds and it then produces a list of spyware on your computer. It will not remove the files for you, but it will produce a log file that shows you what files/keys triggered the alert as well as provide you with a link to a page that details how to manualy remove the piece of spy ware found.

http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/

That's a very handy utility. I've been referencing Tony Kline's BHO list on the web but this makes the chore much easier. Thanks!

I have that DSO thing too and was going to start asking about it as well, plus my computer keeps trying to change homepages on IE, even though I don't use IE it still bugs hell outta me with Spybot.

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1st, thanks for the links back to my site
I was just checking the referrer logs and saw quite a few hits from ozzu.com (almost 1000 for October)

2nd, there's a patch available for the Spybot DSO bug.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4392.html
**version 1.3 final must be installed prior to using the patch**

*smiles -- thanks for the patch link radio and welcome to OZZU.

Yes, welcome to ozzu.

I've seen that patch but it was removed from safer-networking.org:
http://www.safer-networking.org/files/spybotsd131tx.exe

That gave me the impression that it may not be ready for release. I searched safer-networking.org for info and couldn't find anything about the patch. Not sure what to think about it. *shrug*

I just discovered on online Hijack This analysis tool. You can paste a copy of your HJT log into a text box or upload it and receive a detailed analysis.

http://hijackthis.de/en

Oh my gosh! I never realised how many I had! I have half of those! *Gasp*

Is Download Accelerator Plus an adware? I thought it brings up ads which are related only to the program window. And that also can be stopped by some tips I found here
http://tweakxp.com/article37278.aspx

Take a look a this pages pramitroy.

http://www.infopackets.com/freenewsarti ... pyware.htm
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/arti ... agers.html
http://research.sunbelt-software.com/th ... eatid=4615

To speak about performance I can see that DAP is nowhere criticized. But now I am more assured that it contains adware or is adware.
Well, I uninstalled it long ago reading this list by Jim
http://www.ozzu.com/sutra152935.html#152935
But now I can find no free download manager to choose.

hehe, yeah I know, I felt the same about DAP. I used it a long time too.