"Steve Calvin" wrote in message > PatETC wrote:
>> I've used AOL for years but am beginning to see I'm wasting my money.
>>
>> I use a dial-up--what is my best option to replace AOL - cheap?????
>>
>> Pat
>>
>
> Talk to people in your area and see what service that they're using for
> dial-up, assuming you can find folks using it. (not a "shot", but it's
> becoming increasingly rare)
>
> I've never used AOL but if you can, try downloading Firefox (net
> browser/surfer) and Thunderbird (mail and newsgroups) and get familiar
> with them. They're really very easy to get going with the basics.
> http://www.mozilla.org
>
> Then download SpyBot Search and destroy from:
> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
>
> As well as Ad-Aware from:
> http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
>
> Update the definitions and run them weekly. Updating them is simple.
> There's a button on the startup menus that will say something like "check
> for updates" or a similar phrase.

Steve

I've had both of those programs installed for some time. A couple of
months ago I downloaded for free a program called SpyBlaster, at
www.spyblaster.com . This program gets rid of the spyware before it
reaches the computer. I've checked it against AdAware and SpyBot and
hardly any spyware gets through.

Dora