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I was plagued by some of this recently and had to resort to reformatting the hard drive. How many other people have had problems with this stuff?
I use a variety of programmes to get rid of Spyware.
Spy Sweeper used to be my favourite but it suddenly decided that many forums (inclusing this one) used tracking cookies so every time I logged in Spy Sweeper would kill the cookie.
I now use Spy Bouncer which seems good plus Ad Aware as a backup.
Spy Sweeper used to be my favourite but it suddenly decided that many forums (inclusing this one) used tracking cookies so every time I logged in Spy Sweeper would kill the cookie.
I now use Spy Bouncer which seems good plus Ad Aware as a backup.
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W
Webstuff
- Original Poster
- #4
You may also want to try "HiJackThis", because it detects windows processes that spyware tools may miss. If you're using windows, update regularly; some of their security features are very worth-while. If you're unsure about a website, have a backup browser (I use firefox) that has JavaScript turned off, and visit it in that. Kill popups quickly, or use a popup-blocker, and don't continue browsing on a website if you find it has lots of pop-unders (these are one of the most common carriers of malware).
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Microsofts anti-spyware (Beta) is not a bad tool to have in your toolkit either.
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Rob
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
Rob
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I use Mandrake Linux as my desktop operating system with Thunderbird and Firefox.... what is all these spyware and virus things you guys keep talking about 
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Now you mention it - I don't use any either - I have an XP OS on my local systems - Firefox Browser and Calypso email client.
Rob
Rob
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