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Topic: Spyware scum caught ! |
Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Jim Phelps
From:
Mexico City, Mexico
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Posted 28 Apr 2005 11:58 am |
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I read the privacy policy. What an ironic name for such a policy.... "privacy".
This is spyware with a capital SPY. I hope this company and everyone like them gets shut down. |
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Bill Llewellyn
From:
San Jose, CA
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Tony Palmer
From:
St Augustine,FL
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Posted 30 Apr 2005 10:42 am
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In the time it took me to read that story, two popup ads corrupted my computer.
I'm hopelessly infected even though I'm running 5 antivirus programs! |
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Dennis Hilsabeck
From:
Salem, Oregon, USA
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Posted 3 May 2005 10:25 pm
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For $7 a month you can get a monitored service
that has anti everything included.
Free trial at eAcceleration.com
Just an idea!
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 4 May 2005 10:16 am
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Tony, here's an idea you can try that won't cost anything except sometimes having to respond to a prompt. If you must run Internet Explorer, go to Tools/Internet Options/Security/Custom Level and for the "Internet" zone, change the ActiveX, Scripting, and Java permissions that are set as 'enable' to 'prompt'. Now, when you hit a website that has scripting, ActiveX or Java, which is what executes those annoying popups and other problematic things, you can decide yes or no. If you just press "Enter" or "Return", the default is NO. This may sound like a pain, but it's a lot better than getting your system trashed by a malicious script, ActiveX control, or Java applet.
Now, a lot of scripting is just fine, and sometimes it's required to get the website functionality, but I don't think it's safe to give free reign to scripting/ActiveX/Java on IE. There are potentially other problems even if you don't allow scripting, ActiveX, and Java, but this takes care of a lot of them.
If you have some special sites you know that you can trust the scripting on (like the Steel Guitar Forum), you can add them to the "Trusted Sites" zone and tweak the security settings to the default security settings.
All this said, I have found many fewer security problems on Mozilla-Netscape-Firefox. They're all free, and you can set them up as an alternative to IE. |
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Chris Bauer
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 5 May 2005 5:49 pm
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OR, er, get a Mac...  |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 5 May 2005 10:07 pm
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Or, just put Linux on your PC.
I dual boot mine with Windows. I like using commodity hardware with lots of software available. |
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