[ale] Seeking ways to getting around spyware on Windows

[H. Bieber]

I am not sure who started this thread, somehow I have deleted that post. 

If whoever started this thread would like to install Xandros on his parents machine, as stated by Christopher Ness, contact me directly. You can have my copy of Xandros, it is in its box sitting on my desk collecting dust. I would be glad to give it to you for your parents machine.

Harold



-----Original Message-----
From: joh6nn <joh6nn at hotpop.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:27:19 +0200
Subject: Re: [ale] Seeking ways to getting around spyware on Windows

Spybot and AdAware have both been mentioned, as has the Norton Suite. 
i'm an advocate for Spybot and AdAware, but against all things Norton; i
have never had a good experience with any Norton product.  There are
plenty of free anti-virus offerings that are not only comparable, but
arguably better. i install AntiVir (www.free-av.com) on the machines of
those i help, but that's just personal preference.

i also strongly recommend Kerio Personal Firewall 2.14; there are newer
versions available, but i don't think they're as good as 2.14.  i'll let
you make your own call on that (though if you can't find it elsewhere, i
have a copy of 2.14).

you'll also want JavaCool's SpywareBlaster, which blocks known activex
problems.

a good hosts file, complete with windows installer, is available here:
http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html, and is updated fairly regularly.

it's also good to keep in mind that using the regedt32 tool (not
regedit, the other one), you can make registry keys read-only, which can
be a great preventative measure.

Spoofstick (http://www.spoofstick.com/) anti-phishing extension for
Firefox, and also a bayesian Firefox porn filter (not really
anti-spyware, but a good idea regardless):
http://singlepointnetworks.com/ffext/blockxxx/

i'm not sure if Yahoo's talk feature is available from 3rd party
clients, but i feel it's definitely worth investigating, as both
Trillian and Gaim have a much better history than Aol's clients; i don't
know if Yahoo's clients have been as bad.

i can't think of anything else at the moment, but those are at least
most of the steps i usually go through for windows users

-joh6nn
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