At 08:47 01/27/2005, Paul McNett wrote:
>But for fixing existing Windows machines, the best thing to come around by
>far has been the Firefox/Thunderbird duo. That, and Windows Update:
>Microsoft so far has done a pretty good job with distributing security fixes.
Agreed, Paul, but I would add another.
The new MS AntiSpyWare beta does a very good job. I downloaded it
yesterday, ran AdAware and SpyBot (which found a couple things), then MS
AntiSpy, which didn't find anything on a quick scan. Scheduled a full scan
overnight, however, which did find a "spyware.loader".
I think the balance has shifted. Spyware is now a much bigger problem that
viruses (virii?), and most folks' performance problems can be cured by
downloading and running the antispyware stuff. Using FireFox/Thunderbird
then helps to keep it away.
Dan Covill
San Diego
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