RE: Spyware and the internet

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From: Villy (Villy_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/07/05


Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 09:41:01 -0800

I had this problem when I used Ad-aware. If you delete/quarantine all the
files that it suggests that is spyware you can run into this problem of not
being able to connect to the internet afterwards. You can restore the files
if you quarantined them but then you'll be back to square one. If you're
looking for an anti-spyware program that works, you might want to try pest
patrol.

Villy

"K Crosby" wrote:

> I just download on another computer the spyware program from microsoft and
> had it delete spywary that it found. Now I can not get on the internet from
> that computer. I also used Ad-Aware and it did the same thing. It is on a
> small network and it the only one that can not access the internet. Please
> can someone give me some help. Thank you
>



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