[sdiy] Re: [motm] OT: important PC spying / hacking

[synth1 at airmail.net]

> I hate "virus warning" e-mails, because so many of them in the last have
> been a hoax.

Everybody: it is *essential* that you run Ad Aware (free 'cleaning
software) every week. This great little program wipes all this crap off
the drive. You will be AMAZED the first time you run it to see all the
'spyware' software you have. 900 (yes, 900) lurking files/cookies is not
uncommon!

Just Google "ad aware" (version 6 is recent), download it, be SURE to
"check for Updates" (they upload a new detection file every week or so)
and scan. The scan takes about 6min.

Paul S.