Cleaning Internet Explorer

October 5, 2005

IE 6.0 and below suck. Honestly, it is updated a few times every other
month with SERIOUS security issues. Those security issues are
constantly exploited by spyware and spam. It really is ridiculous
how much business Microsoft has given to spammers.

Switching to FireFox, or Opera

FireFox is the Shiznit!

CLEAN IE, DOWN AND DIRTY:

1) Get Rid of Cookies.
Do a search on your entire computer for cookies just as you would search for ANY file. Type in “cookie” in the search app
2) ADD/REMOVE SpyWares
Next uninstall the blatant crap on your system: Go to Add/Remove
Programs | look for applications like “search” or “accelerator” or
“optimizer”. Don't just arbitrarily remove stuff, only remove
stuff you know it crap. If you not sure, google it.
3) Get the TOOLS
Next download “adaware” its free on majorgeeks.com
Another good one is CWShredder and Hijackthis (use with great
caution. In fact, don't use it without reading up on it.)
4) USE SAFEMODE
Boot into safemode and use all your new found tools.
Safemode only runs your essential processes.
Get to safemode by rebooting and hitting “F8″ like crazy as computer starts to come up.

This should clean your system unless you have some very special Trojans
or RootKits on your system. If the problem is really bad you can
always back up your important data and reload Windows from scratch.

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Written by elamb.security · Filed Under IE 7, Internet and Information Technology Security, firefox, security