[pickemuphere]

Looks like Drudge will have to find a new advertiser..

[Crazieman]

Next step is to smack University of Phoenix upside the head over their ads.

[thoughtomator]

Now we need to amend the Constitution to allow cruel and unusual punishment for these kinds of crooks.

[hflynn]

There is a lot of other companies out there playing the same game. I was glad to see Microsoft get more proactive in dealing with these clowns. I recommend you download a free copy of Microsoft AntiSpyware (Beta1). Microsoft also appears to have an arrangement with CA to get free downloads of WZ Anti-Virus and EZ Firewall.

[HighFlier]

At least it was really anti-spyware. I always assumed that if you clicked on it, you would end up getting spyware installed on your computer.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

Silly old me I BOUGHT spy assassin, and it pretty much crashed my computer.

Now I use spybot and adaware.

[FreePaul]

My how we have benefitted from technology. I remember a similar scam sixty years ago with free termite inspections. Slightly different method with almost the same results. The "termite inspectors" had taken their craft to a higher plane though.

The "termite treatment" scam had a follow up for those deemed to be really gullible. They had a second "termite inspector" come by and offer his service. When told that they had already had a service they were told that the last guy was a notorious crook and it would take extensive treatment to correct his work. Believe it or not I knew people who were taken by both of these or scams or the one continuing scam if you prefer.

[jdm]

Pest Patrol should be next. PP offers a free scan and turned up the exact same problems on two different, independent PCs, at different companies, 20 miles apart. I stick with SpySweeper, AdAware and Spybot (with Tea Timer enabled).

[Reaganwuzthebest]

CWShredder is another free program that can kill some variants of the CoolWebSearch infection and About Buster can help rid the system of the about:blank infection. Those two scumware are right up there as being the worst of all the hijacks plaguing computers today.

[2nd amendment mama]

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