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Results of running Lavasoft Ad-aware 5.7
I occasionally receive a little, unsolicited message in the bottom right-hand
corner of my monitor screen which amounts to advertising or promotion of a product or service. I subsequently ran my Ad-aware program which detected the following Spyware components: Type - F System - Other Details - I am not sure of the proper action to take although I have done my best to read and understand the applicable literature. Is it o:k to delete without risk? I have a Windows Millenium operating system. Many thanks for your help. This message was sent earlier in incomplete form and I apologize for this. Stewart Fluney |
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It's a tracking cookie, ie from an advertiser on some web page you've
visited, that wants to keep track of other sites you go to in order to profile you. Just delete it. There are a no. of ways to ensure you never get another of this kind of cookie, but I won't go into them right now. If you're interested, post back and you'll get plenty of advice. Meanwhile, Ad-aware 5.7 is very well-out-of-date. If you plan on using Ad-aware again you should get the current build. Ad-aware 5.7 is no longer supported - and that means no definition-file updates. Being about 2 years obsolete, it isn't likely to catch much of what's current. http://www.lavasoftusa.com Shane "Stewart Fluney" wrote in message ... I occasionally receive a little, unsolicited message in the bottom right-hand corner of my monitor screen which amounts to advertising or promotion of a product or service. I subsequently ran my Ad-aware program which detected the following Spyware components: Type - F System - Other Details - I am not sure of the proper action to take although I have done my best to read and understand the applicable literature. Is it o:k to delete without risk? I have a Windows Millenium operating system. Many thanks for your help. This message was sent earlier in incomplete form and I apologize for this. Stewart Fluney |
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Adaware 5.7 ?
If that is the "true" version then since Adaware6 is out-of-date, is no longer supported nor updated then your version is way too old ! The latest version is Adaware SE v1.05. I highly suggested removing that old version and installing the new version. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ -- Dave "Stewart Fluney" wrote in message ... | I occasionally receive a little, unsolicited message in the bottom right-hand | corner of my monitor screen which amounts to advertising or promotion of a | product or service. I subsequently ran my Ad-aware program which detected | the following Spyware components: | | Type - F System - Other Details - | | | I am not sure of the proper action to take although I have done my best to | read and understand the applicable literature. Is it o:k to delete without | risk? | | I have a Windows Millenium operating system. | | Many thanks for your help. This message was sent earlier in incomplete form | and I apologize for this. | | Stewart Fluney |
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Dave:
Many thanks for your response and the information provided. The matter is now complete. Stewart Fluney "David H. Lipman" wrote: Adaware 5.7 ? If that is the "true" version then since Adaware6 is out-of-date, is no longer supported nor updated then your version is way too old ! The latest version is Adaware SE v1.05. I highly suggested removing that old version and installing the new version. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ -- Dave "Stewart Fluney" wrote in message ... | I occasionally receive a little, unsolicited message in the bottom right-hand | corner of my monitor screen which amounts to advertising or promotion of a | product or service. I subsequently ran my Ad-aware program which detected | the following Spyware components: | | Type - F System - Other Details - | | | I am not sure of the proper action to take although I have done my best to | read and understand the applicable literature. Is it o:k to delete without | risk? | | I have a Windows Millenium operating system. | | Many thanks for your help. This message was sent earlier in incomplete form | and I apologize for this. | | Stewart Fluney |
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