Jon,
Believe me when I say I know about jumping through hoops, my doctor gets very tired of all the redundant documentation I must provide (she must provide). Bureaucrats must justify their jobs I guess, but 12 page documents on a yearly basis is rather extreme. I think this is all a privacy issue, even TV providers install software to track your viewing habits so they can target you for advertising, they are currently capable a targeting individual receivers with custom adds. I always hear nightmares from PC users, like deleting a program to find it also deletes vital code and their PC becomes non functioning. What was intended as innocent tracking has morphed into this huge hacking problem. Internet aside, from day one, I could do things with a Mac that mystified me with PC's. The only problem with Mac is that manufactures of items needing programing often ignore making it Mac compatible. Mac's just make more intuitive sense. My sister in-law, a retired IBM systems analyst, tells me Microsoft is famous for omitting info to other software writers, so only Microsoft products are truly compatible with windows. They only provide info law requires of them and lawmakers seem rather clueless about technology. Both her and my brother are Mac converts. ISP providers have plenty of info on your habits, cookies, etal, are not needed and is not a plus for the consumer. Erik Erik,
Whether by design or not, if you are running Windows, you should be taking steps to protect yourself. And don't think there are not bugs out there for Apple products. We'll see more in the near future. Besides, just about all external aspects of our lives are designed to make us jump through hoops. Have you seen the prices at the gas station lately?
Jon
Does anyone really believe this was not by design?
Hi Kim,
[Hide Quoted Text] I use multiple apps to remove spyware and malware, because no single spyware remover finds all infections. I won't post any links, but you can google each name and find their websites. These are all free.
HiJackThis - It finds alot of boot loader, registry and BHO infections. Just be careful what you remove, because it does display many needed processes that should not be removed. Know what you are removing before doing so.
Spybot - Great tool for removing spyware and malware. Probably the most comprehensive of all the ones I am listing.
MalwareBytes - There is a version you can pay for, but the free version does a stand up job in finding infections other apps won't.
ComboFix - It will find and remove rootkits that other system cleaners do not even detect.
Remember to always run the updates to these apps before running the scans. Also, I always run my anti-virus scan after running these other scans. I run McAfee. And before I forget...
Zone Alarm - free firewall software. Much better than the Windows firewall and it is free, although you can pay for the full version.
And last... do not forget to install all Microsoft security patches.
Hope this helps, Jon
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