----------------------------------- SilverSprite Mon May 17, 2004 4:16 pm internet optimizer ----------------------------------- anyone heard of internet optimizer? sometimes it loads this page instead of the link i click.. its real weird.. i thought i removed it from my comp completely.. ----------------------------------- Amailer Mon May 17, 2004 6:47 pm ----------------------------------- i think it's the same thing as [url=http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=4546]this topic :S, mine is gone now.. i just del the whole damm folder :shock: ----------------------------------- Mazer Mon May 17, 2004 7:29 pm ----------------------------------- When in doubt... format? :) It helps to have a spare hard drive to throw all the data you want to keep onto while you reinstall everything so that's probably not the most advisable solution. I guess you could try closing all programs that you about, then go to the task manager and look for programs you don't recognize. Usually when I do a fresh install of Windows I take a screenshot of the task manager window so I know what's normal before other people screw things up. ----------------------------------- Martin Mon May 17, 2004 9:12 pm ----------------------------------- Install linux. Linux is spyware immune. I thought you already had linux? Jerk for uninstalling it. ----------------------------------- Dan Mon May 17, 2004 11:04 pm ----------------------------------- Install linux. Linux is spyware immune. I thought you already had linux? Jerk for uninstalling it. immune implys it is imposable for it to ever get it, that is not true. the trueth is that there just is far less virus and spy ware for linux, but it is still posable to get it if some one makes it. I think it whould be about the same difualy to get spy on your comp no matter what u use if there was the same number of spy ware for every os, b/c usely u get spy ware by clicking on somting or dling it witch whould still happen on any os. ----------------------------------- Mazer Tue May 18, 2004 6:40 am ----------------------------------- Yeah but all the spyware and viruses for Linux are open source so you can at least tweak it before you let the thing screw you over. :P ----------------------------------- gvc Sat May 22, 2004 7:15 pm Re: internet optimizer ----------------------------------- anyone heard of internet optimizer? sometimes it loads this page instead of the link i click.. its real weird.. i thought i removed it from my comp completely.. Download and install Ad Aware. It is free and it will clean up your spyware. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ ----------------------------------- the_short1 Sun May 23, 2004 10:43 pm ----------------------------------- for internet based spyware... Spybot search and destroy is better... i had this almyghty search shit thingy... and ad aware and Spysweeper by webroot BOTH didn't get rid of... then i looked on google... and someone said to get spybot to remove it from ur comp... so try all three Ad-Aware Spybot Search And Destroy Spy Sweeper u ----------------------------------- SuperGenius Thu Jun 03, 2004 9:00 pm ----------------------------------- the guy who makes spybot is much more on the ball than the ad-aware crew; he updates it much more frequently. Also it picks up stuff that ad aware misses. ----------------------------------- the_short1 Thu Jun 03, 2004 10:14 pm ----------------------------------- but ad-aware picks up stufff that spy sweeper misses... and also spybot.. so for best protection... run all 3! they all have their s[peciallty one is more internet based spyare *spybot adaware is more program based spyare and spy sweeper is more of a mix... all three can do internet and programss , but some are better then others...