**Important** I advise to STOP Using Ad-Aware

[Guest Edam]

The mirrors came up blank on the Spybot site. No confusion, just no links. I'm sure it's just temporary.

[Sonar5 3]

Direct Link to Download:http://www.soft-ware.net/cgi-bin/download....=spybotsd11.exeHappy To Help,Joe :-waveHere is my new sig...You Like it? :-lol :-lol.http://home.attbi.com/~sonar5/sig1.jpg.Here are Picture Galleries of My Trip out west in 2002..Gallery #1 Pima Air & Space Museum + AMARC (Boneyard) at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona. (over 240 Pictures)http://www.pbase.com/sonar5/pimaamarc

[Guest]

Hi All,I have been using this prog for about a Month and recommend it to everyone (thanks again Joe)...The last time I d/l it on a friends PC it found 114 instances of spyware - one of which (VX2) required a reboot after it found it... guess what SPYBOT came right up before windows loaded - identified it and gave me the option to remove it (yeah!!!)Really neat software and deserves our (FS Community) support (I think its donation-ware!), oh, and it get's rid of DOUBLECLICK cookies too, which some sites like to place on your PC :) :) :)Go do some cleanin' the do some flyin! (betchya frame-rates are better! :-lol)Terry

[Sidney Schwartz 11]

So THAT's why my FDC keeps asking me to put the cd in!!! I saw this c-dilla folder on my drive an deleted it because I had no idea what it was....thought it was some kind of spyware thing. Geez.....!!!!!!Sidney Schwartz [KPDX]MyTraffic/Radar Contact/FSMeteo/FSSE/FSassist/FDCHorizon Flights--flight plans and scenery for FS2002http://sidneyschwartz.homestead.com/index.html

[Sonar5 3]

Here is some research on C-DillaLet the readers decide. Me. I won't have it on my system. http://www.privacyandspying.com/privacy-c_dilla.htmlhttp://www.privacyandspying.com/c_dilla_install_report.htmlRegards,Joe :-)Here is my new sig...You Like it? :-lol :-lol.http://home.attbi.com/~sonar5/sig1.jpg.Here are Picture Galleries of My Trip out west in 2002..Gallery #1 Pima Air & Space Museum + AMARC (Boneyard) at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona. (over 240 Pictures)http://www.pbase.com/sonar5/pimaamarc

[Sonar5 3]

Hi All,As a follow-up, so me will be wondering what spyware is. here is a primer for you:Quite simply spyware are little programs sometimes installed on your system without your knowledge or even sometimes without your permission.Some of these programs collect information about your browsing habits, computer configurations, etc... and send that info back to the requestor.Some of these will direct pop-up ads when you visit web sites, where if the spyware was not installed, you would never have had the pop-up ad.It can be quite a complicated issue. For example, when I pull my Yahoo email, my pages load very slowly, because I don't allow any of the ads to load up, and I suspect there is a delay set up in their software because yahoo keeps making requests of my machine, and my machine keeps saying no.The first step is education. I would not run out and start using these programs as my post was simply telling people that already use Ad-Aware to try S&D for now. Those that use it hopefully read the instructions that come with the programs.Here is some info to get you started. For Now, if you really want to try it out, download the Spybot Search & Destroy program, run it, but don't fix anything just yet. After the program does its search, it will show you a window where you can obtain definitions of the different spyware installed. read them, and do a google search on a few to learn what they do.Then it is up to you to decide if you want to keep that spyware on your system or not.Cexx is the best resource for learning about spyware, IMHO. Start there:Go Here:http://www.cexx.org/problem.htmThen Go Here:http://www.cexx.org/adware.htmRemember, you are commiting to really learning your computer and how to control what goes in and what info is allowed out. It takes time, and cannot be learned overnight.Best of Luck,JoeHere is my new sig...You Like it? :-lol :-lol.http://home.attbi.com/~sonar5/sig1.jpg.Here are Picture Galleries of My Trip out west in 2002..Gallery #1 Pima Air & Space Museum + AMARC (Boneyard) at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona. (over 240 Pictures)http://www.pbase.com/sonar5/pimaamarc

[Guest]

Guys,Really just an addendum (and further reading) to Joe's mini-tutorial...It's amazing how may doors can be accidently left open forthese 'critters' to get in!Check this site out for some interesting facts: http://grc.com/default.htmTerry