Spyware

[thebillionaire]

ok Im getting tons of these spyware and adwares I have spybot and Ad-Aware yet these spyware's keep getting in, how do I stop them.

[James]

http://www.getfirefox.com

[intelliot]

http://www.getfirefox.com

Good advice.

tons of these spyware and adwares

Could you describe one that you can't get rid of, for example.

[michael_gersitz]

Use HiJackThis.

I currenlty have the MidADle one that logs all the sites you visit to ads234.com, I hate it, still reading on how to get rid of it.

[James]

Make sure you know what you're deleting with HiJackThis, don't just click everything on the list or you could mess up your computer.

You have to create a corrupt cookie and have it having the same name as the MidADle cookie. Same as that DoubleClick one.

[ozgression]

I use ad-aware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
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[James]

So does the thread starter; what's your point?

[Chris]

The program I'm using now is Spysweeper. Adaware and Spybot have gotten stale and stopped updating it seems.

[incka]

How come I never seen to get adware? Perhaps it is because I never click Yes when an active x pop up comes up, I never open email attachments I didn't ask for and I never install anything without checking it with a spyware-checker and a virus-scanner (both freeware).

Prevention is the best way to stop things, not dealing with them after you get them.

[intelliot]

Good point incka. I don't have any problems either but there are some people who just can't get around accepting malware.

[James]

How come I never seen to get adware? Perhaps it is because I never click Yes when an active x pop up comes up, I never open email attachments I didn't ask for and I never install anything without checking it with a spyware-checker and a virus-scanner (both freeware).

Prevention is the best way to stop things, not dealing with them after you get them.

I took the same precautions but had to remove about 10 a week with IE.

[intelliot]

Yeah... but where did they come from?

[James]

Security holes.

[thebillionaire]

I never click those yes things nor do I get any spam email.

[ozgression]

You dont have to. You can get trojans etc just by visiting web pages.
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