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  1. November 6th, 2004, 05:46 AM #1
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    Hows this

    Hows this for spyware lol

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  2. November 6th, 2004, 10:08 AM #2
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    How did you do that? And how are you going to get rid of all those search tool bars?
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    Thats the worst graphical display of spyware I have seen.....My record so far for peoples computers I have ran adaware on is 637 pieces of spyware....this is a girl I work with....her home computer and of course she said...I dont know how any of that got on my computer...
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  4. November 6th, 2004, 06:58 PM #4
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    LOL, what a mess I'd guess that to get that much at once you are conducting some kinda experiment, right? (sure hope so)

    As for getting rid of it, that's the easy part! unless you're one of those poor soles that rely on stuff like Adaware/spybot etc...

    "Computer says no"
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    One word.

    Format!!



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  7. November 6th, 2004, 08:09 PM #6
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    Yeah i would agree with hongman FORMAT this isn't my home pc thank god lol i have removed around 637 bits of spywar before which didn't help cause the computer died on me wouldn't even boot to windows
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    Haha, second the format idea!
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    Originally posted by LotusAstra
    unless you're one of those poor soles that rely on stuff like Adaware/spybot etc...
    please explain ?

    I don't rely on those things just use them for checking, but have never had them pick up anything, other than a file in error.

    But I'm curious as to what you mean by that statement.
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  12. November 11th, 2004, 01:09 AM #10
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    This proves how stable IE is. I'd like to see Firefox handle all that and still be able to kind of, sort of, browse the web in a tiny corner of the screen.

    Anyway-- a few of those aren't really spyware... some are legitimate browser add-ons
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  13. November 11th, 2004, 01:13 AM #11
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    Originally posted by Nix
    please explain ?

    I don't rely on those things just use them for checking, but have never had them pick up anything, other than a file in error.

    But I'm curious as to what you mean by that statement.
    You shouldn't RELY solely on those products to protect you. If you are careful about the sites you visit and especially what you click "Yes" for, you will avoid 99.9% of spyware. "Safe surfing."

    For example, like you, I only occasionally use them to check and I've never had them detect a real 'infection.' Spyware doesn't fly in from nowhere.
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  14. November 11th, 2004, 01:18 AM #12
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    Right that makes sense.

    I rarely asnwer yes to anything that wants to d/l unless I know what it is and requested it.
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    There's actually a really interesting (and not yet finished) writeup of a spyware infection at SANS:

    Follow the Bouncing Malware
    Part I
    Part II
    Part III

    By the end of the third part you'll be wondering how AdAware et al manage to do anything at all. This stuff is far nastier than your average virus in terms of how deeply it embeds itself.
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  16. November 11th, 2004, 03:13 PM #14
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    Nix, sry, been busy... but what Rapmaster said is exactly what i meant...
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  17. November 11th, 2004, 05:44 PM #15
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    Originally posted by LotusAstra
    Nix, sry, been busy... but what Rapmaster said is exactly what i meant...
    No worries, cheers.
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