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[senoritafish]

Those of you struggling with adware/spyware may want to read the latest Windows Secrets Newsletter.

Anti-adware misses most malware
http://windowssecrets.com/050127/
80% percentent of PCs are infected, and AdAware/Spybot only remove about half of it.

Sigh. Looks like the freebie programs just aren't covering it anymore. Even stuff you have to pay for doesn't get all of it. I know someone recommended CWShredder (mentioned in the article) to me, but it consistently says my PC is clean, while AdAware finds it in the registry every time.

Well, I was preparing to spend money at Fry's this weekend anyway. We just got the DSL equipment package yesterday, but I want to get everything backed up first before I install it. I don't want to spend forever changing out CDs, so we'll be purchasing either a DVD burner or external hard drive this weekend. The prices have come down enough it's affordable. And maybe one or two of those things mentioned in the article.

Comments

[miss-geek.livejournal.com]

you could try using firefox as your browser instead if IE. it doesn't remove what's already on your machine obviously, but since i switched to firefox i've had not a single pop up ad. it's been lovely...

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, did that at home quite a while ago. It's at work I have most of the problems. Our IT department is a couple of centuries behind the times - we only got Win2000 two years ago - and I've been a little leary of downloading a brower that's not "approved."

Although I have a few other things that aren't specifically approved, so I don't know why I'm so reluctant....