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Internet Explorer is a magnet for pop-ups and spyware crap these days. It's the worse it's ever been and surfing the web is bit different these days as a result. My sister got a new PC a month ago and it was already bogged down with spyware EXE's loading on startup. It's out of hand.
I though I would share some tips that have helped me:
1) Get "Spybot search and destroy" from here: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html Scan your system and clean out the junk.
2) START/ RUN/ then type MSCONFIG. Click on the STARTUP tab to bring up all programs that load on startup.If you see any EXE's in the Windows or Windows/system32 folder that you don't recognize, google them. If they're Spyware, delete them.
3) Delete the blue E Internet Explorer shortcut from your desktop, go to http://www.mozilla.org and DOWNLOAD FIREFOX. It's a great browser that isn't the crap magnet IE is.. It also has "tabbed browsing", allowing multiple web pages on separate tabs within one bowser Window.
We all have the net in common so I thought I would share. Good luck!
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I mostly use IE and windows 2000 professional. I turn off 'write access' on certain folders to stop all unwanted exe downloads. If I recall, the consumer windows XP OS doesn't have that option and is a magnet for spyware.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 12, 2004 03:20 PM: Message edited by: MethodAir ]</font>
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I totally agree with you Steve. In fact I posted a message, on another forum I frequent, complaining about how the internet was becoming unusable because of all the viruses/spyware out there and I was ridiculed for being "computer ignorant" and "conspiracy paranoid".
I have the latest version of Spybot but I still have IE.
Thanks for the tips! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
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I'll Second that !!
Cheers Steve,
Ive just downloaded The latest Version of Spybot after your advice, and even though my virus s/ware and firewall are up to date i could not believe the shiit that was found on my machine !
i may be seeing things,please correct me if im wrong but as im only on a dial up could cleaning my system just 10 minutes ago have anything to do with the fact my pc is at the speed it was (online) when i bought it new??
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I have heard from other sources that Firefox is the browser to go with if you want to eliminate spyware and shit like that. I haven't made the switch yet personally though. I use the google toolbar with IE to stop pop-ups, but i dont know how if it is any good at stopping spyware.
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Just got this in my email this AM.
Mozilla sec. advisory
Another cool program is Purge IE, it really give IE a thorough cleaning.
Purge IE
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Yes, Yes, Yes.
15 minutes ago, my problems were:
1. My web mail pages didn?t open correctly (hotmail included)
2. Many words in any web page were converted to a link.For example, if i was reading a page from this forum (or any website), the words "link,web,audio,video,virus,mail,search,message,ch at..."and many others, turned in blue color with an active link to "www.netsearch.com/....".
I have just run SPYBOT "search and destroy", as Steve recommended, and the problems disappeared immediately.
I thought that I was "sure" with my antivirus and firewall programs, but I wasn?t.
Thanks, thanks, thanks, Steve.
Any of you with the same problem ("criminal" blue link) ?
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Shedder.
I'm a gamer so that's not an option. Plus I would like the freedom of assembling and modifying MY computer how I would like. And I would like the option of buying it from more than one manufacturer without bending over.
For reference: This video. And of course this one too.
Enjoy.
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Hey Steve:
Under #2;
2) START/ RUN/ then type MSCONFIG. Click on the STARTUP tab to bring up all programs that load on startup.If you see any EXE's in the Windows or Windows/system32 folder that you don't recognize, google them. If they're Spyware, delete them.
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I did this, and got the window, System Configuration Utility. I saw, "Spykiller" that was contained in "C:\Program Files\SpyKiller"
First, I went to the Program Files and deleted this folder, yet it showed up in the System Configuration Utility.
All the items under Startup Item in this window were checked to the left. If I want to get rid of "SpyKiller" do uncheck all of the items, then just check SpyKiller and hit Disable All? Also, in this window it says Apply (third of fourth button at bottom). What am I applying if I hit disable all?
Lastly, with Spybot-Search & Destroy, I always get the following problems;
_ DSO Exploit 5 entries
_ CoolWWWSearch 3 entries
I then hit, fix problems. Even after running, I still get Spyware. Do I need to do this daily?
THANX
