[Nico]

Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]Are you using the POS firewall that comes with windows XP?
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the POS firewall that comes with XP, disable it and see what happens

[Primus]

Run anti-virus program too. AVG destroyed what Ad-Aware and SpyBot couldn't on my PC.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Nico
the POS firewall that comes with XP, disable it and see what happens

You just run a better one and absolutely nothing happens.

[Martinus]

Originally posted by Nico
the POS firewall that comes with XP, disable it and see what happens

[color=66ff00]I was thinking more along the lines of 'use zonealarm' which is significantly superior in all concievable ways.
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[Sandwich]

Originally posted by MatthewPapa
Try microsoft's anti spyware app. Its pretty good, good enough to make me a convert from ad aware.

As much as this may seem strange, I too heartily recommend MS's anti-spyware app. All the reviews and this vs. that comparisons put it towards the top, significantly above the now-behind-the-times Spybot S&D and AdAware.

[Descenterace]

The reason MS' antispyware app works so well is that they have much experience of writing spyware themselves.

Such as "Windows XP Activation"...

Originally posted by karajorma


You just run a better one and absolutely nothing happens.

Or you set up a spare computer as a Linux firewall/router/proxy and you no longer need to worry about installing firewall software on 'Doze.
I do love iptables.

[pyro-manic]

I suggest getting hold of the creator's email address, and emailing him a program that destroys his hard disk when he runs it (actually easy to get hold of... ). Teach the bastards a lesson...

Failing that (ever-so-slightly illegal but very satisfying ) option, have you tried a System Restore?

A separate router/firewall box is the way to go, I think. Buy an el-cheapo barebones PC or dig out your old Athlon 700 and use that. I would, but I'm connected via one of those wireless gateway thingies that is an all-in-one router/firewall etc.

[Cobra]

LOL. meh, I have norton firewall that doesn't do ****. i can't configure UDP or TCP ports.

[Clave]

I just had a really horrible thought:  When Macs switch to Intel, and a few PC people switch to OSX, it will then be worthwhile for the spyware bandits to target OSX ------  noooooooo!!!!

[karajorma]

With it's Unix core I'd expect OSX to be a lot less vulnerable than Windows straight out of the box.

You've got some time for the mac community to pull it together and make sure the OS is as bulletproof as can be before the switch though.

[aldo_14]

Thing is... was some of OS X not designed to take the IBM processors specific architecture in mind?

I'm sure I remember something specific about using a different register system in the Mac processors; I think having dedicated 32bit registers and instructions whilst 'standard PC' processors were using adapted 16-bit regs (I think combining 2 for a 32 bit register and extending 16 bit instructions in multifarious ways).

[Clave]

It's 64bit, and I think they have been quietly working on this in the background...