[Lowfer] CRAP

Mon, 2 Feb 2004 21:04:00 -0500

Paranoia...it's not just for loonies any more.

Ur right John and I havent had a problem either,, till now and have
decided to
keep the rez lower to allow some fine print to be better seen

again thanks all fer the info,,   I believe Spy Bot got high ratings from
the Screen savers

Bob  

On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 21:12:15 -0500 "John Davis" <[email protected]>
writes:
> One problem with spyware catcher programs is that some of them 
> advertised to
> catch spyware ARE actually spyware, so be selective.  There's a 
> phony
> AdAware out there, for instance.  If you try AdAware, be sure you 
> download
> the genuine article from Lavasoft directly, and I'm told there is a 
> late
> update for it dated January 26 that you should also obtain.
> 
> I solve the problem differently.  I don't allow my e-mail client to 
> run
> scripts, and I don't open file attachments directly from e-mail.  
> Ever!
> 
> If there's an attached file from someone I don't know, I trash it
> automatically.  If it appears to be a file from someone I do know, I 
> first
> get confirmation first that they intentionally sent me one.  Then I 
> save it
> to disk and scan it before opening.
> 
> Result after 12 years of running Windows:  virus infections=0, worms 
> or
> trojans=0, spyware=0.
> 
> Paranoia...it's not just for loonies any more.
> 
> John D
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