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FYI - Spyware Risk

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:12 am
by Iceman
A good security education article on Spyware.

http://www.knology.net/~pleopard/SpywareRisk.pdf

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:34 pm
by Top Gun
I'm going to be holding a program on computer safety and security for the residents of my dorm complex at the end of the month, and a good lesson on Ad-Aware and Spybot is definitely going to be part of it. I've also heard that Microsoft's beta is good, so I'll have to try it out beforehand.

Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:06 pm
by Thenior
So far I have been using only Free tools and have had a lot of good luck with them...


...the only problem is 95% of computer users with online access don't have common sense to not download stuff, and to scan it when you do.

www.avast.com has an good free virus tool that I use.

Though Panda Platinum... is just downright awsome