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Posted By: Sandi Bowman In Response To: Your best bet... (Mr Bluto ^_^)
Monday, 12 June 2006, at 11:14 a.m.
> In my opinion, your best bet is to get help from a professional because
> you will get your problem solved much quicker.
> Check out the forum http://forums.techguy.org. They'll fix you right up.
> It's free.
> ^_^
Sorry this is happening to you. Here are a couple of other places that can help you get rid of these headaches. You'll have to be sure to follow ALL directions and report back as they take you step by step through things. Here you go:
http://www.tomcoyote.org
http://www.spywarewarriors.com
The one already recommended is also pretty good.
Now, once you get your system free and clear of the crapola, you'll want to KEEP it that way so here are some suggestions for you:
You already have Ad Aware and Spybot so, so far so good but they're after the fact unless you're running Ad Watch also. Ad Watch isn't terrific but it's better than nothing.
You need a firewall, which should prevent most of these headaches from occurring in the first place. Zone Alarm is usually recommended but, in my experience, it can cause problems on some systems. If it works for you, it's excellent as far as it goes.
Kerio is an excellent firewall and will not drive you crazy with useless reminders, questions, and interferences as Zone Alarm has a tendency to do.
Sygate is no longer available to the consumer market since it was sold. Strictly commercial/industrial now.
A good anti-malware program that often finds things others don't is Spysweeper by Webroot. It will do real-time monitoring also to keep nasties off your system.
Basically you really need help adjusting your system settings for maximum security and efficiency while maintaining important functionality. There are plenty of places online to help you with this. I would NOT suggest going the Microsoft route for anti-malware or for help with settings as they will leave your system so...vulnerable, just like their software does...so they can do their own 'updating' of your system (whether you want it or not) and also so their spyware works on your system. Sad that they have to stoop so low but...when they partner with one of the worst offenders on the internet, (Gator/Claria), what can you expect?
Hope something here is helpful to you. Best wishes for a better time ahead.
Sandi Bowman
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