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April 10th, 2004, 03:33 PM
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Re: OT: Any way to forget Gator?
I use SpyBot-S&D Here, I think.
It might help out.
Also, here are some specific instructions for removal as found at SARC.
Good luck!
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April 10th, 2004, 05:22 PM
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Re: OT: Any way to forget Gator?
install a firewall, like zonealarm, then you can at least stop them from using your internet connection.
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April 10th, 2004, 05:45 PM
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Re: OT: Any way to forget Gator?
Dont use Internet Explorer. There are tons of better and safer alternatives.
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April 10th, 2004, 06:08 PM
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Re: OT: Any way to forget Gator?
But if you don't use IE you can't see my fiction website!! (Due to my crappy javascript)
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April 10th, 2004, 06:18 PM
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Re: OT: Any way to forget Gator?
Quote:
Originally posted by dogscoff:
But if you don't use IE you can't see my fiction website!! (Due to my crappy javascript)
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Well, at least one Javascript link on your story page worked in Firefox. I only turn on Javascript when I see a webpage needs it, anyways.
Oh, have you noticed yet, I'm a little paranoid about web interfaces. 
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April 10th, 2004, 07:01 PM
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Re: OT: Any way to forget Gator?
I definitely agree that Internet Exploder is not something anyone should be using anymore.  Besides Mozilla/Firefox, and its commercialized Version Netscape 7.x, there is also Opera and there are several lesser known browsers becoming more popular. ALL of them are more secure than IE. Even the "MyIE" front end replacement is more secure in some ways, though it still uses the Windows HTML DLLs and so has most of the vulnerabilities of IE. 
A firewall is not a bad idea but won't help against Gator and other 'spyware' that loads through web pages. Switching from IE is the best strategy to kill this sort of spyware because only IE supports 'ActiveX' in web pages which is remote execution built into your browser. Yep, IE has insecurity designed in as a feature, not a bug.
Additionally, for real privacy I recommend a 'web filter' that can intercept nasty HTML and Javascript code before your browser even sees it. While Mozilla has internal settings that give you a lot more control over what web pages can do (like an option to simply turn off popups) there is just nothing like being able to write your own scripts to kill advertising banners, neutralize snooping javascript, and alter the appearance of the page if you want.
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April 10th, 2004, 07:08 PM
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Re: OT: Any way to forget Gator?
Well Baron, there are those of us do not know how to script and don't want to know; what then?
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