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11-02-2004, 08:44 PM

I use McAfee Online and it works well. It has stopped any virus I have encountered as well as the trojans.

Zone Alarm is a good firewall and it is free.

Ad-Aware is a good program for removing spyware.

The best thing you can do to stop your browser from being highjacked is dump IE. Switching your browser to Firefox should stop the highjacking. If for some reason you have to keep IE, read this article to help you remove it next time. But I strongly suggest you get rid of IE, it is so full of holes it is impossible to keep secure. You won't lose any of your bookmarks/favorites either. Firefox will import them right in.

Good luck.

11-02-2004, 08:44 PM	#6
DThomas	I use McAfee Online and it works well. It has stopped any virus I have encountered as well as the trojans. Zone Alarm is a good firewall and it is free. Ad-Aware is a good program for removing spyware. The best thing you can do to stop your browser from being highjacked is dump IE. Switching your browser to Firefox should stop the highjacking. If for some reason you have to keep IE, read this article to help you remove it next time. But I strongly suggest you get rid of IE, it is so full of holes it is impossible to keep secure. You won't lose any of your bookmarks/favorites either. Firefox will import them right in. Good luck.