damn spyware!!!

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  1. ManofScience

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    Never mind removing ad aware - how about stopping getting it in the first place :

    http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

    This is what we're currently evaluating at the moment to get around the epidemic.... o modyfied hosts file - check it!

    Keep checking back to the website, get the most recent versions, occasionally still run yer spy ware remover and you'll be clean as a whisle....
  2. dodgy

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    Webroot does that for ya... Dunno if it's as good as that hosts file tho - so could be worth trying :up:
  3. ManofScience

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    way aye dopey ;)
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    I'll get you, ManofSyphillis :samurai: :D
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    try using firefox instead of IE aswell... firefox is much better for stopping popups and spyware rubbish
  6. trance_fan

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    that hosts thing is great!

    Use it on my PC and Laptop and its spot on.

    Hardly get any crap now.

    Only thing I get on my PC now is the DSO Exploit!
  7. ManofScience

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    aye, i've hardly had any too - works a treat - aslong as u remember to get a new version very so often!
  8. trance_fan

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    indeed, how often do they update it like?

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