[martin_fierro]

Remove Spyware with AdAware

[mostlyundecided]

I use AD-AWARE to get rid of spyware:

Ad-aware is a free multi spyware removal utility designed for all Win9x / ME / NT40 / W2000 platforms. It scans your system for components of known spyware parasites and lets you remove them safely. Feel free to email if you have further questions : support@lavasoftUSA.com

To download a copy of Ad-aware go to www.lavasoftUSA.com

Another option is: SPYBOT, go to www.voiceofthepublic.com

[agitator]

I had to chew out a client this afternoon over that. Misleading windoze messenger service messages were popping up on every computer, including their server, as if norton anti-virus had detected something but it was in fact spam generated by that [expletive deleted] Gator spam-ware.

I asked, "What software have you installed lately that didn't originally come with the computer I left on your desk?" The answer was a "neat little 'FREE' date manager with lots of nifty little features!"

I asked, "Did you read the ENTIRE license agreement when you installed it?" She replied "No! Nobody ever reads that stuff!"

"Well, had you bothered to read it, you would have noticed that you agreed to allow the installation of software that contacts its home base from your computer, retrieves spam, and then annoys you by popping up system messages in your face. Now that I've killed a half hour of my time, and we're going to kill another half hour of OUR time while we remove that [expletive deleted] spamware off your computer, was that thing really FREE?"

Unfortunately, I can't prohibit the client from installing software on their machines or I would have. As it is that neat little bit of "free" software was anything but "free."

[TechJunkYard]

Aren't you glad you run Linux?

[quietolong]

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