Combating Spyware

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Chuck Lewis
> 
> Sure will Jim, I was JUST getting ready to chime in with that but you
> beat me too it :-)
> 
> Also get some scanners - SpyCop from Spycop Software; VERY interesting
> results even if you THINK you are OK... SpyBot Search & Destroy is
> another one. And there are others too. Do you self a favor and check
> these out, it gets uglier and uglier...

So now I use ZoneAlarm and Ad-Aware (which is a WAY cool piece of
software, and shows some ugly things going on).  I looked at SpyCop, and
I'm not exactly sure what it does other than file scans, and even that
I'm sure exactly what it's scanning for.  Ad-Aware is far more specific
about what it does, and it does it superbly.  It ripped a TON of stuff
out of my daughter's PC (and few things out of mine!).

Joe