[skylinerlab]

One other thing. Pages are loading normally now. Where does AURORA and Nail.exe come from. Any idea how I got it?? Does it have anything to do with Google?

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And no aurora since first changes were made.------Is it ok to run Mcafee and AVG?? Or should I run one firewall and one virus detection. Thanks for all..----------you are wonderful!!!! I read your homepage. Beautiful daughters. So sorry about the cancerous kidney. I know the feeling. I have an on going battle with severe diabeties. Was in intensive care for a week 11 months ago. Terrible. Glad you are better. GOD bless you and your children.

[skylinerlab]

And no aurora since first changes were made.------Is it ok to run Mcafee and AVG?? Or should I run one firewall and one virus detection. Thanks for all..----------you are wonderful!!!! I read your homepage. Beautiful daughters. So sorry about the cancerous kidney. I know the feeling. I have an on going battle with severe diabeties. Was in intensive care for a week 11 months ago. Terrible. Glad you are better. GOD bless you and your children.

[Kat]

To be totally honest, I don't know how you got the infection to begin with. I do know that Google is entirely safe though. Please only run ONE Anti virus and ONE firewall. IF you run more than one of each they can basically "cancel each other out"

Thank you for the compliments about my daughters! I think they're pretty awesome too!

Here are some tips, to reduce the potential for spyware infection in the future, I strongly recommend installing the following applications:

Detect and Remove Programs:

• How to use Ad-Aware to remove Spyware <= If you suspect that you have spyware installed on your computer, here are instructions on how to download, install and then use Ad-Aware.
• How to use Spybot to remove Spyware <= If you suspect that you have spyware installed on your computer, here are instructions on how to download, install and then use Spybot. Similar to Ad-Aware, I strongly recommend both to catch most spyware.

Prevention Programs:

• Spywareblaster <= SpywareBlaster will prevent spyware from being installed.
• Spywareguard <= SpywareGuard offers realtime protection from spyware installation attempts.
• IE/Spyad <= IE/Spyad places over 4000 websites and domains in the IE Restricted list which will severely impair attempts to infect your system. It basically prevents any downloads (Cookies etc) from the sites listed, although you will still be able to connect to the sites.
• MVPS Hosts file <= The MVPS Hosts file replaces your current HOSTS file with one containing well know ad sites etc. Basically, this prevents your coputer from connecting to those sites by redirecting them to 127.0.0.1 which is your local computer
• Google Toolbar <= Get the free google toolbar to help stop pop up windows.

Other necessary Programs:

• AntiVirus Program<= An AntiVirus program is a must! Whether it is a free version like AVG or Anti-Vir, or a shareware version like Norton or Kapersky, this is a must have.
• Firewall<= A firewall is definatley a must have. Two good free versions are Sygate and ZoneLabs.
• More Secure Browser<= Internet Explorer is not the most secure and best browser. There are safer and better alternatives available. I recommend Firefox, however Opera and SlimBrowsers are good as well.

And also see TonyKlein's good advice
So how did I get infected in the first place? and AntiSpyware Net's spyware article: Spyware, Adware, Malware: What it is, how it got on my computer, how to get rid of it, and how to prevent it.

[Kat]

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