[pchelpers] Re: Spyblaster

Ekhart,
 
Thank you for the detail instructions.  I can use the link that you gave me for 
my desktop.  I  have an Ethernet / wifi connection - Ethernet for the desktop 
and wifi for the laptop.  I  use  the laptop more frequently so there is 
increased probability for an infection.
 
Gerald 

--- On Thu, 3/26/09, Ekhart GEORGI (last name last) <Ekhart.GEORGI@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:


From: Ekhart GEORGI (last name last) <Ekhart.GEORGI@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Spyblaster
To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 3:32 PM


Hi Gerald and anyone else interested in SpywareBlaster

> First,  I clicked on the link, input my name and email address but I
> could not evade the sponsor screen.  I paid the $9.95 on a credit
> card.  Is that good for one year or permanent? The website wanted an
> extra $9.95 for automatic update but I evaded this to one payment.

You apparently didn't always click on the link(s) to the free version on 
the page(s) that opened up when clicking on the link John sent. As John 
explained, the program is free, so it would have been good to come back 
for help if you couldn't find the free version. In case someone else is 
looking for the free version, the direct download link is 
http://download.cnet.com/3001-8022_4-10196637.html?spiÌdb724e962a1ba4c341ac0eb38df4f7&part=dl-SpywareBl

If you want to learn how to deal with similar situations in the future 
and want to learn how to navigate typical free download pages that try 
to convince you to get the pay version, here's the walkthrough:

Clicking on the link John sent, which was 
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com , produces a page that has two buttons 
that say "free download". Clicking on the one in the middle at the top 
opens the page http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html which has 
two choices 1) Continue Download and 2) the so-called trialpay version, 
which (as explained there) is the version that has the autoupdate 
function and normally costs $9.95 but is free if you agree to buy or try 
some other product whose ad money pays for the pay version of the 
product (in this case SpywareBlaster) that you were originally downloading.

Clicking on choice 1 produces the page 
http://download.cnet.com/SpywareBlaster/3000-8022_4-10196637.html?part=dl-SpywareBl&subj=dl&tag=button&cdlPid852839
which has the button Download Now in the middle which brings you to 
http://download.cnet.com/3001-8022_4-10196637.html?spiÌdb724e962a1ba4c341ac0eb38df4f7&part=dl-SpywareBl

Clicking on the link John sent, which was 
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com , and on the second button that say 
"free download" in the middle at the left opens the page 
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html which has a big Free 
Download button on the top right, which takes you to the same page as 
above http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

Since you seem to have clicked on neither the free version nor the 
trialpay version (unless you also bought another product that you didn't 
mention and that happened to cost as much as the pay version called 
Pro), it seems you clicked on the link to the Pro version that has 
autoupdate. As explained on the page 
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbautoupdate.html that you got before 
clicking on the button secure buy now, 9.95 is a license for one year.

On the other hand, you claim that you avoided paying an "extra $9.95 for 
automatic update", so perhaps you bought some other product in an 
attempt to avoid paying for SpywareBlaster. In either case you now have 
a 1-year subscription to the version of SB that automatically updates.

> Second,  does Spywareblaster run in the background or do I have to
> activate it?  I did have it take a snapshot of my PC which only took
> several seconds.

It does not run in the background. It prevents so-called killbits in the 
registry, which prevent the malware (nasties) it knows about from being 
installed or from running (if any malware is already installed). I'm not 
familiar with the pay version. The free version requires you to click on 
"enable all protection" after updating manually, but maybe the pay 
version does both steps automatically. You can easily see whether all 
protection is enabled by looking at the summary on the page that opens 
up when you start the program.

> Third, Spywareblaster  does not interfere with my present anti virus
> software.  

If this is a question, yes, it doesn't interfere with your antivirus and 
other antispyware you may have.

> Can I put the email link on both my ethernet desktop and
> wi fi laptop?

Not sure what you mean with an email link. This normally means an 
Internet link in an email, in other words the address of an Internet 
page; clicking this link in the email opens the Internet page. Do you 
mean the link John sent? There is no need to do that.

Do you instead mean a shortcut to the program? In that case, yes, you 
can put that on the desktop of the computer you installed it on. Since 
you used the word "both", you apparently mean a second computer. That 
won't work; trying to click on a shortcut that refers to another 
computer will not work unless the same program is installed a second 
time on the other computer in the corresponding identical location.

> AVG was also like this.  It keep returning me to a screen for
> multiple payment.  A helper gave me the link to  the free version and
> after getting rid of some nasty bug I uninstalled AVG.  I probably
> can get  AVG back since I have the email messages.

Are you saying you thought you had to pay for AVG and did pay for it and 
are now nevertheless using the free version? Why would you do that? If 
your subscription has ended, you do not need to pay for a new one. You 
can switch to the free version by uninstalling the pay version and then 
installing the free one.

Ekhart



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