Ps. My computer is on 24/7 7 days a week 365 days a year...I download 1000000s of gbs and Ive never had a virus or been hacked |
Originally Posted by Elorien Definitely get Firefox (mozilla) I use 3 different spyware scanners, Ad-Aware, Spybot serach & destroy and Microsoft AntiSpyware. Probably overkill, but they all seem to catch different things. I don't seem to end up with many anyways.. not sure why that is, maybe I just don't surf the sites where they lurk We also use a router and I think my SO is running zonealarm too. Probably stupid, but I don't have a virus scanner, lol |
Originally Posted by GoldieLox Spyware is HORRIBLE for your computer.. that and adware. ok so you can get them for free off the internet right? ever wonder how they make any money? Well, the people who run it are actually paid by other companies to spy on you. so you think that it is spying FOR you to keep things out but in all actuality it is spying ON you.. you give them acess to your pc and they give your pc info out to a bunch of different companies that advertise.. that is why lets say you go to gambling sites a lot or even makeup sites a lot. then all the popups that you get are going to be based around gambling or makeup.. and that is because the spyware tells those companies that is what you have been viewing.. |
Originally Posted by GoldieLox yea. they are a scam. im not quite sure about all free programs but i would be cautious. my computer guy told me all of that stuff just the other day because our computers at work kept crashing. but it all makes sense if you think about it. |