Spyware Problem
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Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 11,248
From: Charleston
RE: Spyware Problem
Microsoft has whipped out one that is free and it has raped my stepfather's $1000 a month spyware system. It updates itself constantly, it knows if its own code is corrupt, and it cleans, viruses, spyware, hijackers, trojans, and all the like with out giving you that bs that the 'program is running and cannot terminate' . It also can be run behind the scenes quietly with you never knowing its running. It also most of the time is able to tell you exactly what the spyware is and whre it comes from AND how dangerous it is. Check it out. Here is the link, I promise you will like it. Read up on it before you download!
http://albinoblacksheep.com/download/antispyware
http://albinoblacksheep.com/download/antispyware
Joined: Jul 2005
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RE: Spyware Problem
I use IE6 (firefox is just too annoying, tabbed browsing is it's only useful feature, and IE7 will have that anyway), and the MS Antispyware. Okay, I'm an MS software *****, sue me.
No, a firewall will not help you avoid spyware. A firewall is pretty analgous to a real wall between you and the internet. You open ports (poke holes) in the firewall to gain access to the internet. Unfortunately, the same ports you use for internet access are the ports that spyware comes in on.
Most of the time, spyware is installed on a computer because the user did not pay attention to the User Licence agreement to some program that they downloaded off the internet. I don't download a lot of programs (I write them instead), and I don't download movies or music. Often times, people who get viruses and spyware have been downloading a lot of stuff.
Using p2p networks (like grokster, winmx, etc) without a virus scanner at high alert is like having unprotected sex: sooner or later you'll get an itch in your pants.
How to get rid of spyware once you got it: drop a nuke on it and reformat, reinstall the operating system. Only sure-fire way.
No, a firewall will not help you avoid spyware. A firewall is pretty analgous to a real wall between you and the internet. You open ports (poke holes) in the firewall to gain access to the internet. Unfortunately, the same ports you use for internet access are the ports that spyware comes in on.
Most of the time, spyware is installed on a computer because the user did not pay attention to the User Licence agreement to some program that they downloaded off the internet. I don't download a lot of programs (I write them instead), and I don't download movies or music. Often times, people who get viruses and spyware have been downloading a lot of stuff.
Using p2p networks (like grokster, winmx, etc) without a virus scanner at high alert is like having unprotected sex: sooner or later you'll get an itch in your pants.
How to get rid of spyware once you got it: drop a nuke on it and reformat, reinstall the operating system. Only sure-fire way.
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