I had a nightmare
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I had a nightmare
Real life: homesearch adware has been hooked to my browser IE for like 2 months. It causes slow start times for about:blank and random pop ups. 3 days ago I installed Firefox and everything was gone.
Nightmare: Tonight I had a nightmare. I started up Firefox and homesearch was there i was all integrated with the browser and I couldn't get rid of it. Random pop ups everywhere! Aaaaaaah! What has become of me?!
Nightmare: Tonight I had a nightmare. I started up Firefox and homesearch was there i was all integrated with the browser and I couldn't get rid of it. Random pop ups everywhere! Aaaaaaah! What has become of me?!
"They say that sea was created by a man named Maarten Zwartbol, a long time ago...." - Duck, an old Corbin version
Good thing it was only a nightmare.
What have you done to clean your computer of spyware/adware? If you have something like that on your browser you could very well have a lot of other stuff on your system.
What have you done to clean your computer of spyware/adware? If you have something like that on your browser you could very well have a lot of other stuff on your system.
You've seen the posts, now see the sites!
http://hiddenuniverse.blogspot.com
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Microsoft's new AntiSpyware is the business. It cleans a lot more than Spybot and does it in a far less intrusive manner.
The thing I like about the new release of IE (IE6SP2) is the ability to just switch off BHO. That way if someone writes a malicious installer (not even IE related - a lot of freeware ships with spy/adaware) you can just stop it from running.
As it stands I'm totally spyware/adaware free
The thing I like about the new release of IE (IE6SP2) is the ability to just switch off BHO. That way if someone writes a malicious installer (not even IE related - a lot of freeware ships with spy/adaware) you can just stop it from running.
As it stands I'm totally spyware/adaware free
That's so true. I don't use that Microsoft one. Even with it, everyone has spyware. I'd rather use two: Spybot, and Ad-aware.leofox wrote:well, luckily firefox doesn't have them stupid search bars and crap. Even better: i can use free progs that fuck up my IE and i don't mind, i don't use it anyway ^_^.
Thanks a lot, Mozilla!
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Amen! I use Firefoxleofox wrote:well, luckily firefox doesn't have them stupid search bars and crap. Even better: i can use free progs that fuck up my IE and i don't mind, i don't use it anyway ^_^.
Thanks a lot, Mozilla!
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