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Old 09-26-2002, 05:02 PM   #13
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Join Date: March 29, 2002
Location: Canada
Age: 53
Posts: 2,534
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Originally posted by DraconisRex:
Yeah. That's why you never take anything "free." When I built this computer, I installed the O/S, the games and the drivers. I firewalled the network, which reports a false IP address. I don't load anything. I check via ctl-alt-del every few weeks. I trust NOTHING and won't download it. I have all cookies set to expire when I log-off my browser.

Because, in the past, I didn't. On my last computer, I ran Adaware and unloaded nearly 1000 files and programs. It was gross.
Nearly 1000 files and programs! I'm hoping that most of those were cookies. That's just crazy. By the way some spyware won't be stopped be a firewall as it rides piggy back on another app. I'm running Norton Firewall 2002 and a NAT Router on my network and it doesn't make a diff with some, they'll just hitch a ride on IE Explorer or the app that they installed with.
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