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To: holymoly

Kim Komando (computer babe with her own radio show) has a neat trick to screw up the spyware. Here is what she has to say about it:

http://www.komando.com/tips_show.asp?showID=7724


9 posted on 02/02/2005 7:53:46 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
A Hosts file along with I.E Spy-ad will stop both unwanted crapware from being installed on your PC behind your back and annoying pop-up ads.

Denny Crane: "I want two things. First God and then Fox News."

16 posted on 02/02/2005 8:14:45 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Even simpler is to use Firefox to browse with the Adblock extension installed. You can download a pre-filled block list that kills 99% of ads from the start here (grab the latest), and import it into Adblock. Then you add more blocks with a right-click on ads.
25 posted on 02/02/2005 8:34:18 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Kool! Thanks for the link ... BTW, is there somewhere one could go to see a pic of Kim K? I listen to her pretty regularly and would like to put a face with the suave voice.


54 posted on 02/02/2005 9:29:07 AM PST by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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