splintax Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Not Firefox, any non-IE browser. Well, it's helpful. I've not seen a single noticeably damaged box running non-IE.Spyware killers just tend to find "tracking cookies" in FF/Opera et al. Just clear your "private data" on exit and you'll be fine (unless you have some reason not to). I do ocassionally run some sort of anti-spyware scan after installing any program that I don't trust completely, but I definitely don't run any on-access spyware scanner or anything that loads itself in the background (cough MS Anti-Spyware). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroc Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 I just got hit by some spyware when I forgot to re-install Spy Sweeper (accidently re-installed Windows recently). It was called Spyware Strike/Spyware Ax. It gives fake Windows update alerts about u having spyware and says "click here for help" in the taskbar. Then it send u to their site for a bogus anti-spyware app. When looking for help removing it, a site recommended Spyware Doctor. I'm gonna keep this instead of Spy Sweeper cuz between the 2, Spyware Doctor had documentation about the spyware I got hit with, Spy Sweeper didnt. I assume if I had SS running, I wouldnt have got hit with it. But I like the default settings on Spyware Doctor: block all, then u go in the settings and decide what to let thru; it wont let my PC monitoring software start on start-up for nothing. (its a keylogger.) I can run it, but it wont let it autostart. I can live with that.On a side note, I dumped my Norton IS suite for:Zone Alarm Pro (just the firewall & anti-spyware. didnt install the anti-virus or anti-spam. installed the anti-spyware for the hell of it.)BitDefender Pro Plus 9 (just the anti-virus. I dont need the firewall if Im using ZA Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splintax Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 You were using NIS, that was probably the problem. Norton sucks pretty badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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