limey wrote:
> "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
>
>
>
hm. thanks' Dora. I haven't heard of it but I'll certainly check it out!

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