Re: [SWCollect] Spyware

2004-03-12 Thread Jim Leonard
Marco Thorek wrote: Yeah, you are right. Thunderbird looks pretty neat. I don't seem to be able to find the info on its website, so I am asking you: Can you use it as a newsgroup reader and can I import my mails from Navigator to it? Mail: You should be able to, but I never have (all my email is

Re: [SWCollect] Spyware

2004-03-09 Thread Jim Leonard
Spybot Search and Destroy is slightly better than Ad-Aware, but has a slightly less intuitive interface. It's the one I use. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a LOT of spyware on my computer as I've been using same drive/programs for a long time (like close to 100 spybots). If you'd like to

Re: [SWCollect] Spyware

2004-03-09 Thread Jim Leonard
- *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, March 08, 2004 8:22 AM *Subject:* [SWCollect] Spyware I had a LOT of spyware on my computer as I've been using same drive/programs for a long time (like close to 100

Re: [SWCollect] Spyware

2004-03-09 Thread Marco Thorek
I have a personal firewall on my system, less of fear that someone might try to come in, but that something might try to phone home. For example, a couple of weeks ago I installed a friend's OCR software for testing and it installed a TSR along with it: even when the OCR program wasn't running,

Re: [SWCollect] Spyware

2004-03-09 Thread Jim Leonard
Marco Thorek wrote: For example, a couple of weeks ago I installed a friend's OCR software for testing and it installed a TSR along with it: even when the OCR program wasn't running, the freaking thing tried to contact its makers. Yes, well, have you considered it was trying to look for a

Re: [SWCollect] Spyware

2004-03-09 Thread Marco Thorek
Jim Leonard schrieb: Yes, well, have you considered it was trying to look for a new/updated version of itself? :-) Not all phone home software is malicious. Actually, no. I am probably getting a little paranoid. The firewall also quarantines any suspicious mail attachments, but as

[SWCollect] Spyware

2004-03-08 Thread AvatarTom
I had a LOT of spyware on my computer as I've been using same drive/programs for a long time (like close to 100 spybots). If you'd like to check these sites are free (scan and REMOVE, many ask you to pay to remove). If anyone runs I'd be interested in hearing results (see if anyone has more than I

Re: [SWCollect] Spyware

2004-03-08 Thread Christopher Forman
Tom, I've been using Ad-Aware (LavaSoft) for awhile now. The basic version is free and removes most known spyware. I run it about once a week. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a LOT of spyware on my computer as I've been using same drive/programs for a long time (like close to 100 spybots). If

Re: [SWCollect] Spyware

2004-03-08 Thread BL
patches from Microsoft.com. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:22 AM Subject: [SWCollect] Spyware I had a LOT of spyware on my computer as I've been using same drive/programs for a long time (like close to 100

Re: [SWCollect] Spyware

2004-03-08 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Dan Chisarick stated: And last, run a web browser (Mozilla, Safari, whatever) that has= integrated popup-blocking. Anything but IE. Spare yourself some pain before it starts. I can't argue against not using IE, except that some sites don't always work well with something else. I use the

Re: [SWCollect] Spyware

2004-03-08 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 03/08/2004 7:48:11 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Spybot seek destroy is also excellent. A previous post had both links. You have to be careful with this one. Here's why, someone told me to get spybot. So I searched for it. Took me to site spybot.com