O17 entry

[teacup61]

Hello,

Redirects? Anywhere specific?

[neenersnitzel]

Nothing specific, I guess its just normal. When I come to this page, It appears that I have to go through 4 or five pages to get here. Maybe since I have had a problem with it I'm just noticing all the activity in the lower left hand corner of my browser more. At any rate, I'm thinking that I don't have a problem anymore. Thanks again for all your help.

[teacup61]

Hello,

How's it running now neener? If there are no further problems :

Below I have included a number of recommendations on how to protect your computer in order to prevent future malware infections. Please take these recommendations seriously! These few simple steps can stave off the vast majority of spyware problems.

Regularly go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and download all the "critical updates" for Windows, including the latest version of Internet Explorer. This can patch many of the security holes through which attackers can gain access to your computer. You should also turn on the Windows automatic update feature.

You should definitely maintain a firewall. Some good free firewalls are ZoneAlarm, or Outpost
A tutorial on understanding and using firewalls may be found here.

In order to protect yourself against spyware, you should consider installing and running the following free programs:

SpywareBlaster
A tutorial on using SpywareBlaster to prevent spyware from ever installing on your computer may be found here.

SpywareGuard
A tutorial on using SpywareGuard for realtime protection against spyware and hijackers may be found here.

Ad-Aware SE
A tutorial on using Ad-Aware to remove spyware from your computer may be found here.

Spybot-Search & Destroy
A tutorial on using Spybot to remove spyware from your computer may be found here. Please also remember to enable Spybot's "Immunize" and "TeaTimer" features.

IE/Spyad:
It places over 5000 malicious websites and domains in your IE's restricted zone.
IE/Spyad

Make sure to keep these programs up-to-date and to run them regularly, as this can prevent a great deal of spyware hassle.

* Avoid illegal sites, because that's where most malware is present.
* Don't click on links inside popups.
* Don't click on links in spam messages claiming to offer anti-spyware software; because most of these so called removers ARE spyware.
* Download free software only from sites you know and trust. A lot of free software can bundle other software, including spyware.

Please consider using an alternate browser. Mozilla's Firefox browser is fantastic; it is much more secure than Internet Explorer, immune to almost all known browser hijackers, and also has the best built-in popup blocker (as an added benefit!) that I have ever seen. If you are interested, Firefox may be downloaded from here:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Please make sure to run your antivirus software regularly, and to keep it up-to-date.

Take care!
tea

[neenersnitzel]

Tea,

Thanks again for all the help.

Here's a list of what I run or on my computer:

Ad-Aware SE
A-Squared
SpyBot S&D
SpywareBlaster
Avira Anti-Vir Personal Edition Classic
WinPatrol
CookieWall

I'm pretty adament about updating and running everything once a week.

I had been running ZoneAlarm up to about 2 month ago. I have an old computer that runs at 200MHz and I wanted to network with it. Zone alarm wouldn't let the old one see this one, so I un-installed it. I haven't a clue as to why, probably a setting that is getting by me. At anyrate, now I just use the XP firewall. I have to shut it down to network too, so I only do that when I'm off line. (the only good thing about being on dail-up)

This one has had no problems since I built it about six years and two motherboards ago. Two other Operating systems too. Except for the modem that went a couple weeks ago, every thing has really been working well.

Thank a bunch.

Neenersnitzel

[tashi]

As the problem appears to be resolved this topic has been archived.

If you need it re-opened please send me or your helper a private message (pm) and provide a link to the thread; this applies only to the original topic starter.

Glad we could help, cheers.