Niche Software Steals Microsoft's Thunder

Written by Jim Edwards


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** FireFox Web Browser **

Security problems always seem to plaguerepparttar Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser.

In fact, last yearrepparttar 107216 problem got so bad, it forced Microsoft to release one ofrepparttar 107217 largest free software upgrades (Service Pack 2) inrepparttar 107218 history of computing.

According to both OneStat.com and Webside Story, two ofrepparttar 107219 Web's leading Web analytics companies, Microsoft's IE market share has dipped below 90%.

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In response to serious security threats to Internet Explorer, an upstart browser named FireFox from Mozilla.org took off like a rocket ship in late 2004.

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Probablyrepparttar 107221 most popular feature Firefox offers over IE is "Tabbed Browsing," which enables you to open multiple Web pages without opening multiple windows.

Firefox also limits harmful Active-X controls and pop-up windows.

Firefox tends towards a less forgiving attitude on HTML coding and may display some Web pages awkwardly, where IE displays most pages asrepparttar 107222 designer intended.

Despite this, Firefox makes an excellent browser and Microsoft should take heed that market dominance doesn't last forever once consumers see a viable alternative.

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Lavasfot Ad-Aware - Free Spyware Removal

Written by Steve Perlow


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Double click on any ofrepparttar objects and you’ll get details aboutrepparttar 107215 spyware. You can click onrepparttar 107216 “Show TAC page” and see an extended description ofrepparttar 107217 problem fromrepparttar 107218 Lavasoft website.

That object looks like one we should get rid of, and most ofrepparttar 107219 files found should be gotten rid of. Be careful though, because on this computer, there was one potential spyware object that made me stop and think.

Well this doesn’t look very good. “Possible Browser Hijack attempt”is generally spyware that should be cleaned out. But look atrepparttar 107220 “location” line, and you can see that this is a pyramid solitaire game. I checkedrepparttar 107221 link by opening internet explorer and finding it as one of my “Favorites”, and sure enough, this is a legitimate solitaire game and not spyware.

Why did Ad-Aware think it was spyware? Most likelyrepparttar 107222 solitaire game is programmed poorly and contains some abnormal redirections. In any case we need to tell Ad-Aware to leave this file alone.

To do this, closerepparttar 107223 details window, and checkrepparttar 107224 small box torepparttar 107225 left ofrepparttar 107226 questionable object. Then right clickrepparttar 107227 object and select “Add Selected to Ignore List.” The object will be removed fromrepparttar 107228 list, and will not be found in future scans. If you need to, you can always take items off your ignore list inrepparttar 107229 future.

All ofrepparttar 107230 other spyware on this machine should be deleted. To do this, select allrepparttar 107231 objects by right clicking on one, and choosing to “Select All Objects.”

Whenrepparttar 107232 objects are selected, simply click “Next” inrepparttar 107233 lower right,repparttar 107234 spyware will be removed, and you will return torepparttar 107235 program’s main screen.

That’s all there is to cleaning your PC of most spyware. If you had a serious and noticeable spyware problem, you may be able to seerepparttar 107236 difference immediately. Even if you didn’t have a major problem, your computer should run better now overall, especially onrepparttar 107237 internet, and will certainly be more private.

Ad-Aware is widely regarded as a great program that catches a very high percentage of possible spyware. It may not catch everything, and while other programs probably won’t catch more, there is a chance they could find something Ad-Aware missed. My recommendation is, for a general cleaning of spyware, Ad-Aware is all you need. If you have a major problem that Ad-Aware did not catch, try another FREE tool, like Spybot Search and Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html , to see if that program can fix it.

In my opinion spyware cleaning tools you purchase are no better than Ad-Aware, and in many cases are worse. That said, if you like Ad-Aware, you might consider buyingrepparttar 107238 paid version fromrepparttar 107239 Lavasoft website, as you get a few more features. Generally though, regularly checking your computer with free versions from Ad-Aware or Spybot will be enough to eliminate most spyware.

After exhausting all your free options, if you still have a major spyware problem (for example a homepage that is clearly an advertisers page but will not change), ask for help inrepparttar 107240 aworldofhelp.com forums. Describe your problem clearly, because almost certainly someone else has hadrepparttar 107241 same or a similar problem and can help.

Spyware can be a terrible nuisance, or it can be a crippling problem. Thankfully, Ad-Aware is an excellent and free tool for cleaning your personal computer.



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