Depends on your setup. I'm careful enough about avoiding trojans and the like, and my wife is clued-in enough to not open anything fishy (phishy?). After I spent 6 hours uninfecting and rebuilding my sister-in-law's laptop, my wife asked me if I would run the various spyware/virus/malware detection apps on our Windows PCs to see if there was anything on there.
The worst anything found were some HitBox tracking cookies and the Googlebar. I'm not insanely obsessed with security, but I've taken a few reasonable measures to minimize my risk - Firefox/Thunderbird helps a lot, regular visits to Windows Update, configuring my wireless and wired routers to only allow a handful of ports for TCP/UDP traffic, not broadcasting my SSID, etc. I will point out that our primary computer is a Mac, so that helps, but I like to think I'm not a drooling Apple fanatic enough to never presume that the Mac is /never/ going to be vulnerable, and take the same reasonable measures with it as well. - Jim Jason Lemahieu wrote: >>Has anyone tried this yet? >>http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx >> >>And if so, is it worth following? How does it compare to its rivals etc... >> >>-- >>Jay >> >> > >i intalled and ran it, and i was suprised to have it not find anything. i >don't think i've used any of the other removal programs on this machine >before, so i was expecting it to find tons. maybe i'm just lucky? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142522 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
