Netbarrier X5 or internet cleanup 5 ?

Hello folks,
Which app is better to get:
1. Netbarrier X5
2. Internet Cleanup 5 ?
Cheers,
-Bill

Bill H. wrote:
These are not AV apps.
right ! sorry, i misread
They are also used to clean bookmarks, browsing history, caches, cookies, and download history files so your personal information gets wiped regularly from your computer.
still, these apps are known to cause more problems than doing good. for the tasks mentioned above, take a look at Cocktail
good computing !

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See if your Mac will boot from the install DVD.
Then uninstall Internet Cleanup.
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lm2

lm2,
Try this: Uninstalling Internet Cleanup from your Mac
For others reading this thread please read the reviews of this software on: versiontracker
;~)

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Get a UPS 1500VA for your Mac Pro.
I would be surprised Smith is 10.5.x compatible, why not look at Onyx or Leopard Cache Cleaner, or just manually clean out ~/Library/Caches/
Resetting the SMC (button for pre-2008, leaving unplugged for 2008 model).
http://www.apple.com/support/macpro/
Obviously first, if DW repairs your drive and you are running 10.5.4, you have another disk drive and can boot, no?
Backups and cloned system?
Else, start installing and setting up a new OS boot drive. Later you can try to merge or migrate and salvage files and applications.
Note some of the comments on this Internet Cleanup 5.0
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19900

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Dmitry,
Follow the instructions here to remove it - just don't reinstall. Remember to remove the other two files mentioned further down the thread on that page.
Spyware is pretty much a self-inflicted injury: The OS as such does not matter, since spyware depends on user behavior. (Please don't misunderstand this: The spyware would still have to be coded to run on a Mac, but OSX itself is not an impediment.)
I'm not aware of much of anything in the way of spyware for OS X - for now.
That said, you can take steps to protect yourself:
Configure your firewall correctly.
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Don't use P2P (Limewire and the like) or visit "dodgy" (unknown, copyright infringing, skanky, etc.) Web sites.
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Create a separate administrator account for installing software and updates and make your user account an ordinary, nonadminstrative user.
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Both are SL 10.6.1 compatible and work like a charm. Between the two of them, I think they will do everything (and more) that you are looking for. I'm very pleased but it was costly.
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Hi,
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Both Mail and Safari do indeed use the keychain for storing user/password information. Have you tried repairing the keychain from within Keychain Access? This can be done from the Keychain menu -> Keychain First Aid.
One quick test you can do to help narrow down things is to try these applications in another user account. This will help us to know whether your problem is local to your account or system wide. If you don't have another account you can use System Preferences -> Accounts -> [+] to create a test one (and [-] to remove it if needed)

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What I'm doing.....
[1] Recording a TV programme on EyeTV (410) and exporting it to iMovie - sucessful every time
[2] Edit the iMove project and add chapter markers and save project - no problem.
[3] Export to iDVD - iDVD shows exporting in progress and whilst this is still showing iDVD launches
[4] iDVD starts playing the music from a std theme for a few seconds and then stops. Then resumes the music after resizing the window and then after a couple of more seconds freezes. From the Dock I can see that iMove and iDVD are "not responding"
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I have tried:
Re-exporting the project from EyeTV
Deleting the preferences files for iMove and iDVD
Deleting the iLife suite and re-installing
Doing an OSX archive and re-install
Installing a fresh OSX (10.4.8) on a different drive and installing fresh software
Running Disk Utility - clean bill of health on both drives
Repaired permissions
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===== Tuesday, 24 October 2006 22:56:45 Europe/London =====
[KN,10:57:08:852]/SourceCache/iDVD/iDVD-791/./PBProjects/iDVD/RemoteControlContr oller.m:348 : switchTheme: mIsPlaying = 0
[KN,10:57:08:852]/SourceCache/iDVD/iDVD-791/./PBProjects/iDVD/RemoteControlContr oller.m:348 : switchTheme: mIsPlaying = 1
[KN,10:57:11:968]/SourceCache/iDVD/iDVD-791/./PBProjects/iDVD/RemoteControlContr oller.m:348 : switchTheme: mIsPlaying = 1
2006-10-24 22:57:53.394 iDVD[424] NSExceptionHandler has recorded the following exception:
NSInvalidArgumentException -- * -[NSCFArray addObject:]: attempt to insert nil
Stack trace: 0x954ee243 0x9264f2cb 0x9264f110 0x925dd399 0x000df708 0x000df806 0x00215e6d 0x002167ef 0x0021470b 0x001a0b4f 0x00184105 0x92627d78 0x92627222 0x92626fa9 0x92626811 0x92621ae0 0x00166dc7 0x9261e861 0x925f2ef1 0x925f2d1b 0x9151d6c5 0x9151d5f6 0x9151d4c2 0x92dda340 0x9325c63d 0x9325c056 0x93255ddb 0x93249d2f 0x0000ad5d 0x0000ab36 0x0000aa51 0x00000002
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Yes, tried that when I deleted the preferences. Disk Utility did not report any permissions needed repairing.
What really mystifies me is that this export to iDVD did work once and I expected it to resume once I'd created a fresh OSX install along with all the iLife apps on a new partition, but it remained the same!
Perhaps there is some sort of other software conflict going on? I have Adobe CS2, MS Office, Toast and FMP installed all are latest editions. On the utilities front I have installed Stuffit Deluxe, Internet Cleanup, Contour USB controller for video editing and a LogicTech wireless trackball. Again all the drivers are the latest releases.
Does anyone know if there are any preferences associated with the other not responding applications listed in my other post that I could try the delete-reboot trick on?

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I see these and have issues with my macbook not waking up from sleep...I deinstalled the internet cleanup app by dragging it to trash but these still persist! have always had schedulermailer errors but not sure what they were
my mac is..macbook running 10.5.8 leopard....
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Hello guys! I need real hands-on practical help here, please.
I have already asked for help in here but didn't manage to get clear step by step help. Only got confusing redirection to other posts and very technical advice which really confuses me.
First of all, I have an iMac8,1 with Snow Leopard 10.6.7. Memory 2GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, and before the problem occured I had about 260-270 of free GB out of more than 300 GB.
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This is just a guess, but that file may be part of the mechanism that Internet Cleanup uses to erase the free space. It might allocate a very large file, write erase patterns to that file, then (if allowed to complete), delete that file. Since you didn't let it complete, that file remained.
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