Not entirely meant seriously: Don't use AOL or even better, don't use Windows?
Slightly more seriously: Use Firefox for browsing or at least a good popup blocker. Don't click on anything that says "You have won a price! Click here" and similar things. Make sure you always have the most up to date databases/libraries for your spyware apps (Spybot Search & Destroy and AdAware seem to work well in conjunction) and make sure they're active all the time (monitor your ports).
Spyware is often very clever and regularly improved. The checkers need to know what to look for first, of course, so you'll always end up with some.
In case of Ivan's AOL account hijack, get in touch with AOL because that's a breach on their end and you have a right to complain.
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Date: 2005-02-01 01:38 pm (UTC)Don't use AOL or even better, don't use Windows?
Slightly more seriously:
Use Firefox for browsing or at least a good popup blocker. Don't click on anything that says "You have won a price! Click here" and similar things.
Make sure you always have the most up to date databases/libraries for your spyware apps (Spybot Search & Destroy and AdAware seem to work well in conjunction) and make sure they're active all the time (monitor your ports).
Spyware is often very clever and regularly improved. The checkers need to know what to look for first, of course, so you'll always end up with some.
In case of Ivan's AOL account hijack, get in touch with AOL because that's a breach on their end and you have a right to complain.