Re: Ads from Microsoft - or Adware

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I suspect that setting the firewall to allow PC Anywhere would solve the access problem. I don't make firewall vendor recommendations for businesses, if not a business you could try ZoneAlarm the free version.

Rich Pasco wrote:

Spybot S&D is a good idea.  About a firewall... most would interfere
with PC Anywhere which we run for remote access.  Any suggestions there?

     - Rich

Bob I wrote:


Spybot S&D and do you have a working firewall?

Rich Pasco wrote:


When I close the MSIE window in which I ran Windows Update on a Windows
2000 system, a new MSIE window opens behind it, with an advertisement
for life insurance, registry cleaners, or whatever.  I don't think that
Microsoft is responsible for these ads, so I assume the computer is
infected with Adware.  I ran Lavsoft Adaware and found a few things
which I deleted, after which it came up clean, but the ads still keep
coming.  Can anyone suggest what else I might do to exorcise the machine?

- Rich 


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