Re: ad aware and spybot - a waste of time???

From: helen (hel_at_nowhere)
Date: 06/26/03 

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:30:34 -0700

this is a message to yk that when i sent a message to the
security section yesterday he decided to send me a rather
rude email message.telling me to learn how to write
amongst other things.well just one thing YK you are a
rude ignoranus and you need to learn how to have a bit of
respect,if you have nothing decent to say shut up.i have
no writing problems i just abbreviated my words and your
obviously to dumb to work out what they mean!people like
you should be removed from these boards.!!
>-----Original Message-----
>eli wrote:
>> the problem with ad aware and with spybot is
>> they can only delete the spyware but they are unable to
>> prevent the spyware from accessing the computer in the
first palce...
>
>SpyBot Immunize feature will stop many spyware parasites.
>
>They perform a valuable service for people that are
unaware of the abuse
>that they commit by getting rid of the junk.
>
>> so after you have surfed the internet and all your
surfing habits
>> have been recorded and transmitted without your
knowledge or approaval
>> what is the use of deleting them in the end?
>
>I guess by using this logic one can discard their anti
virus application as
>well.
>
>> its like living in the desert and leaving all your
widows open.
>> you can clean the dust all day - but if you are unable
to close the
>> windows shut
>> the dust will always come in (not to mention the bugs
and the
>> mosquitoes!) Eli
>
>Great for vacuum cleaner and bug spray salesmen. :)
>
>So use a good HOSTS file or SpywareBlaster.
>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>
>
>.
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