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To: Esteban who wrote (34143)	4/30/2003 12:34:09 PM
From: Nemer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

AdAware and SpyBot ... I was amused by Stan's comment about 180 "imbeds". on this post pay attention to the bottom of the message .... Message 18898139 and I already had a "temp cookie delete" icon on the desktop before I even hooked to the web this brand new Dell I bought this week ....... LOL twenty two found ..... dang .... btw .. this cheapo 2350 is ok, not too shabby, but the 18"LCD is verrrrrrry fine ..... I like it a bunch .. wish I had five more to replace the CRTs ... and my Trinitrons aren't too far down the list of nice, either .... but, I do like the LCD.

To: Esteban who wrote (34143)	4/30/2003 2:33:36 PM
From: dpl	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110653

I ran Ad-ware for the first time and got back one "bug" in the registry. Alexa data miner Is it safe to let the program erase this?Erasing something from the registry freaks me out. :-) David

To: Esteban who wrote (34143)	5/1/2003 7:52:14 AM
From: Stan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110653

Esteban: It looks like some websites can get around Ad-Aware's algorithms. Pop-ups are getting through on some sites by opening as real web pages with normal browser windows. Black Knight has my King in check, so to speak. Are there any other programs out there to confront this new invasion? Comically (to these website owners and their programmers only, I can assure you) this new brand of pop-ups has a green bar telling me "all is well." They're so cute -- like baby crocodiles. As to turning off cookies: I can see how that would stop the pop-ups. However, I use so many sites for more than surfing. For example, do you have trouble with sites that need passwords? I use Microsoft portfolio manager that (last time I turned cookies off) insists on them to use the site. I also use Yahoo Shopping a lot -- same issue. IOW, I would rather not modify the cookie settings if possible. Any help appreciated. Stan