"the Internet, a development that promises social control"

[David Morris]

--- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Question: Since all browsers (I think all of them) allow one to erase any or
all of the various cookies that have been placed on your hard drive, wouldn't
this be an effective way to get rid of the objectionable spyware activity? I
don't know the answer to this.

Spybot, which is free, does a very good job of cleaning out unwanted spyware,
after the fact.  I've just downloaded the free version of Add-Aware, which I
think will, to some degree, block them from getting on board in the first
place.  The thing is, not all cookies are bad, so you have to manage the
software you use as a blocker or cleaner.  Add-Aware also has a pop-up blocker,
but till now I've been using "Popup Killer," also free, which works well.

Of course the fight will never be over.

David Morris

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