What's the most spyware you've ever found on a computer.

[Macro2]

My record so far for "infected computers"

Ad aware - 348
Then ran Spybot and got 38 more
total 386....

 

[imported_ZeKs]

like 700+ on my neighbors pc - Adaware

 

[thelordemperor]

Fixed a computer for a customer...

6000+ spyware items, 3000+ virus infected files.

 

[Aleksandar]

Originally posted by: thelordemperor
Fixed a computer for a customer...

6000+ spyware items, 3000+ virus infected files.

Omg man 6000 deam

 

[daveybrat]

We actually have a record board at my work of highest viruses and spyware.

current record holders are:

Spyware 22,000+

Viruses 24,000+

These records were from another tech at work, and i don't think i'll ever be able to top
them!
Needless to say, those computers he found that much on needed to be formatted!

 

[OZEE]

Wow -- the owner of that computer needs beat... When will people learn???

 

[BillClo]

Damn, I thought the one I worked on recently was bad. Adaware and Spybot S&D found over 300 items, also 28 viruses, 23 trojans...

 

[jadinolf]

Waaaaay back when I first installed Ad-aware I found 6 on some and 8 on others (computers).
Hardly ever get any spyware now.

 

[Mellman]

neighbors computer continually gets 1600 on it every few weeks, she claims she runs it every other week or so, i claim BS but just get paid and come back all the time so i dont mind

 

[Ryoga]

Yeesh. If you're getting that much spyware you need to be installing Spybot S&D with the real-time and immunize features (but not TeaTimer), Spyware Blaster and Spyware Guard.

I run those three, and run scans with Ad-Aware and Spybot weekly. I have my browser (Firefox) set to only accept cookies from the originating web site. Over the last 6 months, I have not gotten so much as a cookie detected by either Spybot or Ad-Aware, except for the day I installed Firefox 0.9.1 and hadn't set it to deny third party cookies.

 

[imported_Phil]

~4000 on a customers machine, and 3000-4000 infected files, I forget the exact number.

 

[redbeard1]

2700 the first run, then there was 300 that were only in each users profile in XP, and there was six users.

 

[Ryoga]

There was?

 

[Macro2]

I've nocticed spywareblaster DOES keep the amount of spyware down to a minimum. More so that Spybot's immunize.

 

[Macro2]

RE:"neighbors computer continually gets 1600 on it every few weeks, she claims she runs it every other week or so, i claim BS but just get paid and come back all the time so i dont mind"

I think she likes you.

 

[MoonSword]

I fixed my uncle/aunt's computer last year. Between Spybot and Ad-aware, they had nearly 1,000 hits. I also had to run both programs like four times, and each time new things with higher threat ratings were uncovered.

I also found out where all these problems came from. My 14 year old cousin told me, "You know I found this thing on the 'net, and I didn't know what it was, so I installed it! Is that cool or what?!" No... not cool. I nearly choked. I told him to never do that again, but I suspect I'll be reinstalling Windows on that computer again soon. Good thing my uncle has a real nice administrative job for the New York state government, so he can afford his son's TDTO habits.

MoonSword

 

[Iesus]

476 with Adaware a PC in the Office 24/7 on the Web no firewall at all and some 15 different users on it.
Nothing is working as ist should be, and I don't wonder why