spywear/lots of it!!!!

[Jordy]

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would someone please tell me,why do i have 69 e-mail in my inbox,which is
mostly adds and selling junk,when i have all this spywear installed on my pc.
Ad-awear Personal ,Microsoft Spywera /Beta,spywearblasster,spybot surch and
destroy,anonnimizer,secretmaker,IC spywear,Phishguard and yet nothing seems
to prevent these sleezy adds and e-mail off of my pc.I also have Yahoo Anty
Spy,Spy Catcher,WinPatrol ??????what is the purpose of all these spywear
programs,when it seems to me they are simply not working,at all !!!Also
NortonSystemWorks ??????
Just wondering,how to get rid of all these hidden BHOhelpers,i was told they
are the biggest threat.PLEASE HELP !!!THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT !!!!!
BEST REGARDS !!!

 

[Malke]

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jordy wrote:

> would someone please tell me,why do i have 69 e-mail in my inbox,which
> is mostly adds and selling junk,when i have all this spywear installed
> on my pc. Ad-awear Personal ,Microsoft Spywera
> /Beta,spywearblasster,spybot surch and
> destroy,anonnimizer,secretmaker,IC spywear,Phishguard and yet nothing
> seems to prevent these sleezy adds and e-mail off of my pc.I also have
> Yahoo Anty Spy,Spy Catcher,WinPatrol ??????what is the purpose of all
> these spywear programs,when it seems to me they are simply not
> working,at all !!!Also NortonSystemWorks ?????? Just wondering,how to
> get rid of all these hidden BHOhelpers,i was told they are the biggest
> threat.PLEASE HELP !!!THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT !!!!! BEST
> REGARDS !!!

Because the amount of spam you can have nothing to do with whether or
not your machine is free of malware.

To learn about spam, see information here:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Junk_Mail
http://www.mall-net.com/spamfaq.html
http://www.cauce.org/
http://www.spamlaws.com/

Also check with your ISP to see if they have spam filtering available on
their mail servers.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Guest]

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"jordy" <jordy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:72439C03-5472-4FE0-97B1-F1885B4B49E4@microsoft.com...
> would someone please tell me,why do i have 69 e-mail in my inbox,which is
> mostly adds and selling junk,when i have all this spywear installed on my
> pc.
> Ad-awear Personal ,Microsoft Spywera /Beta,spywearblasster,spybot surch
> and
> destroy,anonnimizer,secretmaker,IC spywear,Phishguard and yet nothing
> seems
> to prevent these sleezy adds and e-mail off of my pc.I also have Yahoo
> Anty
> Spy,Spy Catcher,WinPatrol ??????what is the purpose of all these spywear
> programs,when it seems to me they are simply not working,at all !!!Also
> NortonSystemWorks ??????
> Just wondering,how to get rid of all these hidden BHOhelpers,i was told
> they
> are the biggest threat.PLEASE HELP !!!THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT
> !!!!!
> BEST REGARDS !!!

Because you do not know the difference between spyware and SPAM.

Bobby

 

[Guest]

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"NoNoBadDog" has a good point there.

SPAM is what you tend to receive via email (unsolicited emails with ads
and rubbish), SPYWARE is what you tend to receive via webpages you visit
(Popups, toolbar installs, marketing apps that collect info and relay it
back).

On the SPAM side of things ... check with your ISP. They should have a
spam filter that should collect most of it. Some will get through and
you can set up rules in Outlook to combat that. If you're running
Outlook 2003 you can use the Junk Email feature to capture the SPAM.

As for SPYWARE ... you seem to be running some of the better tools
already. Also try Microsoft AntiSpyware. It is very unintrusive but
still does a robust job.


jordy Wrote:
> would someone please tell me,why do i have 69 e-mail in my inbox,which
> is
> mostly adds and selling junk,when i have all this spywear installed on
> my pc.
> Ad-awear Personal ,Microsoft Spywera /Beta,spywearblasster,spybot surch
> and
> destroy,anonnimizer,secretmaker,IC spywear,Phishguard and yet nothing
> seems
> to prevent these sleezy adds and e-mail off of my pc.I also have Yahoo
> Anty
> Spy,Spy Catcher,WinPatrol ??????what is the purpose of all these
> spywear
> programs,when it seems to me they are simply not working,at all
> !!!Also
> NortonSystemWorks ??????
> Just wondering,how to get rid of all these hidden BHOhelpers,i was told
> they
> are the biggest threat.PLEASE HELP !!!THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
> EFFORT !!!!!
> BEST REGARDS !!!


--
Atlantis

 

[Jordy]

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Thank you for the advice and effort to help someone like me"new" to all of
this.I learned a lot from the elephantboys site and going to do a few things
they recommend and you and hopefully my pc will be faster and cleaner after
that.Again Thanks alot for your time and help.Take care and God Bless !!!!

"Atlantis" wrote:

>
> "NoNoBadDog" has a good point there.
>
> SPAM is what you tend to receive via email (unsolicited emails with ads
> and rubbish), SPYWARE is what you tend to receive via webpages you visit
> (Popups, toolbar installs, marketing apps that collect info and relay it
> back).
>
> On the SPAM side of things ... check with your ISP. They should have a
> spam filter that should collect most of it. Some will get through and
> you can set up rules in Outlook to combat that. If you're running
> Outlook 2003 you can use the Junk Email feature to capture the SPAM.
>
> As for SPYWARE ... you seem to be running some of the better tools
> already. Also try Microsoft AntiSpyware. It is very unintrusive but
> still does a robust job.
>
>
> jordy Wrote:
> > would someone please tell me,why do i have 69 e-mail in my inbox,which
> > is
> > mostly adds and selling junk,when i have all this spywear installed on
> > my pc.
> > Ad-awear Personal ,Microsoft Spywera /Beta,spywearblasster,spybot surch
> > and
> > destroy,anonnimizer,secretmaker,IC spywear,Phishguard and yet nothing
> > seems
> > to prevent these sleezy adds and e-mail off of my pc.I also have Yahoo
> > Anty
> > Spy,Spy Catcher,WinPatrol ??????what is the purpose of all these
> > spywear
> > programs,when it seems to me they are simply not working,at all
> > !!!Also
> > NortonSystemWorks ??????
> > Just wondering,how to get rid of all these hidden BHOhelpers,i was told
> > they
> > are the biggest threat.PLEASE HELP !!!THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
> > EFFORT !!!!!
> > BEST REGARDS !!!
>
>
> --
> Atlantis
>

 

[Jordy]

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THANK YOU ,MALKE FOR YOUR HELP AND ADVICE.IT WAS A BIT OF AN EYE-OPENER ALL
OF THIS FOR ME ,I'M NEW TO ALL OF THIS,AS YOU CAN TELL . VISITED THE
ELEPHANTBOYS SITE AND FOUND OUT A FEW GOOD THINGS FROM THERE ,TOO.I WILL TRY
EVRYTHING YOU GUYS SUGGESTED AND HOPE AFTER THAT THE PC WILL RUN FASTER AND
CLEANER.TYVM AND GOD BLESS !!!!

"Malke" wrote:

> jordy wrote:
>
> > would someone please tell me,why do i have 69 e-mail in my inbox,which
> > is mostly adds and selling junk,when i have all this spywear installed
> > on my pc. Ad-awear Personal ,Microsoft Spywera
> > /Beta,spywearblasster,spybot surch and
> > destroy,anonnimizer,secretmaker,IC spywear,Phishguard and yet nothing
> > seems to prevent these sleezy adds and e-mail off of my pc.I also have
> > Yahoo Anty Spy,Spy Catcher,WinPatrol ??????what is the purpose of all
> > these spywear programs,when it seems to me they are simply not
> > working,at all !!!Also NortonSystemWorks ?????? Just wondering,how to
> > get rid of all these hidden BHOhelpers,i was told they are the biggest
> > threat.PLEASE HELP !!!THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT !!!!! BEST
> > REGARDS !!!
>
> Because the amount of spam you can have nothing to do with whether or
> not your machine is free of malware.
>
> To learn about spam, see information here:
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Junk_Mail
> http://www.mall-net.com/spamfaq.html
> http://www.cauce.org/
> http://www.spamlaws.com/
>
> Also check with your ISP to see if they have spam filtering available on
> their mail servers.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>