[lit-ideas] Status Post Programoplasty
- From: "aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "THEORIA" <THEORIA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:08:44 -0500
First of all, thanks to everyone for your comment and suggestions. They were
much appreciated. I have to say, my battle with this thing wasn't pretty, but
I came out on top.
Briefly, computers are a huge part of my life, but I don't like the technical
aspect of them. Like with a car, I turn the key, it runs, and that's what I
want to know about cars. Likewise with computers; I had a virus program, I was
protected, right? Hardly. Needless to say, it turns out my computer was
infected with malware, spyware, adware, and data miners. I had a total of over
60 critical objects on my system and never even knew it, including 7 redirect
host files. Over the years they sneaked in until I had a critical mass that
all but shut me down. I was ready to scrap my otherwise perfectly fine, if not
perfectly new, computer (tipping my hat to Lance, something I did *not* want to
do, on principle as much as anything else) when a very computer-knowledgeable
friend told me about a terrific program called Adaware (lavasoft.com). Adaware
is not a virus program but goes into the registry and C drive and cleans out
unwanted programs. It's also a world class firewa
ll. I used it and my computer is now as clean as the day I bought it.
Thanks again for all your suggestions and comments. It feels sooo good to be
back to normal.
Andy Amago
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