[no subject]

"Ounce of prevention ..." department:

You may want to set up Spybot
[<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html";>http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html</a>]. It is free,
well-regarded, and has an &quot;immunize&quot; mode intended to shortstop some types
of attack. The home site also has some background information to help folks
recognize common traps - only works if the user pays attention, of course.
(Same as advice like: &quot;Don't play in traffic.&quot;)

I've heard good reports, but have no experience on 'AdAware'; and the latest
Microsoft offering is said to actually be useful.

&quot;... pound of cure.&quot; deparment:

If you install from a CD, does it have a &quot;Restore&quot; function, or do you need
a fresh copy automatically on each startup? If you can make a DVD, that
would let you snapshot your fresh installation, and then something like
Knoppix or SystemRescue CDs would let you freshen the installation with
copies of earlier content.

DISCLAIMER: I never tried doing this on a regular basis, though I have
recovered trashed MsWin systems this way with Knoppix.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jason
To: ale at ale.org
Smith
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 1:09 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] Seeking ways to getting around spyware on Windows

Hi all,

I need to setup my parents' computer with Windows and
was thinking of ways to prevent them from
inadvertently installing spyware/adware.
Windows is a must since it is all that they are
familiar with.

One idea I had was to 
1. Install Linux with VMware ... and an image of
windows XP. That way, if their current image got
messed up with spyware, I could have them make a copy
of the original clean image and use that.

Are there better ways of doing this?

Thanks


		
__________________________________ 
Yahoo! Music Unlimited 
Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.
<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/";>http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/</a>
_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
Ale at ale.org
<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale";>http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a>




</pre>
<!--X-Body-of-Message-End-->
<!--X-MsgBody-End-->
<!--X-Follow-Ups-->
<hr>
<ul><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong><a name="00214" href="msg00214.html">[ale] Seeking ways to getting around spyware on Windows</a></strong>
<ul><li><em>From:</em> rsj at radio.org (Randal Jarrett K4RSJ)</li></ul></li>
</ul></li></ul>
<!--X-Follow-Ups-End-->
<!--X-References-->
<!--X-References-End-->
<!--X-BotPNI-->
<ul>
<li>Prev by Date:
<strong><a href="msg00199.html">[ale] Seeking ways to getting around spyware on Windows</a></strong>
</li>
<li>Next by Date:
<strong><a href="msg00198.html">[ale] Site traffic measurement</a></strong>
</li>
<li>Previous by thread:
<strong><a href="msg00324.html">[ale] Seeking ways to getting around spyware on Windows</a></strong>
</li>
<li>Next by thread:
<strong><a href="msg00214.html">[ale] Seeking ways to getting around spyware on Windows</a></strong>
</li>
<li>Index(es):
<ul>
<li><a href="maillist.html#00200"><strong>Date</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="threads.html#00200"><strong>Thread</strong></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

<!--X-BotPNI-End-->
<!--X-User-Footer-->
<!--X-User-Footer-End-->
</body>
</html>