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Old December 17th, 2004 Top | #21
 
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they should of bought lavasoft, hehe! and payed the creator of spybot for his tactics and definition structures for the ultimate spyware remover tool

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Old December 17th, 2004 Top | #22
 
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Originally Posted by j79zlr
don't forget to remove the MSJVM too if you are using IE. CWS can infect a fully patched SP2 PC that is still running MS java.
I think they allready removed their virtual machine, though I keep installing it and using it, as it still outperforms java, and I have no security issue on this box, my sandbox stops cold any attempts these trojans might attempt

I"ll stop using the ms vm when sun makes theirs as good...I'm amazed the ms machine still outperforms suns...also, when there are sites that I frequent that won't function with microsofts vm, or if I do run into a security issue.

in the mean time, sun java sux
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Old December 17th, 2004 Top | #23

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I think they allready removed their virtual machine
Yep, SP1a removed the MS JVM.
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Only bought the program a few weeks ago, will be interested to see what MSN puts up on the site in the next few weeks
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/interne....ap/index.html

i guess it was a matter of time.
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Originally Posted by jimi_81
Free ?? I'll be first in line to check it out ...
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