Computer problems- spyware

[Sombolia]

My ISP is AOL, so all my popups come from IE. I need to get Firefox..

[Ngatuny]

Originally posted by Suki
*smiles* Thank ze Lord for Apple! Never gotten a vuris on this baby. And my mom's is from 2001. None either.

Amen to that

Originally posted by Sombolia
Apple.. I. Want. Tiger. OSX. >_>

Got it installing it tomorrow.

[Juniper]

Originally posted by Sombolia
Is there some way to remove IE from your computer completely?

Yeah, just do what Roquivo said. I wouldn't advise it though, a lot of mainstream programs use parts of IE to function, without ever actually using the browser

[soulImbibe]

Best way to avoid viruses/spyware/malware/adware is to not let anybody use your computer

It's very hard to get infected these days if you carefully watch for suspicious downloads, pop-ups, etc. Email servers now are removing major viruses before they even get to your computer, and the days of bootsector viruses from infected floppy disks are long gone.

An easy way to see if your system may be infected without downloading the detection programs is to periodically keep an eye on Task Manager and see if there are any new or unusual tasks showing up that consume a large amount of CPU time or memory.

I haven't used anti-virus or anti-spyware since last year. The programs are great for people who don't know their system inside and out like me though.

Interesting tidbit: if you take your computer to Best Buy to have the Geek Squad remove your virus or spyware, they will strongly recommend that you purchase SpyCatcher to monitor your system and remove bad software. The irony is that the technicians themselves use ad-aware to remove customer's spyware, which is a free program. Sometimes free is the best way.

[unregistered user]

Originally posted by nathalie
Last time I had spywhere so bad on the PC, I did everything to get rid of it, but for some strange reason it didn't got deleted.

Had to re-install Windows again.

reboot your PC is fun