Subj : Re: Installed programs
To   : CHARLES ANGELICH
From : Alan Zisman
Date : Sun Dec 05 2004 11:52 am

-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to TOM WALKER <=-

 DH>>> You may want to try running a good spyware scanner too.
 DH>>> Alot of these type things are spyware related.

 ->> As with virus-scanners you really need to run two or more
 ->> to be 99% certain you're finding everything.

 TW> But you have to be FAR more carefull with so called Spyware
 TW> catchers. From the reports I have been reading more then
 TW> HALF of them are Scams and are Spreading Spyware. Perhaps
 TW> undewr a differnt neme but Spyware never the less. :-( :_(
 TW> :_(

 CA> I've used only 'mainstream' spyware scanners such as SpyBot and
 CA> AdAware and never did trust the others.

 The December issue of PC World has an article comparing SpyBot with 
half-a-dozen commercial spyware scanners, typically advertised online.

None of the commercial scanners were as effective as the free SpyBot in their 
tests-- and one actually installed spyware!

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,118362,pg,1,00.asp
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