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Posted by discojoe on Sep-08-2003 02:07:

a few tech questions

sorry people im not much of a computer geek so bear with me. I have a few issues with my computer built up over the past few weeks and i am wondering if anyone can help me answer a few questions.

1. Is there any way I can get my msn to log me in invisible? i heard there was a program/mod you could download somewhere. not sure though. I hate signing on and having 20 people msg me.

2. I have an older version of norton antivirus (no more than a year or two old) and i am wondering if i can install that and just do the updates automatically and not have to go buy the new 2003 edition. anyone know anything about norting?

3. Anyone have any good spyware remover software they can recommend? im fucking sick of this crap on my computer.

thanks for the help friends

Posted by trancearmada on Sep-08-2003 02:18:

Re: a few tech questions

quote:
Originally posted by discojoe
3. Anyone have any good spyware remover software they can recommend? im fucking sick of this crap on my computer.

thanks for the help friends

3. Ad-Aware: http://download.com.com/3000-2144-1...tml?tag=lst-0-1
or try www.lavasoft.nu it's the same thing, but the later website actually explains everything to you in more details...

Posted by AmbiguousBliss on Sep-08-2003 02:25:

Re: a few tech questions

quote:
Originally posted by discojoe
sorry people im not much of a computer geek so bear with me. I have a few issues with my computer built up over the past few weeks and i am wondering if anyone can help me answer a few questions.

1. Is there any way I can get my msn to log me in invisible? i heard there was a program/mod you could download somewhere. not sure though. I hate signing on and having 20 people msg me.

Check out www.mess.be - that place has more than you need to modify MSN Messenger.

quote:
Originally posted by discojoe
3. Anyone have any good spyware remover software they can recommend? im fucking sick of this crap on my computer.

Like trancearmada said, try Ad-aware 6.0 (or whatever the newest version is). It's free and it works.

Posted by discojoe on Sep-08-2003 18:03:

alright well i downloaded the program and it worked ok but there is still one thing bugging me. its this banner bar at the top of my explorer screen i tried deleting anything funny from the add/remove program and i ran the add ware program but i cant delete it. its so annoying! any ideas how i can get rid of it? where would the banner be stored on my hd so i can delete it? please help me!

Posted by loconet on Sep-08-2003 18:19:

I find spybot to be one of the best spyware removers out there.

http://www.safer-networking.org/

Adaware is not too bad either.

Posted by las3rjock on Sep-08-2003 19:28:

I believe Spybot Search & Destroy is a more comprehensive spyware/adware removal tool than Ad-Aware. I seem to remember that not too long ago there was a particularly insidious spyware program floating around that Spybot could detect and remove but that Ad-Aware could not.

Regarding your copy of Norton Antivirus, if it hasn't been installed and updated before, I think your one-year subscription should still be valid.