8 posts and columns on Spy Sweeper

Sending Video Files Without YouTube

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on July 30, 2008 at 5:00 pm PT

Walt Mossberg answers readers’ questions about sending video files without YouTube, buying a MacBook for an art/graphic-design student, and choosing a reliable antispyware program.

Vista: Worthy, Largely Unexciting

in Personal Technology on January 18, 2007 at 11:59 pm PT

Vista is the best version of Windows that Microsoft has produced, Walt Mossberg says. But while navigation has been improved, the successor to XP isn’t a breakthrough in ease of use.
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Blocking Spyware Before It’s Installed

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on August 24, 2006 at 12:01 am PT

Walt answers questions about antispyware software, Powerline adapters and the Mac mouse button.

Moving iTunes Files To a New Computer

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on April 20, 2006 at 12:01 am PT

Walt answers questions about moving iTunes files to a new computer, file-compressing programs and security software.

Finding a Photo-Organizing Program

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on March 2, 2006 at 12:01 am PT

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about switching between software provided by camera companies, Web-based tax-preparation software and scheduling antispyware sweeps.

Books for Switching to Macintosh

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on August 18, 2005 at 12:01 am PT

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about switching to Macintosh, eliminating spyware and transferring files from an old computer to a new one.

Despite Others’ Claims, Tracking Cookies Fit My Spyware Definition

in Personal Technology on July 14, 2005 at 12:01 am PT

If you don’t like the idea of tracking cookies, run an antispyware program that detects and removes them, along with all the other indefensible computer code some companies think they have the right to install.

Curing a Laptop’s Startup Ills

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on June 9, 2005 at 12:01 am PT

This week Walt Mossberg answers questions about how to cure a laptop’s startup ills and wireless Internet access with a dial-up connection.