[no subject]

The IE tweak will lock IE from malicious changes. ( you should be using
Firefox
anyway).

The hosts file fix adds all the domain names that they know about and
points them 
to 127.0.0.1 so you don't get most pop-ups. 


On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 13:39 -0400, Mills, John M. wrote:

> Jason -
> 
> "Ounce of prevention ..." department:
> 
> You may want to set up Spybot
&gt; [<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,
&gt; well-regarded, and has an &quot;immunize&quot; mode intended to shortstop some types
&gt; of attack. The home site also has some background information to help folks
&gt; recognize common traps - only works if the user pays attention, of course.
&gt; (Same as advice like: &quot;Don't play in traffic.&quot;)
&gt; 
&gt; I've heard good reports, but have no experience on 'AdAware'; and the latest
&gt; Microsoft offering is said to actually be useful.
&gt; 
&gt; &quot;... pound of cure.&quot; deparment:
&gt; 
&gt; If you install from a CD, does it have a &quot;Restore&quot; function, or do you need
&gt; a fresh copy automatically on each startup? If you can make a DVD, that
&gt; would let you snapshot your fresh installation, and then something like
&gt; Knoppix or SystemRescue CDs would let you freshen the installation with
&gt; copies of earlier content.
&gt; 
&gt; DISCLAIMER: I never tried doing this on a regular basis, though I have
&gt; recovered trashed MsWin systems this way with Knoppix.
&gt; 
&gt; -----Original Message-----
&gt; From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jason
&gt; Smith
&gt; Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 1:09 PM
&gt; To: ale at ale.org
&gt; Subject: [ale] Seeking ways to getting around spyware on Windows
&gt; 
&gt; Hi all,
&gt; 
&gt; I need to setup my parents' computer with Windows and
&gt; was thinking of ways to prevent them from
&gt; inadvertently installing spyware/adware.
&gt; Windows is a must since it is all that they are
&gt; familiar with.
&gt; 
&gt; One idea I had was to 
&gt; 1. Install Linux with VMware ... and an image of
&gt; windows XP. That way, if their current image got
&gt; messed up with spyware, I could have them make a copy
&gt; of the original clean image and use that.
&gt; 
&gt; Are there better ways of doing this?
&gt; 
&gt; Thanks
&gt; 
&gt; 
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