Re: Slow''''''
Ditto on the Spybot and running more than one adware utility. Ditto also on keeping the definitions file updated.
There are slimey little geeks burning up the midnight hours all over the planet, drinking "Jolt Cola" by the case, typing away with cigarette stained fingers and just dying to make money, by annoying the heck out of the rest of us. They also study known adware utilities, in a never ending dance with them to keep ahead of one another. I'm of the opinion that more than a few of them actually work for some of the adware removal software companies - as in the ones that don't give their stuff away for free.
Also, if you are surfing and a window pops up, telling you that "your computer might be infected" and then tells you to click on something to remove it or tell you what the "problem" is, DON'T!. Many of these are spammers themselves and opening what they want you to open, will infect your computer and then try to get you to buy their product to remove it.
If you don't have virus protection, try Trend Micro's Housecall." Just run a search on "housecall" and you will find it. Trend Micro is a trusted source and Microsoft (I know, the evil empire) uses them to scan Hotmail. They also have other free utilities, such as "Hijack This, "Rootkitbuster," etc.
Such is life in the digital age. If I were "Osama Been Hidin," I wouldn't bother blowing stuff up - I would just go after the computers!
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. IE7 loads iboats too slow.
