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“Beware
of spyware. If you can, use the Firefox browser.” - USA Today
“Better
than Internet Explorer by leaps and bounds.” - FORBES
Mozilla
has introduced Firefox, a browser whose time has come, captured so well
in this quote "necessity is the mother of invention." Given
the exponential rise of malware, spyware, and adware, the web community
has been almost held hostage by malicious code.
For the techies reading this, we know that the majority of code
used to be written in JavaScript, which has now evolved into active X.
MS IE will always be vulnerable to Active X because it is the
native code of its plug-ins. This
is the reason IE browsers are plagued with spyware, browser hijacking,
and all kinds of malicious activity.
So
how does Firefox get around this? Simple. No active X.
That's right. Firefox doesn't run Active X code.
Consequently, all that spyware that malicious programmers have
been investing time into and is giving us headaches is now useless.
In fact, Firefox will not allow pop-up ads and provides a search
bar for most major search engines as well.
Bye, bye Google toolbar (except for PR)!
Brought to you by
Mozilla
 Spybot
- Search and Destroy
Spybot is definitely the new king in
spyware and adware removal. I have tried it for a
while now and it is more comprehensive, thorough, and
faster than ad-aware. Ad-aware still has a great
following and great guys working to make it number one,
but in my opinion Spybot currently holds that honor.
The latest version of Spybot also come s with a secure
deletion tool called secure shredder. You can use this
to permanently delete files on your computer. Best of all, it's free!
Brought to you by The
Home of Spybot Search and Destroy
Support Information:
Spybot
Tutorial
Spybot
Forums
Ad-aware
Standard Edition is THE award winning, free*, multi-component detection and removal utility that consistently leads the
industry in safety, user satisfaction, support and reliability.
With its ability to comprehensively scan your memory, registry, hard,
removable and optical drives for known data mining, aggressive advertising, and
tracking components, Ad-aware will provide the user with the confidence to
surf the Internet knowing that their privacy will remain intact. Let Ad-aware
protect your privacy.
Brought to you by LavaSoft
 HijackThis
A general homepage
hijackers detector and remover. Initially based on the
article Hijacked!,
but expanded with almost a dozen other checks against
hijacker tricks. It is continually updated to detect and
remove new hijacks. It does not target specific
programs/URLs, just the methods used by hijackers to force
you onto their sites. As a result, false positives are
imminent and unless you are sure what you're doing, you
should always consult with knowledgeable folks (e.g. the forums)
before deleting anything.
Brought to you by Merijn.org
Support Information:
HijackThis log tutorial
The official
HijackThis QuickStart for posting on the SpywareInfo
forums
 CWShredder
A small utility for
removing CoolWebSearch (aka CoolWwwSearch, YouFindAll,
White-Pages.ws and a dozen other names). Spybot S&D
and Ad-aware tend to forget essential parts of the hijack,
so until they update, you can use this to completely
remove the hijack. This program is updated to remove the
new variants once they come out.
Read this article with documentation on Coolwebsearch here.
Brought to you by Merijn.org
Free
Firewall Downloads
Norton
Personal Firewall 2003 Download - Only $9.95
LeakTest
Personal firewall leakage tester
Ensure
that your PC's personal firewall can not be easily fooled
by malicious "Trojan" programs or viruses.
Thanks to this first version of LeakTest, most personal
firewalls are now safe from such simple exploitation.
Brought to you by
the Gibson
Research Corporation
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Free
Virus Downloads
AVG
Free Edition Version 7.323
- AVG has finally
passed Virus Bulletin's test by 100%. I have
also been using it for the past couple of months and
now give thumbs up to my visitors. AVG is the
way to go......for now.
Manual
Virus/Trojan Removal Tools
You can find more virus
removal tools on the SurferBeware.com
Viruses mini-site.
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Note:
Symantec has virus/trojan removal tutorials here.
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PC
Tools
Startup
Control Panel
a nifty control panel
applet that allows you to easily configure which programs
run when your computer starts. It's simple to use, very
small and won't burden your system. A valuable tool for
system administrators!
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