Re: One hand tied OT, but not OT

Posted by Peanut on October 26, 2004 at 16:12:20 from (68.184.237.78):

In Reply to: Re: One hand tied OT, but not OT posted by leland on October 26, 2004 at 14:39:10:

leland, Firefox is not a replacement for panda. Firefox is a solid so-far-hole-proof browser that completely replaces Internet Explorer. The popup blocking and spyware blocking abilities (without Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, Panda, etc) are second to none that I have seen. If you add those other blocking applications to run in conjunction with Firefox, you have just taken a huge leap forward in protecting your box from unwanted malware. What gets through MS Internet Explorer is automatically blocked in Firefox.

I would never say anything bad about Panda.

I run XP Pro with SP2 and Firefox. I have a hardware router/firewall, software firewall, Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, & Shred-it. I have not had one spyware app make it onto my computer in months.

I had such a huge problem with spyware using Internet Explorer my PC was nearly useless. I spent roughly 24 hours cleaning and recleaning. I learned a lot about this malware. Some of it actually runs in your RAM. This means that you must (in some cases) reboot your machine immediately after "cleaning" it using one of the tools already described. If you dont reboot the malware rebuilds itself as soon as you launch Internet Explorer. The specific malware I am talking about are called hijack malware. These apps actually make registry change to your PC making your home page something like a porn or Viagra site. Talk about a pain to fix.

In my "real" job, I am a computer security and disaster recovery manager for a company in St Louis. This was such an eye-opener for me that I had to go and check out our corporate machines. WOW! Talk about a complete infestation. We've spent a couple months cleaning and immunizing machines. So far, the free tools have been very functional.

Best of luck to anyone with the spyware problems. I'd be glad to help if I can.

Follow Ups:

• Re: One hand tied OT, but not OT txblu This Too! 06:13:21 10/27/04 (0)
• Re: One hand tied OT, but not OT leland 17:10:28 10/26/04 (3)
  • Several Ways Peanut 17:29:31 10/26/04 (2)
    • Re: Several Ways txblu.....copied answer, 06:14:40 10/27/04 (0)
    • Re: Several Ways leland 18:39:05 10/26/04 (0)

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