Awesome!!! Cue The Browser Wars of Religion!!! :-)
I keeeed. I use Firefox, but I also like Opera, and Chrome wasn't awful
(I just got habituated to where all the buttons are in Firefox). Our
I.T. guy LOVES I.E. But then he's an MCSETPWHTPASHGPDGHLASOPEIPQQX or
something. Microsoft does nothing he doesn't love. :-)
On 3/8/2012 8:52 AM, PJ McGarvey wrote:
>> asked why my avg virus didn't catch it... they said they (the virus
> writers)
>> write them to get past them... well duh...
> If they are relatively sophisticated, then yes... they also write them to not
> interfere much with your system and lay low - if you're a leech, you want to
> keep the host alive...
>
> sounds like what you have is a bunch of spyware. I'd say a reinstall of the
> OS is the best way to solve this. And when you do, don't use the system for
> daily activities while running as the admin account. Very common problem, and
> easy to fix. Create a new account and use that for web browsing, and for
> clicking on those links that you just can't resist :-). Switch over to the
> admin account with a strong password when you need to install something, etc.
>
> One of the first things you should install should be a decent AV program (some
> free ones are OK if you're on a budget) like Avira, and a Spyware "cleaner".
> In the old days when I made house calls, Ad-aware by Lavasoft was the best,
> Malwarebytes is probably another. I'm not going to get into a religious
> discussion about the best browser, but Google Chrome (on Ubuntu) works well
> for me, and has a pretty good security reputation.
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