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re: Spyware Programs WIN 98 SE
Thursday, December 5, 2002 at 2:32 pm
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Posted by dad (83 messages posted)


Hi. Carol, regarding your followup message and the use of SpyBot...you indicate that you should run the scan "after signing off". Can I take this to mean that the computer should be taken off line before doing the scan, or is a Windows restart also necessary? Thanks.


On Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 11:04 pm, Carol wrote:
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>Download and run SpyBot Search and Destroy: 
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>SpyBot S&D
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>It looks for spyware, but also targets dialers, keyloggers and much more, and it's 
>freeware. After installing, go to the Online tab, and search for and install all 
>updates. 
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>Next, go to the Settings tab > File Sets, and uncheck 'System Internals' and 'Tracks.' 
>You can always experiment with them later on. After signing off, run the scan, then 
>click 'Check All', and have SpyBot remove all it finds. 
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Written in response to:
re: Spyware Programs WIN 98 SE (Ms. Eagle: Wednesday, December 4, 2002 at 11:04 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: Spyware Programs WIN 98 SE (Ms. Eagle: Thursday, December 5, 2002 at 6:42 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Spyware Programs WIN 98 SE (Robert Naylor: Wed, Dec 4, 2002, 10:52 pm)
-re: Spyware Programs WIN 98 SE (Ms. Eagle: Wed, Dec 4, 2002, 11:04 pm)
-re: Spyware Programs WIN 98 SE (dad: Thu, Dec 5, 2002, 2:32 pm)
*re: Spyware Programs WIN 98 SE (Ms. Eagle: Thu, Dec 5, 2002, 6:42 pm)
*re: Spyware Programs WIN 98 SE (Belushi: Fri, Dec 6, 2002, 11:23 pm)
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