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« on: April 28, 2009, 10:13:40 PM »

More info/download:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

"Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer."

Note from Ned: Spybot's "tea timer" is rather complex and if you don't know what you are doing, it can lead to problems. Therefore, you need to either disable it when installing Spybot (it will have a checkbox that can be cleared), or read up on how to use the TeaTimer. See section 8 of the FAQ for details:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/tutorial/index.html

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