Re: Best spyware program

["John D. Patota" <jpatota () ccs neu edu>]

VMware or something like it would be your best friend in these 
situations. It allows you to create a virtual image of windows, mess 
with it all you want, then restore it to an original condition in seconds.

I would start out with a perfectly clean copy of your OS. Visit 
http://sysinternals.com/ for the following software: Regmon, Filemon, 
Autoruns and Process Explorer. These are great utilities for reverse 
engineering software and seeing exactly what happens when you install.

If your worried about downloading spyware scanners which do more harm 
then good, I would stick to the most common scanners like MAS, Spybot, 
Adaware and the like.

John

Bapodara, Shyamal wrote:
> Hello Team
> I do like to test different so called "free"  software available online.
> What is the best to test if they don't have any spyware in it once it is
> installed?
> What will be the best way to test these with out compromising my system?
> Thanks
> Shyamal
>
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