Re: beware

[steve houston <stevehouston3000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim,

There are a few anti-spyware programs generally
considered better than SpyBot these days.  If you'd
like I can provide some links.

Also, a good way to make sure you get the right
program is to search for it on Download.com which is
normally legit (as long as you make sure you've typed
the name correctly anyway).  Most security programs
can be found on Download.com.
--- Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> so I decided to install Spybot Search & Destroy
> (anti-spyware) on my
> son's computer. Googling gave a list of sites,
> including something
> called "Spyware Bot." By mistake, I clicked on it.
> Seeing a nice
> website with promises of a free anti-spyware
> program, I said "what the
> heck, it's not what I wanted exactly, but let's try
> it..." So I
> downloaded, installed, ran it. Wow there's a lot of
> spyware -- but in
> order to get rid of it, you have to register it.
> This, like with a lot
> of other "freeware," involved money. So I
> uninstalled it.
>
> No problem, but when I finally got Spybot S & D
> running, it found that
> its imitator had left spyware behind -- which it
> couldn't get rid of
> until the next reboot!
>
> whoever invented marketing should rot in hell.
>
> --
> Jim Devine /  "if there's an original thought out
> there, I could use
> it right now." -- Bob Dylan & Sam Shepherd.
>




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