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| 2003-08-12 |
| Just happened agin. |
| Posted by:raptor |
| #6 Here's another combination that will provide very good protection. Proxomitron (ad-blocker the works as a local proxy on your PC - it's free!), SpyBot (use the innoculation after you clean your PC and check for updates - it's free!), McAfee Personal Firewall (comes with the Personal edition of the anti-Virus - sorry, got to pay for this one). One note - both Proxomitron and McAfee Firewall are not for novices - at least a modicum of PC savvy is required - you can really get technical with both [and screw up your PC access to the Internet good]. |
| Posted by: PayDay 2003-8-12 1:31:19 PM |
| #5 Mozilla/Firebird, Opera, and other pop-up blockers won't help against adware, since those are popping up from a program running on your computer (not the browser). A firewall will often catch them calling home for new ads. Spybot catches things AdAware doesn't, and vice-versa. I'd advise using both. And if you are running Win 2000 or Win XP go upgrade your virus software immediately -- there's a nasty worm running about. |
| Posted by: Kathy K 2003-8-12 12:42:35 PM |
| #4 Mozilla 1.4, Raptor. Come to the dance... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-8-12 12:02:58 PM |
| #3 My brother in law's got an instant messenger spoof on his machine that I've been trying to find for a month. Ad Aware blocks them as they open up, but I still haven't been able to find the ugly sonofabitch... I'll give spybot a try. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-8-12 11:30:29 AM |
| #2 you might also try spybot - i run both it and ad-aware, and spybot seems to find things ad-aware doesn't. |
| Posted by: jd watson 2003-8-12 9:54:03 AM |
| #1 raptor, I had problems with spyware in my home computer. Everytime I deleted them, they came back until I started using Ad-aware. They have a free download that searches and cleans spyware off your computer. I highly recomend it. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-8-12 8:38:28 AM |