How does adware get on your computer? I have Norton installed, and it has never poped up saying that it found a virus or worm trying to get on my system. I have a spam blocker on my server which gets rid of a lot of them, and use Netscape for my mail, and never open any attachments. I use Netscape as my browser, and any time I do have to use IE, I do not have Vbasic installed on my system.
I also have Zone alarm on my system. Am I missing something? Marshall William Missett wrote: > David: > > Many thanks for your advice on the adware download. I just did it, and it > found 230 adware files in my computer which have now been eliminated. No > wonder I was having problems. > > Everyone on the CS list might do well to follow David's advice as well. > We're all in this together.... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Bearrow" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 3:48 PM > Subject: Re: CS>computer virii and worms > > > At 01:26 PM 8/11/04, you wrote: > > >I was attempting to run Scandisk because of bootup problems, but "another > > >program" kept interfering with Scandisk. I contacted Trend and asked how > to > > >temporarily disable their program while I ran Scandisk. They gave me > > >prompt, correct advice, but I STILL had problems with Scandisk, which > told > > >me "another program" was running and causing interference, but all other > > >programs were closed, and Trend is the only AV program I have. Perhaps I > > >have a trojan running in the background? > > > > > > It may be that you have adware running in the background. Download and run > > ad-aware to clean it off. > > > http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button > > > > > > David Bearrow > > www.addaphonejack.com > > > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
