- yup...i swear by Spybot S&D. The first time I used it, i had over a hundred different instances. Although, the entries didn't slow down my Cable internet connection. ~Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Chambers" <michaelc@xxxxxxxxx> To: "SLAGA Geocaching List" <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:18 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Warning message from Internet Explorer??? > - > This message is an ad for anti-spybot software that you have to > purchase. It is generated by that product's company looking into your > hard drive when you visited a web site that they advertise on, and they > probably did find spybots on your computer. These are programs that > different web sites put on your computer to report your browsing > activities, and Lord knows what else. They do this continuously, and if > you have dozens of them doing this, they will take up all of your CPU > time, and this causes your computer to take longer and longer to do the > things that you are asking it to do. > > To get rid of them all, I swear by Spybot S&D. This is freeware, and I > heard about it from a computer guru on KMOX last Summer. I recommend it > to everyone who I hear is having a problem with their computer running > slower and slower while on the internet. The first person I recommended > it to found 73 spybots on his computer, and it had been crawling along - > even with a DSL line. You will be amazed at how much it speeds things > up to get rid of all the Spybots that you're probably infested with. > Here's the link. > > http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=home > > Good luck, > Leanman > > > Eric and Dayna East wrote: > > Subject: [GeoStL] Warning message from Internet Explorer??? > > I've gotten this message several times in past weeks & was wondering if > it is for real of if it's someone wanting to cause me grief. I suspect > the latter. What do you all think? > > Thanks & God bless! > > Eric > > > Warning. Important Message!!! > > You are seeing this message, because we have detected that you have > tracking software installed in your machine. (more info) > > This is not a virus, but a program in your machine that monitors ........... > > > > **************************************************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > **************************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > > **************************************************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field