Beware: Malware

I have been wanting to post on spyware, scumware, and malware in general for a while. In case you don't know what that is, these are programs that get into your computer, track what you do and send it to advertisers (which means pop-ups).

My computer has been possessed for some time now (ever since the roomy used my comp to play in his online casino). Even as I type this post, I have been interrupted by windows putting this page to the background. I have discovered that Ad-Aware and Spybot are wonderful free programs which have helped me a lot in the past. Alas, something has crawled up very deep inside and embedded itself.

I highly suggest Ad-Aware. When I first ran it, I had over 200 pieces of Scumware running through the memory.

My latest find is a program called HijackThis, which sadly requires more expertise than I currently have.

Final word of advice, never click "YES" to either GAIN or GATOR. Those are the big, bad ones. I am convinced that these turkeys are no longer asking me before they load themselves on now.

More as I learn it...