Hey, thanks, but you'll have to tell me what a Web Dav browser client is and what NS 8 is (Norton something-or-other?). I do sometimes turn off autoupdates for some products, when they make it something you can find. And I try to keep things out of my system tray - it seems that every product out there thinks it needs to install something in your system tray and/or put itself in the Quick Launch area.

Russell

>If you screen your mail through a Web Dav browser client - before you download it into your desktop client - it will help.
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>Since I switched to NS 8 - other than the M$ pushed "ad-clicks" - I don't pick them up. Sometimes I think AV is part of the problem.
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>The system restore is another problem. Common sense and using something other than outlook or IE can make a big difference.
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>Turn off your auto updates and auto schedulers too. Everybody wants a piece of your desktop - many of the updates we install do nothing (remember rootkit) but help them and hurt you.