Several Ways

Posted by Peanut on October 26, 2004 at 17:29:31 from (68.184.237.78):

In Reply to: Re: One hand tied OT, but not OT posted by leland on October 26, 2004 at 17:10:28:

leland and Mark):

Protection from spyware:

1) Consider alternate browser to MS Internet Explorer. See my prior post - I prefer Firefox.

2) Always use spyware blockers and finders. Freeware includes Spybot S&D (general spyware protection - the best I have seen for free), Ad-Aware (pop-up and spyware control), HijackThis (for hijack malware - Caution: this is a somewhat complicated program to use. If you do not know or are not comfortable making registry changes, DO NOT USE this application), ShredIt (very good fixer). With any of these freeware apps, you end up having to remember to get updates to the software and remember to run the app at least weekly if you do a lot of surfing. Do a googel search for any one of these.

3) Retail spyware blockers - like McAfee & Symantec. I have not been impressed with these apps. They are less effective than the freebies and they cost money. I am sure there is a pay-version of good spyware protection somewhere but I have not found it.

4) THIS IS A BIG ONE - Create a user account in Windows that does not have administrative rights/permissions. Most spyware assumes the user account has admin rights. If your active user account (the one you are browsing with) cannot write changes to the hard drive, then most spyware is rendered ineffective as it attempts to execute on your machine. One word of caution, log in to make changes to your machine as the administrator but do not surf the web unless you are specifically downloading something you are certain is 100% safe. Otherwise log in as the user with fewer rights/permissions.

5) Keep up on Windows security patches at all costs. Do not fall behind. Even if you do not use Internet Explorer as your browser, installing Firefox does not remove Internet Explorer from your machine. Keep up on patches and security fixes. Yes, you should be cautious of service pack updates but that does not mean you should fall too far behind.

Bottom line: Get spyware protection, anti-virus (active) protection, firewall (software or hardware router and learn how to use it), consider alternate browsers. Do most of these things and you are light years beyond 90% of the home users and 60% of the corporate users who touch the internet. Never assume you are protected or unnoticed. Be paranoid when it comes to the internet - lots of freaks and criminals use it all day long.

Follow Ups:

• 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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