[AT] OT - Spyware problems

[Larry Mason]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry Miller" <hank at millerfarm.com>
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Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Spyware problems


> On Wednesday 13 September 2006 06:55, msm10301 at juno.com wrote:
>> I'm having a big problem trying to get rid of a spyware item. 
>> Bargainbuddy
>> appears to be on my system. Ad-Aware caught it and I thought it was
>> deleted, but it keeps coming back. If I delete it through Ad-Aware and 
>> stay
>> off the internet, I can scan again, and it will still be gone. However, 
>> the
>> minute I open IE and go to any website, I get it back when I scan again. 
>> I
>> tried Spybot, and it doesn't see it. Any help would be appreciated, it's
>> very frustrating. Thanks,
>
> Lots of advice from people who know more than me, but it all missed a very
> important problem: IE.
>
> NEVER, and I mean NEVER used IE to browse the web.   While Microsoft has 
> made
> it a lot better, it is still not to be trusted.  (P.S.  I assume you are
> running Microsoft auto-updates.   This is a must, if not turn it on)
>
> Firefox is free, is generally better (though of course there is always a 
> Case
> vs JD when comparing products), and lets many fewer problems of this 
> nature
> through.
>
> http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
>
> Alternatively you can use Opera - it costs money, but many people swear by 
> it,
> and has the same advantages over IE that firefox has.
> http://www.opera.com/
>
> Ideally you would quit running Windows as administrator, but I know from
> experience that you need a full time system administrator to do this.
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