|I am worried about installing spyware, or software with viruses, trojons,
|etc. in them.
Well, no matter who recommends a program and where you get it from you
should ALWAYS scan it first. You should always keep your Antivirus
programs uptodate.
|Please advise
Safe Hex - Safe Computing Tips
http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
Safe Computing Practices (Safe Hex)
http://www.cknow.com/vtutor/SafeComputingPractices.html
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/security.htm
http://netsecurity.about.com/b/a/025907.htm
Have a nice day!
Tramp,
How much I enjoy many of your posts, and how many older programs long
forgotten by me you gave back... this is not a very sound advise!
First of all I have to see the first Freeware ANTI-VIRUS program that will
detect spyware in an installation program under download.
Second, most of the time you find out either at the end of installation (if
they are "kind enough" to mention the type of spyware to be installed and
ask for your permission.) or, in the worst case, when it is too late and
the junk is already on your system!
"Safe Hex" is good, but why not advise the OP to run Adaware SE Personal
Edition; and to run Spybot Search and Destroy, run Javacool's SpywareGuard
and SpywareBlaster? (Note: Adaware and Spybot can be downloaded from
"majorgeeks.com", spyware tools section; this in case spyware should block
your access to the author's sites); Javacool's software can be downloaded
from
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com. In extreme cases it might be
necessary to ask for expert help (and run HiJackThis)... see MajorGeek's
anti-spyware page and forum, or Wilder's Security Forums
(
http://www.wilderssecurity.com).
Although the program is overly sensitive to certain types of software, I
also would advise the OP to download A-Squared, register for a free account
(unless you subscribe to their newsletter, you only will get one message
from them: the one containing the registration key), and scan your system
with that one too!
Note: ALWAYS update anti-anything programs first, before running the scans;
all programs mentioned in the above are freeware.