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The last Holiday eCard I got hijacked my browser and attempted to install
AdWare and MalWare. Under no circumstances give them your email address. I
had free ad blocking software then. I pay for anti-malware software
now.......



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> Send a FREE Thanksgiving ecard to your Friends!
>
> Send an Ecard to your friends this year! Give Thanks with one of our
> animated, personal greeting cards! They will love it!
> Visit - http://ecards.themegafun.com
>

James Sweet

Enrico Fermi wrote:
> The last Holiday eCard I got hijacked my browser and attempted to install
> AdWare and MalWare. Under no circumstances give them your email address. I
> had free ad blocking software then. I pay for anti-malware software
> now.......
>
>
>

There's some good free packages out there, you don't need to pay for it.
Avast antivirus, Adaware, and Spybot S&D are the only protective
programs I have, Firefox is a much more secure browser than IE, so it's
the only one I use except for sites that require IE, and of course the
best line of defense is the user. It goes without saying that you
shouldn't visit sites hawked by spam, give out your main email address
to unknown recipients, or open attachments that you are not absolutely
certain of.

You have to be really careful about phony spyware protection products,
websites that claim to "scan" your system, find infections, and then
sell you worthless software that you don't need. I see a lot of people
in my parents generation falling for these and have spent a lot of time
cleaning up infested PCs and educating clueless users.

Dillon Pyron

Thus spake James Sweet <jamessweet1@trashmail.net> :

>Enrico Fermi wrote:
>> The last Holiday eCard I got hijacked my browser and attempted to install
>> AdWare and MalWare. Under no circumstances give them your email address. I
>> had free ad blocking software then. I pay for anti-malware software
>> now.......
>>
>>
>>
>
>There's some good free packages out there, you don't need to pay for it.
>Avast antivirus, Adaware,

I pay for AdAware and get AdWatch to boot. Excellent combination. It
actually saved my bacon the other day when I went to a legit, but
hijacked, site.

>and Spybot S&D are the only protective
>programs I have, Firefox is a much more secure browser than IE, so it's
>the only one I use except for sites that require IE, and of course the
>best line of defense is the user. It goes without saying that you
>shouldn't visit sites hawked by spam, give out your main email address
>to unknown recipients, or open attachments that you are not absolutely
>certain of.
>
>You have to be really careful about phony spyware protection products,
>websites that claim to "scan" your system, find infections, and then
>sell you worthless software that you don't need.

FUDware. Although mostly ad-ware. Or worse.

>I see a lot of people
>in my parents generation falling for these and have spent a lot of time
>cleaning up infested PCs and educating clueless users.

Sigh, yeah. And lots in mine (boomer).
When you wish upon a falling star, your dreams come true.
Unless it's really a meteorite hurtling to the Earth which
will destroy all life. Then you're pretty much hosed no
matter what you wish for. Unless it's death by meteor.


- dillon