Re: Spyware prevention

Thanks everyone for your informative replies. Yes, I'm planning to get
Firefox right away, so perhaps continuing to use the freeware spyware
scanners will be enough.

-Maxine

Maxine <mg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:Xns982E6EDEBD15Bmgusenetatpcgdotnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:


The latest issue of Consumer Reports rates F-Secure and Webroot's Spy
Sweeper as the two best for spyware protection.

I'm about to get a new computer and want to prevent spyware from the
very beginning. I've always just used Spybot and the free version of
Ad-Aware. But I'm willing to spend some money if it's worthwhile.

Opinions?

Thanks,
Maxine



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