Spyware/adware creators? Let's turn them off, permanently!

Received several emails concerning actually getting to Patrick Kolla's site to download Spybot. Here's some alternatives: TUCOWS, MAJORGEEKS, CNET DOWNLOADS. Beware that TUCOWS will drop an advertising cookie on your computer immediately. If you install Spybot 1.3 or Ad-aware, either program will rid you of this annoying popup magnet. TUCOWS is a very old site that offers freeware and shareware. I hate they have resorted to adware, but it is easily overcome and there is some satisfaction in obtaining the program from their site that stops this junk. Be sure and download from the state nearest you. MAJORGEEKS is just a slick site. Sometimes they are very busy so be patient. CNET DOWNLOADS is an old site that started using some kind of voodoo download manager they try and push on you just a few months ago. Haven't really researched it, but I suspect some type of tracking barnyard material. It's a sorry state of the web when we have to forewarn people of all these evil nuances. Oh, if I just had one day as Ruler of the Known Universe, the population problem would see great resolve and many spyware/adware, virii writing nancy boys, etc. would disappear!

Have you updated your antivirus definitions today? Do you have your antivirus program scheduled to run every day? Did you upgrade from Spybot Search & Destroy 1.2 to version 1.3? Have you run Ad-Aware today? When was the last time you defragmented your hard drive? Hope within the past month. When was the last time you ran a ScanDisk? Again, hope within the past month. Emptied that temp folder lately? Sorted out your cookies in the past few days? If any of this is a puzzle, please, please email me and I will gladly help. Or better yet, click on one of my SouthernPhried links and do the 'Ask the Geeks' thangy. Protect yourself.

"The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil."
-Dr.Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)