p.c protection

[davey]

every time i try to put some protection on my p.c it works for a few weeks then it blocks my internet access.so far i have tried microsoft system suite which worked fine for about 3 years then just turned on me,zonealarm which was ok for about a week and something else i cant remember.as soon as i uninstall them i can surf the net fine but of course end up with loads of cunting spyware ,trojans and viruses.has anyone else encountered this or can recommend anything?

[Deuce Bigolo]

The next best thing to a firewall to keep spyware at bay is the likes of spyguard,spyblaster,IE-Spyad,easily found on the net at sites like


If you want to check and see if your computer is actually clean I'd download hijack this and post the log to a computer spyware forum like


Computer forums are always a worth perusing especially those using your operating system


cheers
B....OZ

[Deano!]

Well, my paid-for Lavasoft spyware remover had a virus which shut it down everytime I wanted to scan. Pretty clever actually. I simply could not get rid of it, so I did the drastic thing and completely re-loaded Windows XP from scratch ( I was fucking angry at the time, you must understand ). I've just installed Norton anti-virus 2005 and it has its own spyware checker with its anti-virus ability and it seems to work fine.

I must admit though, I've never understood why 'they' cant keep viruses off our computers in one fell swoop. I think there's too much money to be made selling anti-virus software.

[Deuce Bigolo]

Sounds like you had the infamous CoolWWWsearch smart killer infection

Stops spyware removal programs dead in their tracks

Fortunately some kind soul has made a little program to remove it



cheers
B....OZ