Re: Need Spyware blocker that BANS executables! (WinXP)

From: Robert Moir (bofh_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/10/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 08:58:56 +0100

Marc Brown wrote:
> Thor Kottelin <thor@anta.net> wrote in message
> news:<40EEFCEF.D56A0581@anta.net>...
>> Marc Brown wrote:
>>
>> Installing a recent version of common_sense.exe should prevent
>> programs from "installing themselves".
>
> Using IE is all it takes to become vulnerable to adware and spyware,
> and there are reasons why I must use IE. If you want to be really
> clever, you can suggest ways / software which would accomplish pretty
> much what I described in the first post.

I've been using IE for years and never had trouble. I've switched to FireFox
recently because its a better browser, but it is quite possible to use IE
providing you stay up to date with the patches, avoid sites which you'd
expect to be dodgy, and use very high security settings.

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