Wetlook World ForumCurrent time: Tue 28/05/24 16:13:12 GMT |
Message # 11756.2.1.1 Subject: Note about Spybot... Plus... Date: Fri 20/08/04 11:38:12 GMT Name: Walt |
Report Abuse or Problem to Nigel at Minxmovies
|
...Be sure to use "Immunize" if you have Internet Explorer. That will help keep it from picking up nasties. Immunize does not currently work with other browsers.
Be sure to check the extensions available with Firefox. They can help make life even better!!!! |
In reply to Message (11756.2.1) Re: Re: Off Topic - question for the techies
By MK - wamtec@compuserve.com Fri 20/08/04 10:35:38 GMT Tks Graham
I installed ad-adware today and ran it...and that does not work either..the infection still returns whenever I re-load ID.
I guess I am gonna stick with Mozilla for now.
The only thing I don't like about Mozilla is...same problem with netscape....neither of them can play media player clips online..they cannot stream the video...it forces you to download the file first. Thats the reason I still need to use IE at time..cos I need to be able to see media player files online...not always to wait until they download.
mk |
In reply to Message (11756.2) Re: Off Topic - question for the techies
By Graham - Fri 20/08/04 03:07:46 GMT Firefox is the way to go - good choice.
And I've found these products to be MOST effective at Spyware removal: Ad-Aware - free at www.lavasoftusa.com SpyBot Search and Destroy - free at www.safer-networking.org |
In reply to Message (11756) Off Topic - question for the techies
By MK - wamtec@compuserve.com Fri 20/08/04 02:15:48 GMT Can anybody suggest a really good program that can remove adware/spyware from the Internet Explorer browse. My IE browser got totally infected (thanks to visiting those Bollywood websites) and I have tried about 10 different spyware/adware removers and none of them seem to work. I have tried StopZilla, Spybot, Spyware Ad remover, Spyware Doctor and several others...and the results are always the same...i.e. the spyware/adware gets removed...for only 1 day....but by the next day...it comes back again to plague me. My IE browser is totally infested by something deep in my registry that none of the spyware/adware removers can seem to remove...cos it keeps coming back the next day...i.e. every time I open IE...the spyware tries to open up ad windows. The closest software to curtial this..is POP UP STOPPER...but that only halts the pop up..it does not remove the adware.
My IE browser is so infected...I have now resorted to using Netscape (where I have no adware problems at all) and now this week I started using the Mozilla Firefox browser...and what I nice little browser that is...the webshots pics come up so much faster when you use Mozilla Firefox as your browser.
NOTE TO BILL GATES: If you want people to use your bloody browser...you should offer pop up and adware prevention tools as PART of your browser...cos when you create a shoddy product that is so prone to infection by adware....you are driving people to using other browsers instead....and so I have to kiss goodbye to IE...and use Mozilla Firefox from now on.
You cannot even "uninstall" and re-install a new IE with XP...cos the last time I tried to do that...was a fatal mistake...it totally killed my pc and I had to reformat the hard drive. So IE cannot be uninstalled from XP (not safely) and Microsoft create a product that is very weak and prone to parasitic adware...when you don't have this problem at all when using Netscape or Mozilla. Microsoft do not even offer any tools to uninfect their browser....so...they lose my support...and now I use other browsers instead.
If anybody knows of any other softwares I have not listed, that can REMOVE IE related adware PERMANENTLY (not just for 24 hrs)...please let me know.....but for now...surfing with Mozilla is like a breath of fresh air....a compact browser that loads websites much faster than IE does.
MK
|
Report Abuse or Problem to Nigel at Minxmovies
If you enjoy this forum, then please make a small donation to help with running costs:
(you can change amount)
|
[ This page took 0.029 seconds to generate ]