der.hans wrote:
...snip...
>
> A quick question for those who use m$ desktops but don't use eXploder and
> LookOut: do you still have to run anti-spyware and anti-virus stuff all
> the time? If you do run them, do you constantly find stuff that needs to
> be removed?
>
I use Mozilla on my WinXP machine. I run adaware every month or so. It
always catches something, cookies mostly. I then block cookies from
those sites (using mozilla's cookie manager). The number of items
adaware finds gets smaller, and smaller...
As for virus scanning, I update frequently, run constantly in the
background (checking every file that gets accessed), full system scan
every week. The only virus's I've ever caught came in as e-mail
attachments. Never once been infected (knock-on-wood).
Incedentally, I use Norton Antivirus (Symantec product).
I also got a spam e-mail once that was advertising Norton's Spam
blocking stuff. Talk about mixed messages...
Bart
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