You might want to dump Ad-Aware

[ixnay]

Yes, I've been using adaware for quite some time to clean my system of nasty spyware. But in a discussion on another forum, it would seem that Adaware is practically dead and useless now. There haven't been any updates since September 24, so there's been a good deal more spyware that's cropped up since then.
So, if you're still runnning adaware (or if you don't have an anti-spyware program to begin with), I'd suggest switching to Spybot: S&D. I just got it, and I find it to be much better than adaware, since it picked up a bunch of stuff adaware never did as well as having integrated update software.

Article about Adaware nowadays:

http://www.spywareinfo.com/newsletter/archives/december-2002/12252002.php

[Sava]

ixnay... yer the sh1t!!

[Faboba]

Kazaa refuses to load once I delete it's illicit web-monitors. There's nothing I can do to stop the junk mail now so why bother trying?....

[orange]

thanks Ixnay

Finally I am rid of Xupiter!!!!

[Skanky Burns]

Get Kazaa lite.

If its once-every-3-hour popup is still too much, get diet kaza (www.dietk.com) to use over the top of kazaa lite.

[Faboba]

The sad truth is I really am too lazy to even go that far.

[FrustratedPoet]

Thanks Kyle. Good tip.

[Dis]

Kazaa lite is the way to go man!!

I can't believe I used to have Kazaa regular.

[Worthingtons]

Woss the big-deal about spyware!?
Who cares what i do on the net?? it's not like i'm viewing child porn sites or owt, so I aint fussed

[Asher]

1) Takes up system resources
2) Can cause system stability issues/incompatibility
3) They're *******s and trying to be sneaky about it. The bastards.

[DRoseDARs]

Spyware can range between minor irritant (more and frequent popup spawning) to down right malicious (data-mining). The nastier spyware can gather personal information about you stored on your hard drive and send that information God-knows-where to be used to do God-knows-what. This information can include street addresses, phone numbers, Social Security Numbers (or non-USA equivalent), passwords, even credit card numbers...any kind of personal information stored on your hard drive. Brilliant Digital tried to pull a fast one on the unsuspecting with their spyware. If it had gone forward, they would have had the ability to remotely activate and use any infected computer. They said they were going to try to "sell" the computing power of all those computers to various kinds of research projects that needed extra computing power. An uproar was stirred and the plan was dropped.

Spyware IS bad. And you SHOULD care.

[Hurricane]

I also switched a while ago, and Spybot rules! It is also much much faster than Ad-Aware.

[alva]

How come there is no law against this btw?

[DRoseDARs]

Alva, at least in the United States our Congress IS working on legislation, but it's slow-going. Hopefully SOMETHING will be passed by the Republican-controlled Congress this session...even though they'll probably try to find some way to make it favor their campaign contributors...

[Rogan Josh]

Where can I get Kazaa lite? I used to have it but something got corrupted and it stopped working - and then I couldn't remember where I got it....