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  1. Mar 29th, 2004, 11:43 AM #1
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    IE Attracting Spyware

    Everytime i run IE i gather a bunch of Spyware, such as Bargains and Shopping things etc, Zone Alarm is going mad letting me decided if it should update something. So there have been some files placed on my pc, which are accessing something. Spybot removes them, but when i run IE they come back for the attack, like a magnet.

    Anyone know what might be the cause?
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  2. Mar 29th, 2004, 03:26 PM #2
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    Zone Alarm is your problem! It is spyware, and its not IE that attracts it, its ignorant people.
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    This is a prime reason I dumped IE. Running FireFox now. Things are much better.

    When was the last time you updated your virus scanner? Sonds more like a virus than spyware.

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  4. Mar 30th, 2004, 08:10 AM #4
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    Last week, but my virus scanner packed in recently, and ive been using Zone Alarm Pro for months now, no problems from there. And i cant scrap IE, AOL runs on the crap
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