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Spyware block?

post #1 of 9
8/31/05 at 11:44am
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I got a 9300. CLeaned my disk and start from scratch. I use FireFox to browse. Have spybot and microsoft antispyware.
Every time i run spybot, and i do it daily,i find anywhere from 10 to 30 items i need to delete.
I inmunize and all that.
Is there anyway i can avoid spyware completely or this small amount i have to live with?
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post #2 of 9
8/31/05 at 2:47pm
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anyone?
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post #3 of 9
9/5/05 at 8:46pm
I have exactly the same problem
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post #4 of 9
9/5/05 at 11:00pm
You sure these just aren't the "tracking cookies" that you get from browsing the web? You can go into Tools, Options in firefox and disable all cookies, then see what that gets you.
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post #5 of 9
9/6/05 at 12:16am
could be your ISP. I've never had a problem with my desktop on the ISPs I've used. I'm going to have to watch now with my laptop since I've heard that they are horrid for attracking stuff.
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post #6 of 9
9/6/05 at 8:49pm
try using a firewall like zonealarm that should stop most stuff getting onto your system
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post #7 of 9
9/6/05 at 9:20pm
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Originally Posted by Doone
try using a firewall like zonealarm that should stop most stuff getting onto your system
ditto;

link to ZoneAlarm

Anothe good supplement to S&D's immunize;

link to Spyware Blaster
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post #8 of 9
9/6/05 at 11:54pm
Yea, more than likely the spybot program is finding stuff like cookies and such just from your browsing sessions. You could always crank up the security in firefox to accept all cookies, and of course just be careful where you browse to. I've had friends who constantly kept getting crap on their computer when in fact they would just keep revisting "questionable" sites.

I just use Spybot, Ad-aware, Avast antivirus, and microsoft's spyware thingy and I've never had major issues with spyware or viruses.
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post #9 of 9
9/7/05 at 12:04am
Make sure you are getting the updates. I would use Ad-Aware SE also.
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