[or-roots] Some General Info

[dgoodma02 at comcast.net]

Thanks.

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Bob Goodman 
USAF Retired 
University Place, Washington

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There seems to be a huge increase in malware and hijacker spyware cropping up on computers in our  clinic and offices during the past few weeks.  Firewalls, spam blockers, pop-up blockers and antivirus programs are a big help, but I also find it useful to run anti-spyware.  There are two good programs that are free...one is Spybot Search and Destroy by Kolla.  The other is Ad Aware.  I run those programs after every internet session.  It takes a few minutes, but I can attest to the fact that cleaning up a computer loaded with tracking and spyware takes much longer.  Even though I have seveal layers of protection on my home computer including firewall, spam blockers, pop-up blockers, and McAffee, Ad Aware always picks up from ten to forty tracking cookies/spyware each time I run it.  Ad Aware seems to pick up more spyware, but Spybot S&D also immunizes your computer against the known variants.so both are useful.  Beware of other sound-alike and look-alike anti-spy programs.  Some of them are actually hijacker software and others provide a short free trial and then demand payment  to use or to remove the programs.

If your computer is running much slower than it used to, it may be struggling through spyware quicksand.

Carla
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