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Subject: Re: Offtopic: Spyware - "9 out of 10 PC's Infected" - free online check...

Date: Sat 18/06/05 03:53:15 GMT

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There are free malware checkers that will remove all the spyware - both AdAware and SpyBot are highly recommended, and I have been using them for years. Their virus databases are constantly updated - a real service to the community. As a software engineer I have secured my machine anyway, so the only things these tools pick up are tracking cookies - pretty harmless, but it's good to know that nothing has slipped the net.

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Offtopic: Spyware - "9 out of 10 PC's Infected" - free online check...

By Nigel - nigel@wetlook.com Fri 17/06/05 02:02:04 GMT

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Hi all,

following up on the spyware/infection issue, I've found that there is a good, and free, online checker on the www.zonelabs.com website, go to http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/promotions/spywaredetector/offer5.html

This MUST be run in Internet Explorer, not FireFox, as it used ActiveX, it found 78 items to remove on my 'secured' machine - so don't think to yourself "I'm clean" - that is very unlikely. Unfortunately, the free scan doesn't remove the infections, but it should scare you into getting/buying something that will !

Spyware can can cause all sorts of problems on the machine, misdirecting your searches, urls and even monitoring you typing your longins and passwords.

PLEASE all go and scan your machines now !

Also, while you are on the website, download at least the free version of ZoneAlarm - the software firewall, to help protect you and the rest of us from infection.

Nigel

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