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To: Mo1; westmex; grannie9; Darksheare; null and void; catpuppy; Cuttnhorse; lodwick; Conservababe; ...
Not to hound you but anyone here having these TROUBLES?

Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common anti-virus applications do not yet cover.

If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you didn't intentionally install, if your browser crashes, or if you browser start page has changed without your knowing, you most probably have spyware.

But even if you don't see anything, you may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging that is silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile of you that will be sold to advertisement companies. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm in trying to see if something snooped into your computer, too :)

Spybot-S&D can also clean usage tracks, an interesting function if you share your computer with other users and don't want them to see what you worked on. And for professional users, it allows to fix some registry inconsistencies and extended reports.

4,851 posted on 12/29/2003 10:45:13 AM PST by restornu ( "Faith...is daring the soul to go beyond what the eyes refuse to see."J.R.R. Tolkien)
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To: restornu
Already have spybot S&D.
Also have Adaware6.
Been thinking on putting a thrid one on as well, just to be absolutely sure.
4,852 posted on 12/29/2003 10:49:11 AM PST by Darksheare (Democrat is between Demise and Demon in the dictionary.)
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To: restornu
Here's a good FReep picture:

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4,853 posted on 12/29/2003 10:59:23 AM PST by sweetliberty (Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.)
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To: restornu
Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different kinds from your computer.

I use Spybot and Pest Petrol .. with some of the sites that Jessie goes to .. she picks up all kinds of little spy pests

I run these programs daily to be on the safe side

5,116 posted on 12/30/2003 7:24:45 PM PST by Mo1 (House Work, If you do it right , will kill you!)
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