Can't Beat Ads , Malware, etc.

I can't seem to beat all the ads that are getting into my
computer. I run Spybot and Ad-Aware which deletes them
temporarily but they soon return. Does anyone know what
to do. I'm so frustrated I thinking about using another
Internet Access Program rather than IE 6?
How can I beat it? I'm willing to purhase any program if
necessary. Please help!!
Ray

Download Ad-Aware 6.0 and scan your PC for spyware:
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-1...page&tag=button

Symantec Security Check
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/...id=ie&venid=sym

To secure your computer and prevent possible future security breeches,
consider installing a first-rate, comprehensive, internet security program:

Norton Internet Security 2004
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/

-- Includes Norton AntiVirus 2004
-- Includes Norton Personal Firewall
-- Includes prevention of annoying web pop-ups
-- Includes Parental Controls
-- All in one, easy-to-install package

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"Raymond Sanborn" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message:
news:2ff1901c46d8e$ec227000$a301280a@phx.gbl...

|I can't seem to beat all the ads that are getting into my
| computer. I run Spybot and Ad-Aware which deletes them
| temporarily but they soon return. Does anyone know what
| to do. I'm so frustrated I thinking about using another
| Internet Access Program rather than IE 6?
| How can I beat it? I'm willing to purhase any program if
| necessary. Please help!!
| Ray
|

Greetings --

To deal with issues caused by any sort of "adware" and/or
"spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Smiley Central, Xupiter,
Bonzai Buddy, or KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately
(but without understanding the consequences) installed, two products
that are quite effective (at finding and removing this type of
scumware) are Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search &
Destroy from www.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions.
It's even possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your
system against most future intrusions. I use both and generally
perform manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc.

Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most common
varieties of scumware are available here:

PC Hell Spyware and Adware Removal Help
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml

More information and assistance is available at these sites:

Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

The Parasite Fight
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

The easiest and most effective way to "block" adware is to simply
not install it. You see, neither adware nor spyware, collectively
known as scumware, magically install themselves on anyone's computer.
They are almost always deliberately installed by the computer's user.

While there are many unscrupulous malware distributors out there,
who do attempt to install and exploit malware without consent, the
majority of them simply rely upon the intellectual laziness and
gullibility of the average consumer, counting on them to quickly click
past the EULA in his/her haste to get the latest in "free" cutesy
cursors, screensavers, "utilities," and/or wallpapers.

If you were to read the EULAs that accompany, and to which the
computer user must agree before the download/installation of the
"screensaver" continues, most adware and spyware, you'll find that
they _do_ have the consumer's permission to do exactly what they're
doing. In the overwhelming majority of cases, computer users have no
one to blame but themselves.

Your problems won't go away until _you_ start practicing "safe hex."
To learn more about practicing "safe hex," start with these links:

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp

Home Computer Security
http://www.cert.org/homeusers/HomeComputerSecurity/

List of Antivirus Software Vendors
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...=kb;en-us;49500

Home PC Firewall Guide
http://www.firewallguide.com/

Scumware.com
http://www.scumware.com/


Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH


"Raymond Sanborn" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:2ff1901c46d8e$ec227000$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I can't seem to beat all the ads that are getting into my
> computer. I run Spybot and Ad-Aware which deletes them
> temporarily but they soon return. Does anyone know what
> to do. I'm so frustrated I thinking about using another
> Internet Access Program rather than IE 6?
> How can I beat it? I'm willing to purhase any program if
> necessary. Please help!!
> Ray
>

turn the security and privacy settings in IE to max.
Remove flashplayer (all it really does is play ads in web
pages at you). You should be safe from new infestations
now, use xteq to kill the ones still on your system after
the spy tools.



>-----Original Message-----
>I can't seem to beat all the ads that are getting into my
>computer. I run Spybot and Ad-Aware which deletes them
>temporarily but they soon return. Does anyone know what
>to do. I'm so frustrated I thinking about using another
>Internet Access Program rather than IE 6?
>How can I beat it? I'm willing to purhase any program if
>necessary. Please help!!
>Ray
>
>.
>

Mozilla is a free browser that works with Windows and
stops most pop ups. www.mozilla.org





>-----Original Message-----
>I can't seem to beat all the ads that are getting into
my
>computer. I run Spybot and Ad-Aware which deletes them
>temporarily but they soon return. Does anyone know what
>to do. I'm so frustrated I thinking about using another
>Internet Access Program rather than IE 6?
>How can I beat it? I'm willing to purhase any program if
>necessary. Please help!!
>Ray
>
>.
>