skybytch 273 #26 January 4, 2005 So I gave up on getting rid of the evil thing that had infected Mom's puter... tonight I wiped the hard drive clean and reinstalled Windows ME (yeah, I know, but I'm not sure my copy of XP will work on her machine...). After getting the DSL back up, I updated Windows, dl'ed and installed SpySweeper, Spybot SD, AdAware SE and the Google popup blocker/toolbar. Ran scans with the three spyware programs - within 30 minutes of the machine being online - and they found stuff! Unreal. Anyone know what Wild Tangent, Alexa and/or DSO Exploit are? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #27 January 4, 2005 QuoteAnyone know what Wild Tangent, Alexa and/or DSO Exploit are? Stuff you want to get rid of. You may also want to DL Spyblaster. It's some really good ACTIVE protection against spyware. Free too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #28 January 4, 2005 QuoteAnyone know what Wild Tangent, Alexa and/or DSO Exploit are? Wild Tangent is a driver for online games, Alexa is a toolbar/seach tool, and DSO exploit is malware - they're all bad things due to being malware/spyware. I'd also recommend putting some sort of firewall software on the machine, if you haven't already. ZoneAlarm and Norton firewall are both good. Changing from IE to Mozilla or Fireberd will help a lot with that kind of stuff too. Good luck!Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #29 January 4, 2005 QuoteChanging from IE to Mozilla or Fireberd will help a lot with that kind of stuff too. That's been my saving grace. I've gone to cleaning literally a dozen programs off every week to only one or two getting on every other week or so. You know whats sad? My dad wigged out about spyware and viruses recently and has so much stuff running to help protect his system that its lagging things down as if he was loaded with spywear. He won't take my advice on it though...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #30 January 4, 2005 QuoteYou know whats sad? My dad wigged out about spyware and viruses recently and has so much stuff running to help protect his system that its lagging things down as if he was loaded with spywear. He won't take my advice on it though... I've got friends like that too... I run Norton internet security (antivirus/software firewall), adaware SE and I run spybot once a week. I get very few alerts on the adaware or the spybot programs since going to firefox.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
