Eisboch wrote in article
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Thanks for all the suggestions and recommendations. Looks like I got
it
cleaned up and working ok again.

Harry ... thanks for the Spy Doctor recommendation. It did the trick.

Eisboch




I was thinking about the recent spyware problems I had. As previously
posted, I was bragging about how I had used various computers for years
without virus or spyware protection and never had any problems.
I've had this particular laptop for over a year hooked to Adelphia for an

ISP and never had any problems.
Then suddenly, it got trashed with spyware stuff in a matter of a couple
of
days.

It just dawned on me that the problems started almost to the day that we
got
a notice that we may experience some network difficulties and/or brief
outages because the Adelphia network was being taken over by Comcast who
bought Adelphia a while back. They were doing something with existing
Adelphia customers to integrate it into Comcast.

I wonder if that had anything to do with the sudden onset of spyware
stuff.
Maybe Adelphia's service was better protected?

Eisboch



FWIW
My ISP (SusCom) was taken over by Comcast as well, and when my email
address was changed I too started getting a lot of junk email. So, I'm
guessing that Comcast email filters are not as strict plus the Comcast
customer base is a much bigger target for malicious/unsolicited email
senders.
TomC

P.S. They're web site (Comcast) sucks. It won't load in my brower if
cookies are disabled and then it takes forever if I enable them. So, I've
moved onto Yahoo for my home site.