ANSWER PAGE: my input? ----------------------- hello devilin, I would like to mention here something that happened and I found very unfair. I was just updating my good old Ad-aware (6. Version), why I keep an old version? because new programms often have bugs. And instead of getting the nice reference file, i get a corrupt file from lavasoft that ruins the whole program... This is lavasofts new policy of forcing us to use the new SE version. I mean, OK we will eventually use the new version, they could inform us in another way though. PS: Happy to see your site advancing like that.

A squared now tracks spyware too. I didnt know that, thought it was only for backdoors/troyans. Check it out : http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/

It's so-ooo unfair ,the ad aware update, although not totally unrelated to trying to sell their product, is also done because of the increasing amount of, --------anti-spyware, spyware programs,---- certain spyware programs on installation will hunt and destroy anti spyware programs, there is no end to their dubious behavior, but if you must have a copy of the old ad aware link below,

I'm currently running A squared, but I haven't taken it out to the high seas yet, to see how it really performs, seems like a limited database, I believe the spyware it calls malware, "malicious" I'll start working towards a dailer page this may help but firefox stops all dailer's automatically, so ? mmmmm what to do ????????? I'll work something out,

Is there any spyware that cannot possibly be removed by any means? I heard some of them embed into lsass.exe and one cant remove them. is that true? which is the worse thing a spyware can do?

Ok the c:\windows\System32\lsass.exe------- is part of the wonderful, XP security system, and has been exploited by viruses worms, and spyware, but Windows has now sorted out the problem, and a simple windows update should patch the exploit, they may be slow, but Microsoft does get there eventually

And if XP wasn't a bad enough security risk, longhorn is soon to be released Longhorn alpha versions are being tested. bigger better more secure, which is exact what they said about moving from 98 to XP, ooooohhhhhhhh dear Linux, must be rubbing their hands together in glee

thanks for that info devilin :). but what should we do? learn to use linux? why are there so few operating systems? questions, questions, questions...

Changing operating systems a frightening prospect for most people, the devil you don't know, Linux isn't quite there yet, but it's exceedingly close, you could try it yourself, without removing Windows, if you've got a CD burner, it's more to do with the programs, rather than the operating system, if all the programs ran on both, then the choice becomes much more tempting, to switch to Linux, especially once they get rid of the line commander prompt,

Why aren't there more operating systems, Bill Gates, he's just to good, he's running a virtual monopoly, Linux the upstart which will become the fly in his ointment, and Macintosh which will disappear eventually, with no real competition at the moment, he can do whatever he wants, virtually all computer systems come pre installed with the Windows operating system, until people start demanding Linux, nothing will change, the new Windows operating system is bound to be larger slower and more vulnerable to viruses worms and other exploits, because of the way it's written, secretly in small modules, with little communication between the people writing it, its a formula for disaster, and slow updates to problems, while Linux is written openly, you could download the entire manual for exactly what every part of the operating system does, making it easier to spot problems and address problems quickly

Meanwhile Bill Gates will do everything in his power, to make life as difficult as possible, for any other operating system, its in his interest to do so, but in the end the consumer is all powerful, not the corporation, so as Linux starts to take market share away from Windows, Windows will become smaller cheaper faster, and more security savvy, the next five years will become exceedingly interesting, Windows is bound to lose eventually, its already lost the server war, only a limited amount of servers, run Windows, its mostly Linux based Apache, but the fight with Bill Gates, vs. Linux, over operating systems for home computers, will be interesting to watch

? But what should you do personally magic, just wait it will unfold in front of you, life always finds it's balance :-)

me again :P :)how about cwshredder? i think its good, i d like to see it in your software collection, provided its realy good.

I'll check it out , from what I remember about it. it is very good if you know what your doing.it can become daunting.and can cause problems with begins