On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Peter Duniho wrote:

"Brian Burger" wrote in message
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Best way to stop getting spywa Stop using Internet Explorer.

Anyone who blames IE for spyware is an idiot.

Anyone who still runs IE is an idiot.

Would "Best way to lessen your chances of getting spyware" get a more
polite response from you?

Seriously, running Opera I've (deliberately, at times) visited sites that
IE-users claim flood their computer with spyware, and gotten no infections
at all. None.

I've got SpyBot & AdAware, run them every month or so (or after
experimenting with 'sypware infested' websites) and I think I've had
them kill ONE 'bot in the last year. That one likely arrived on some
shareware I installed, and I don't think it was able to communicate
outward - ZoneAlarm never noticed it, anyway.

Opera, ZoneAlarm, SpyBot, AdAware - I run a fairly secure PC, but Opera is
the first line of defence, and it seems to work very well.

IE is a waste of HD space.

Brian
www.warbard.ca/avgas/