anonymous
Sun Oct 19 05:02:04 CDT 2003
thanks for the info i,ve done most of this, i did have
kazaa on my system so thats been removed and the tip on
lavasoftusa has found loads of those little spyprogs
once again thanks for the help
>-----Original Message-----
>See the "AdAware" section below.
>
>*** Good security housekeeping tips, in no particular
order: ***
>
>* See
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm
>
>* Go to www.lavasoftusa.com and download
AdAware...install, launch, update &
>run it. This will rid your computer of spyware/adware.
>
>* Use antivirus software (www.grisoft.com has a freebie)
and update it
>regularly - at least once a week; daily if possible.
>
>* Use a good firewall to block access to your computer
from the Internet
>(www.sygate.com is a decent freebie for a standalone
workstation; hardware
>appliances are a better choice for networks). For
software firewalls, see
>BlackIce or the freebie at www.sygate.com - but you do
get what you pay for.
>For a good hardware firewall, see NetGear or Linksys or
DLink - they all
>make easy to use products, but make sure they're true
firewalls and not just
>NAT devices, as those are not going to stop anyone.
Expect to pay about
>$100-$120 USD for a good hardware firewall.
>
>* Get a popup blocker to stop IE popups, such as
www.panicware.com (they
>offer a free one) or try the new Google toolbar 2.0
which does the same
>thing (and is just plain cool)
>
>* Run Windows Update regularly
(
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com) to get
>all the latest patches for your operating system.
>
>* See
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm for
lots of information on
>browser hijacking and how to stop it
>
>* Do not use Imesh or Kazaa any other peer-to-peer file
sharing software,
>ever.
>
>* Do not use Hotbar.
>
>
>anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
>> since some relatives of mine came to visit and used my
>> computer, my home page has been set to luckysearch.com,
>> globe-search.cc or icansearch.net, i have changed it in
>> my registry back to my original homepage but everytime
i
>> change this, something is changing it back, does anyone
>> know if there is a maliscous program going about that
>> virus checkers don't recognise or microsoft security
>> updates don't resolve. if someone could help me it
would
>> be a great help
>
>
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