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Originally Posted by caveman
What a contrast of opinions. I have to say although having read all the hype about privacy and the need to eradicate spyware. I am beginning to think that it's b****y hard work to remember to run apps. like Adaware regularly enough for it to be worthwhile, after all what's the point in running it once a day if your contaminated soon after and are exposed for most of the day till you run it again.
Again I will stand corrected if my knowledge lacks something. Spyware is either dangerous or not, if it is we need to stop it coming in like a firewall not getting rid of it temporarily. What's the answer?
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I think it is like Paul said earlier, in the short term a few cookies are not going to do any harm, however, longer term there are other nasties that can creep in. It is for this reason, imo, that running programs like Adaware & Spybot is beneficial.
Regarding your point about being re-infected straight after a scan, one recourse is to use a resident spyware detector, such as SpySweeper, although normally these tend to be commercial rather than free for personal use. It does look like MS's beta is a resident detector, (I havn't tried it) but as has been said, there is no telling if it will cost money once the beta process is finished.
<edit> thanks Paul, I'd forgotten about the 'teatimer' function of Spybot (I switched it off when i got SpySweeper)
