> Speaking of Gator, if you're running MicroSloth's Wincrap go and
>>download a copy of Ad-Aware. It's free and it will hunt down all the
>>Spy-Ware crap and delete it.
>
> Joe
I'm hearing that Ad-Aware is past it's prime. For Anti-Spyware info the
site to check is
http://www.spywareinfo.com/
I believe Spybot is now the preferred method.
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download
I REALLY recommend installing the following Registry Hack:
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYAD
This blocks most spyware sites, and there is a version that you can put in
/etc/hosts on Unix. Once I installed this it took care of all the Spyware
problems I was having.
Proxomitron is great for taking care of preventing popup windows, and
depending on how it is configured can speed up surfing by blocking most
ads.
http://www.proxomitron.org/
Zane
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Received on Tue Apr 01 2003 - 12:14:00 BST