Re: Need Spyware blocker that BANS executables! (WinXP)
From: Thor Kottelin (thor_at_anta.net)
Date: 07/09/04
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Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 23:15:43 +0300
Marc Brown wrote:
>
> Subject says it all. Right now, I'm using WinPatrol. It does a good
> job of catching all the little programs that try to install themselves,
> but what it doesn't seem to have is the ability to automatically
> disable and delete certain common, recurring culprits, like TwainTech
> and Tvm.exe. Sometimes these programs seem to find a way of installing
> themselves once every few minutes, and it gets really quite annoying to
> have to address WinPatrol's prompts every time it happens.
>
> So, what software should I in fact be using? Thanks!
Installing a recent version of common_sense.exe should prevent programs from
"installing themselves".
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Thor
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