No more Spyware

There are so many posts here on people having problems with spyware so I thought I'd just post a new thread visible to all recommending Spywareblaster. I've used it 2 years and I've never had any spyware ever. Ofcourse, I've also known about many of the apps that came integrated with spyware and therefore never installed any of those either
**This is what it does
"By setting a "kill bit" for spyware ActiveX controls, SpywareBlaster can prevent the installation of any spyware ActiveX controls from a webpage. It does this while not interfering with "friendly" ActiveX controls - so your browser can work correctly and you can have peace of mind

You won't get any more annoying "Yes/No" boxes popped up, asking you to install a spyware ActiveX control (which can increasingly be found in pop-up ads!). In fact, Internet Explorer will never even download or run the spyware ActiveX control!

Site = http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.htm

If you already have spyware or want to scan your comp for such then there are already many posts recommending great apps like lavasofts app and Spybot Search & Destroy.

*Vanguard*
Sun Feb 29 22:11:06 CST 2004

"WayuU" said in news:CA28E3E1-49BB-4E81-95CC-DA6DA4B12E26@microsoft.com:
> There are so many posts here on people having problems with spyware
> so I thought I'd just post a new thread visible to all recommending
> Spywareblaster. I've used it 2 years and I've never had any spyware
> ever.

I also use SpywareBlaster. Please read its documentation.
SpywareBlaster does NOT eradicate spyware from your system. It merely
renders it unusable should it manage to infest your system by using
registry data values that disables the class ID for the spyware (i.e.,
you define the class ID ahead of time that the known spyware will try to
use itself but your version has a kill bit should the AX control for the
spyware ever get registered). So you could have the spyware on your
system (I've seen this) which is dormant only because Spyware added
registry entries to make it dormant. It's like having glue traps for
roaches and mice. It doesn't stop them from entering or already
existing on your system but it stops them from getting anywhere farther
than the trap (but unlike these critters the spyware is still alive on
your system and you really need to eradicate it rather than just just
make it impotent).

SpywareBlaster is a *backup* method to catch the vermin that manages to
sneak in under your radar screen. Obviously a really new breed of
vermin might not yet be defined in the updates to SpywareBlaster plus
the window of opportunity for the new breeds of vermin depend on how
often you manually update SpywareBlaster and manually add its registry
values to kill bit the new vermin. Unfortunately there is not automatic
operation to SpywareBlaster. YOU have to remember to periodically run
it, to instigate a manual update, and then to manually start its update
to add its registry values. That means there is typically a large
window of opportunity for new vermin to sneak in even if they are known
to SpywareBlaster because you haven't yet updated it and ran it
manually.

Obviously any tool that has to be executed manually cannot be as potent
a protective agent as one that runs automatically. I use SpywareBlaster
but I don't run it every hour or even every day. Neither do other
users. SpywareBlaster would be a far better tool if it would
automatically check for updates (and where the user could control the
update frequency based on their perceived need) and automatically
exercise any found update.

As a companion to SpywareBlaster, you might want to also get
SpywareGuard. It helps users recognize when some AX control is trying
to install itself, when something is trying to change your home pages,
and other checks. Useful to help avoid those drive-by installs.



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