At 07:18 PM 5/26/00 -0400, you wrote: >At 5/22/2000 09:02 PM -0700, Jack Henderson wrote: >>>>If you are not now a user of OPTOUT By Steve Gibson, you probably >>>>should be. Go to his new site and read about what the sites you visit >>>>and the programs you use have placed on your machine, as a part of >>>>their programs, to follow you about. Also how they look around for >>>>your name, address, and any other information about you that may be on >>>>your hard disk. >>> >>>Wow, this is scary.. >> >>Be ready for this, this is just the beginning. They intend to know >>everything you have on your computer, and how you surf the web. The can >>make a data base then with what you do and where you go. They sell this >>to anyone wanting to sell you something, wanting to kill your computer >>for fun, and of course the producers of software, to see if you are using >>software you did not pay for. >> >>Jack > >I just installed OptOut, and found my system to be clean! Yeah!!!! > > >Sandra Walroth SW Pa [email protected] Sandra, I do not want to rain on your parade it is great you are clean. The first time it was ran on my machine, I had 23 baddies. I started here on the OPTOUT thing, for all, as that is what Steve has available at present, but if you have been keeping up to date and reading his site deeply, you will find that there are several that it does not find now, but he is actually making a pay for version that will. Steve has placed freeware on the net for over 20 years as well as his well written, and needed at the time Spinrite program, which he had to charge for, after all we all need to eat. When he gets it finished I will be the first or close to it to obtain it. It is evident there are over 10 or more others who are calling home every time you are on the net that he does not now catch. Good luck. If you are not using Zone Alarm, think about it. It will keep some of the bad guys from phoning home unless you allow them to. Some however use your html code in the Brower to phone home. Jack