thanks Peter - a friend of mine was supposed to send me the link to that I was afraid if I surfed for it myself I'd manage to go to a spoofsite.
Best, ann p.s. of course my original message tothe list has still not appeared in my inbox :( "Peter J. Alling" wrote: > www.lavasoft.de > for Adaware. > > http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html > Spybot search and destroy. > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > >Despite my protestations that I'm safe from worms > >and viri cause I'm so smart about > >downloads, email, and have a lazy old dial-up > >that no one would want to disrupt, > >I have this feeling that my harddrive is getting > >crowded with stuff I can't see.... > >and why should my 'puter be downloading things > >when I'm on line but with no > >browsers open? > > > >I clear my cache every day, I defrag two or three > >times a week, I've deleted a bunch of > >useless software and files - but I still seem to > >have too much stuff on my computer. > > > >Soooo > >given I have Windows 98, what do I need to do to > >at least check the spyware level? > > > >Help, please :) > >annsan, techno idiot > > > > > > > > > > -- > I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. > During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings > and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during > peacetime. > --P.J. O'Rourke
