Spyware can track what you do on-line, it may report what
sites you visit, the better to target you for ad popups and
spam, it may even be a keylogger which will copy and send
your passwords and bank account data to someone for their
use.
Two good programs to get and they are free...
SpyBot Search and Destroy from
www.safer-networking.org
and Ad-Aware from
www.lavasoftusa.com
These will detect many types of evil programs and cookies
and remove them. When you do the download, don't forget to
run their updates, just like viruses, spyware mutates.
Also be sure to run a firewall and keep your anti-virus
current.
| John.... spyware.... I've never given this much thought.
1) Is this a big
| issue?
| 2) How does one know if "spyware" is installed?
| 3) What's the objective of spyware if piggy-backed upon
something like an
| inocent smiley face icon?
|
in message
| | > There are plug-ins, many have spyware attached. Google
for
| > "smiley icon"
| >
| >
| > message | > |
works in Word/Outlook for me on XP
| > |
message
| > | | > | > ebeck, both! On my WIN98SE machine I can create a
smiley
| > face image in
| > | > Word
| > | > or Outlook. I remember doing something to associate
| > those keys with that
| > | > face but I don't remember what. Anyway, it's the XP
| > that's the target now.
| > | > PLease let me know how.
| > | >
| > | >
message
| > | > | > | >> Just out of curiosity, do you mean that this
happens in
| > | >> Word, or Outlook, or what program on your Win98
| > computer.
| > | >> In Office XP there's a way to get it to
automatically
| > | >> convert. Let me know if that's what you mean, and I
can
| > | >> tell you how.
| > | >>
| > | >> Cheers,
| > | >> E.
| > | >>
| > | >> >-----Original Message-----
| > | >> >I've forgotten how I created this on my other
machine
| > | >> that uses WIN98SE.
| > | >> >Whenever I press this combination of keys,
....
I
| > get
| > | >> a smiley face. How
| > | >> >do I do that in XP?
| > | >> >
| > | >> >
| > | >> >.
| > | >> >
| > | >
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