Vista - Spyware

I am ruinning Lavasoft AD-Aware SE. Its free got to www.lavasoft.com. top
right side of page in green "Free Download ***** Ad-Aware SE Personal.

I update it every few days been using it for about 3 years kills all the
cookies and tracking software.
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jannerhank


"Robert Firth" wrote:

> You said you are getting lots of spyware... just out of curiosity, have you
> turned UAC off? I noticed that when you turn UAC off, it also turns IE7
> Protected Mode off. As a result I got some spyware. When I turned UAC and PM
> back on I noticed little, if any, spyware. Just an observation...
>
> Robert Firth
> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>
>
> "jannerhank" <jannerhank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:063E9FF7-D260-45B1-8CF2-D6EB4F057163@microsoft.com...
> > Adware works OK with Vista RC 2. I been using it since RC 2 came out and
> > it
> > finds lots of spyware. Why Defender does not is a mistery?
> >
> > Microsoft missed the boat with Defender and the reason why Zone Alarm is
> > so
> > popular. I want to be able to control my PC sending information as well as
> > recieving it.
> >
> > I am a big boy now! I am able to make my own decisions I live in a free
> > country (UK) and I also think that freedom should remain. I fought for
> > this
> > country in the military and is was not for some money crazy company to spy
> > on
> > me. The amount of info sent without your permission and 'spam emails'
> > emulating because of it scares me.
> >
> > I don't want companies scanning my PC for old or non-updated programs then
> > spamming me with " We have a special update to our program which you can
> > purchase for $XXX.
> > --
> > jannerhank
> >
> >
> > "duker" wrote:
> >
> >> I havent found any spyware-adware that wiil work with Vista. Anyone have
> >> any
> >> luck. Duker
> >>
>

--
jannerhank


"Robert Firth" wrote:

> You said you are getting lots of spyware... just out of curiosity, have you
> turned UAC off? I noticed that when you turn UAC off, it also turns IE7
> Protected Mode off. As a result I got some spyware. When I turned UAC and PM
> back on I noticed little, if any, spyware. Just an observation...
>
> Robert Firth
> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>
>
> "jannerhank" <jannerhank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:063E9FF7-D260-45B1-8CF2-D6EB4F057163@microsoft.com...
> > Adware works OK with Vista RC 2. I been using it since RC 2 came out and
> > it
> > finds lots of spyware. Why Defender does not is a mistery?
> >
> > Microsoft missed the boat with Defender and the reason why Zone Alarm is
> > so
> > popular. I want to be able to control my PC sending information as well as
> > recieving it.
> >
> > I am a big boy now! I am able to make my own decisions I live in a free
> > country (UK) and I also think that freedom should remain. I fought for
> > this
> > country in the military and is was not for some money crazy company to spy
> > on
> > me. The amount of info sent without your permission and 'spam emails'
> > emulating because of it scares me.
> >
> > I don't want companies scanning my PC for old or non-updated programs then
> > spamming me with " We have a special update to our program which you can
> > purchase for $XXX.
> > --
> > jannerhank
> >
> >
> > "duker" wrote:
> >
> >> I havent found any spyware-adware that wiil work with Vista. Anyone have
> >> any
> >> luck. Duker
> >>
>

"Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
news:CBECFE32-35F0-4D2F-9982-5810A2C5977D@microsoft.com...
> You said you are getting lots of spyware... just out of curiosity, have
> you turned UAC off? I noticed that when you turn UAC off, it also turns
> IE7 Protected Mode off. As a result I got some spyware. When I turned UAC
> and PM back on I noticed little, if any, spyware. Just an observation...
>
> Robert Firth
> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>
>
> "jannerhank" <jannerhank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:063E9FF7-D260-45B1-8CF2-D6EB4F057163@microsoft.com...
>> Adware works OK with Vista RC 2. I been using it since RC 2 came out and
>> it
>> finds lots of spyware. Why Defender does not is a mistery?
>>
>> Microsoft missed the boat with Defender and the reason why Zone Alarm is
>> so
>> popular. I want to be able to control my PC sending information as well
>> as
>> recieving it.
>>
>> I am a big boy now! I am able to make my own decisions I live in a free
>> country (UK) and I also think that freedom should remain. I fought for
>> this
>> country in the military and is was not for some money crazy company to
>> spy on
>> me. The amount of info sent without your permission and 'spam emails'
>> emulating because of it scares me.
>>
>> I don't want companies scanning my PC for old or non-updated programs
>> then
>> spamming me with " We have a special update to our program which you can
>> purchase for $XXX.
>> --
>> jannerhank
>>
>>
>> "duker" wrote:
>>
>>> I havent found any spyware-adware that wiil work with Vista. Anyone have
>>> any
>>> luck. Duker
>>>
>


Just have to remember that Ad-Aware flags most, if not all, cookies that
contain any, and I mean any, unique data . . . even just the preferences for
particular web sites that allow you to customize their main pages.

When Ad-Aware says you have 300 or so potential threats, usually 299 of them
are cookies that it thinks may be tracking cookies.

All advert cookies are flagged as well.

Since most cookies are benign, Defender ignores them, and if you're really
worried about cookies, just use IEs feature to delete all of your cached
data.

Just don't be upset when you have to reset all of the preferences on some of
the web pages you've already set up to your liking.

Mic