Dragdamar Hsard wrote:
>>>I threw together a short list of helper
> applications and
>>>on-line Virus Scanners to help everyone stay safe.
> I DL'd Spybot Search and Destroy after I saw it on Call for Help. I
> like it! It has more than just spyware detection and removal too, you
> can actually identify remove items from the System start-up and
> identify and kill processes running behind the scenes. I was able to
> removes a number of resource hogs that windoze hides in the background.
>
> I highly recomend this FREE product. I use it in combination with
> AdAware and my normal anti-virus.
>
> I also use these on my mom's computer after every XP patch. I'm never
> surprized when I find 2 or 3 datamines and tracking cookies among the
> new M$ crap.
Yup! See folks, there's nothing wrong with a little paranoia where
Microsoft products are concerned.
--
Shujin Tribble
Spamer (SPAH-muhr) n. - A sub-class of netizen that should have his/her
testicles and/or nipples connected to his/her computer's power supply
(after said power supply has been hevilly modified to produce 12,000 VAC
_at_ 49.3 Amp)
"I may have invented control-alt-delete, but Bill Gates made it really
famous,"
David Bradley at the twentieth anniversary of the PC.
Received on Wed Mar 17 2004 - 20:35:54 CST