Number 236 - January 2003

Free Download of the Day: Spybot Search & Destroy
by Megan Morrone
Find out how to clean the spyware out of your system     If you've been paying attention to "The Screen Savers," you know about Ad-aware, a free download that detects and removes spyware from your PC. But many of you have complained to me that Ad-aware doesn't detect everything. I spent several days and nights searching until I finally found Spybot Search & Destroy, a spyware remover that may even better than Ad-aware.	Why we love Spybot: Spybot found dozens of cookies, registry entries, and weird files that Ad-aware didn't catch. It took less time to search my system with Spybot than it did with Ad-aware. Spybot provides an obvious warning that deleting some files may cause freeware to no longer function. Spybot lets you recover files you've deleted. Spybot is free and contains no ads. Please donate if you have the means. The Spybot help file contains a list of spybots and adbots with some explanation so you can understand what you're deleting and what you're keeping.
Number 236 - January 2003