What about SpyWare?

[babsbunny]

It is getting worse every day on my computer. Can this be a Repub thing? :shrug:

[don954]

1. i have a relitive who works for an internet add company

and yes, the owner is a RABID repub

[OldLeftieLawyer]

2. I get virtually none

But, if it's happening to you, install the freeware from SpywareBlasters, Spybot, and, just to be on the safe side, Ad-Aware. You'll in a few seconds, you've murdered them all.

[CornField]

4. Totally agree

Before installing this trio, I was plagued with spyware and data miners.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

5. Also.........

I've had virtually nothing slapped onto any hard drives since I went with Mozilla Firefox as my browser on all computers.

[Greyhound]

More of a M$/browser/DotCom thing, and it's only going to get worse. n/t

[BlueEyedSon]

3. get spysweeper

http://www.webroot.com/

[flyingfysh]

7. and for those tough cases, get RootKitRevealer

This is the tool used by the guy who discovered the Sony rootkit.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

6. Get Spysweeper. It is incredible.

Also get Window Washer. Both are by webroot and I swear by them :)

[JPZenger]

8. Spysweeper is the best

Spysweeper is the best. You can find it on sale for $20. Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad Aware are free and OK, but I've had some problems with spybot and ad aware doesn't find all the problems.

Beware, there are about 100 spyware programs on the net that pretend to be spyware removal programs. Many have names that are very similar to legitimate programs.

Also, stay away from questionable websites. The free game websites seem to be the worst for spyware. Download the newest updates for explorer and windows from microsoft. If you get a pop-up from a questionable source that asks you a yes or no question, using the X exit button instead of the no button. Sometimes the no button actually installs the spyware.

[LSK]

9. start using firefox

www.mozilla.org

[BlueEyedSon]

10. and Thunderbird

[BlueEyedSon]

11. and get a decent hosts file

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

[PetraPooh]

12. Yes, firefox, and also ZoneAlarm

I have anti virus and anti spy/ad ware. . . and they were always finding 50 or more a day of little problems. UNTIL I installed ZoneAlarm which literally lets you tell you puter which of your own programs is "allowed" online (you'd be surprised how many are imbedded to do automatic updates AND also sends your usage information to the company involved. It also allows blockage by default. IE if you don't say yes, the auto answer is NO.

Anyway, no when I run the adware programs and such, nothing, no offenders present since ZoneAlarm (by Norton, I think)