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More info?)
I use CWShredder, Spybot, AdAware, Spywareblaster, Spywareguard, Bazooka
and, with the exception of Windows Update, Firefox. I never have a problem.
Alias
"Heather" <figgs@invalid.nospam> wrote
> Exactly!! I use AdAware, SpywareBlaster and FireFox. I don't get it
> either. Before I put all of the above on this new computer, I had two
> pieces of spyware from IE in 1 day. (the usual Directclick was one)
>
> XX Heather
>
> "Shane" <shanebeatson@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23obudVuuFHA.3896@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> As I don't get spyware, I don't need Spybot, really, do I. It's gone!
>>
>>
>> xx
>>
>> Shane
>>
>>
>> "Heather" <figgs@invalid.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:uxUNwLuuFHA.3188@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Puss.....
>>>
>>> I stopped using Spybot a long time ago!! And I am not about to put it
>>> on
>>> this new computer. Trying to scan took forever and I didn't find it all
>>> that stable anyway.
>>>
>>> My best download sites in Canada are usually Europe or Australia. I
>>> work
>> on
>>> the theory that when I downloaded, those countries were probably in the
>>> middle of the night, grin. Woman's logic.....that'll get you
>>> everywhere!!
>>>
>>> XX Figgs
>>>
>>> "Shane" <shanebeatson@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23Zzf11tuFHA.3400@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> > As usual, I get "No newer updates available". I appear to have
>> discovered
>>> > the reason. Updates are made available to N. America before the UK.
>>> > The
>> US
>>> > mirrors are disabled in my Online.ini - despite my re-enabling them -
>>> > whenever I do "Search for Updates". The European and Oz mirrors do not
>>> > have
>>> > today's yet.
>>> >
>>> > The disabling appears to be done remotely. Online.ini besides the
>>> > update
>>> > log
>>> > is the only file I have containing 'Malwarebytes'.
>>> >
>>> > If I uninstall Spybot and clean out the registry, then re-install it,
>> then
>>> > update, detections dated 09/09/2005 are available, but none later.
>>> >
>>> > Whether Europe's getting stuffed, just the UK, or only me, I've had
>> enough
>>> > with updating problems and am about to uninstall Spybot S&D. Kolla
>>> > could
>>> > probably guess where he's welcome to shove it.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Shane
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > siljaline wrote:
>>> >> <http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=15858>
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards,
>>> >> Silj
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
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