Agreed on the AdAware resource hog bit. I should have been more clear. --Doom
Jim Davis wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:55 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: help with spyware >> >> Also, Ad-Aware from Lavasoft. > > Ad-aware is a great scanner ... but I wouldn't recommend leaving it on > permanently. I've had a lot of trouble with in that regard: it's a resource > hog and it often gets confused and tried to protect you from yourself. For > example my Internet Explorer home page was set to gibberish and I couldn't > change it... figured out Ad Aware was "protecting" it. > > I leave it installed but inactive and scan regularly. > > I've actually come to like Windows Defender a lot personally. > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:253749 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
