Spy Program - Off Topic, But Needed


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Posted by Vaughn on Sunday, March 09, 2003 at 11:49AM :

What is a Spy Program?
Spyware, or adware is software that installs itself without your knowledge, or pretends to be an innocous "media helper" program. All spyware programs utilize your internet connection to upload your web browsing habits to a central database. Some spyware programs can attach to Internet Explorer and monitor your activity and record your personal information, even in secure (SSL) connections. Best security is NEVER send any personal information you don't want some else to have over the net!!Where is all this going???

Well yesterday I downloaded a freeware package called Ad-Aware6.0 from www.lavasoft.de. Altough there are several sites to download from, I used PCworlds' web site to download from. The files' name is aaw6.exe After I installed it and ran it, low and behold, it found 30 spy programs attached to files on my system. After I deleted them, guess what. No junk mail this morning!! I suggest you do the same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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