"When everything is working fine, I often look for new ways of making trouble."
ROTFLMAO! That's hilarious. I'll have to remember that one! Ok, to answer your question; you can never have too may anti-malware programs. I don't necessarily mean the ones that run all the time in the background since that can obviously cause problems, but the ones that can run scans. I've said it many times before here, and I'll say it again: one of them will always find something the others will miss. You should also be using "HijackThis", and "SpywareGuard" (same site as Blaster). They haven't had any updates on it a year and half, but it's not that type of program per say. You can exe it when going to any "questionable" websites and it gives an added layer of protection against malware by looking for specific behavior, more-so that its definitions. I don't have the link handy, but there is a website that lists BOGUS anti-malware programs, so you should search for those terms and similar and see if you can find it before installing any of these others. Probably a lot of the programs on that page ARE the bogus ones. They, themselves, actually add malware to your PC under the fraudulent guise of ANTI-malware. The ones on that page that I use (in addition to the obvious you and I have mentioned) are BugOff, HijackThis, CWShredder, SpySweeper, XP Anti-spy, and AdAware plugins. Careful with BugOff and XP Anti-spy since you can mess things up with them. FTR, I also use AdAware, SpyBot, SpywareBlaster & Guard, and ID Blaster. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B." Hello again (Windows 98), When everything is working fine, I often look for new ways of making trouble. I already have Ad-aware, Spybot, Shredder, and SpywareBlaster in my system and all is working well. Now here's a page loaded with tons of free and shareware spyware tools. http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?id=31 Any thoughts on what is important to have and what can safely be ignored? And if any of the four I already have is unnecessary, feel free to let me know --- Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
