Re: Here to Stay?

From: Bren (bren_at_chariot.net.au)
Date: 02/28/05

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    Date: 27 Feb 2005 23:15:15 -0800

    "johns" <johns123xxx@xxxmoscow.com> wrote in message news:<cvt29h$1kem$1@news.fsr.net>...
    > Niether AdAware or Spybot go beyond removing the
    > actual programs where they expect to find them. If
    > those programs are zipped in a file that unzips later
    > and re-installs the spyware, then AdAware and Spybot
    > will do their jobs again, but they will never spot the source. Also,
    > programs like Gain, Gator, etc download
    > "servers" that will access their home sites and just
    > download them again and again. Not one of those spyware removal programs out
    > there is trying to deal
    > with this. Sort of makes me go Hmmmm? I suspect
    > that both AdAware and Spybot have great plans for
    > the future as "needed" purchases. It is not in their best
    > interest to totally solve the spyware problem. They
    > just want to make it clear to everyone that there IS a
    > problem, and we need to BUY something. I see that
    > as "insider blackmail". My solution is disk imaging,
    > and make sure you own a computer that can restore
    > a disk image in a reasonable amount of time. I do
    > critical backups of working folders, email, etc regularly.
    > So when I get this crap, I just reimage .. recopy a few
    > folders, and I'm back up in 30 minutes ... at nearly
    > 40 gigs of data and programs ( AMD 64 ).
    >
    > johns

    Hi Johns,

    Thanks for the insight given!

    Bren.

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