Expert: Lorry - 6/20/2004

Question
But do I have to use professional software?  Is there some technique or simple program I can write myself that will kick them out or stop them; or is there a feature in the browser that lets me prevent them from coming in?

Thanks,
PS:  Not that I am afraid of buying a software package; I  just like to do things on my own if possible.  It's a great learning experience.


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Followup To
Question -
I use ad-aware program to find spyware type junk that gets downloaded. I run this every day or so and remove these little rascals because they slow down my on-line experience.

BUT, how can I detect them as they come in and prevent them from getting onto the cookie list in the first place?

Thanks,
Cleggsan

Answer -
Hi Cleggsan,

The odds are that you are using the "free" version. For example, if you pay Ad-aware, Spy Sweeper, Spybot Search and Destroy, they will detect spyware right away.

Hope this helps!
Lorry

Answer
Hi Cleggsan,

You're one up on me there, I never wrote a program. I run Ad-aware once a week, just in case, so far, all it has found is cookies. The same for when I ran Spy Sweeper and Spybot Search & Destroy.

Perhaps you could ask someone in the Programming category:

http://allexperts.com/central/computing.shtml

I don't even know which kind of program you would need,

Programming

C/C++
Delphi Programming
Focus on Java
Focus on JavaScript
Focus on Web3D
HTML/XML
Perl/PHP
Visual Basic

Hope this helps!
Lorry