Read Latest Entries..: (Post #23) by jlhaslip on Oct 18 2005, 07:27 PM. (Line Breaks Removed)
In my experience, the best way to have people learn about the importance of being careful about downloads is to have them get a really bad mal-warre which locks their machine solid. Believe me, it will change their habits. When a powerful, hard to remove set of malware won't let them do anything on the device and requires a major reset of the system (probably a hard drive re-format and re-inst... read more.
From search bars to computer pals, cursor software to password remembering software, screensavers and so on without any care of what ALL they're download?
Are people still so stupid they click on the advertisements for free cars and boats?
You'd think with all the computers that people would know how to use a spyware destroyer or at least not download so much stupid junk.
What would be the best sollution? commercials? or should we just mass spam like aol with their cupholders/cds?
Its because people are idiots, they are too concerned about what their pc looks like rather than how it operates, the plain fact is that everyone tinks those pree ipod things are real and that they will get one by entering, but instead they take your email and send you adverts for more crap with more spyware.
Indeed, we download much spyware. I'm not going in to any pop-up or something, but some spyware you just can't block.....
You can prevent getting spyware by not going to some sites...you can think of the most yourself i think.... Do never go in on some banner or something, that says stupid things.. Have a good blocker. Like ad-aware or something. And scan you computer once a week or something.
Ya, I will admit there is soem that just cant be dealt with thatsw why I refresh my copy of windows every 4 months... Sad thing is I never have to with linux =p
I think the big reason why people download spyware is a lack of education. People just don't realize what they are downloading onto their computers. I have had alot of friends call me over to help do something on the computer. While doing this I have noticed that many people have alot of spyware software installed onto their computer. When I point it out to them they always say that they didn't know that the program contained spyware. I explain to them the type of things to look out for and usually when I come over the next time they have signifcantly less malicious software installed if any at all.
You ask why people are so bumb as to install spyware, well tell me if you were walking down the street and saw a 100 dollar bill laying on the sidewalk, would you pick it up? Now what if I told you that same Bill was laced with a powerful nerve toxin. Withen several seconds of touching it your skin would start to grow legions and swell, within several minutes your throat would swell and you would sufficate. Now tell me why you picked up that 100 dollars. Probably because you wanted it. So why would you download a desktop buddy? Because you want it, and just like that 100 dollar bill there was no sign anything was wrong.
Well, If you care for your secuirty (and health) you would INVESTIGATE first..... I mean come on, And YES I agree its pathetic the number of spyware that exist but ...well nvrmind...
People just dont know how harmful some of those things are..and they really dont know that they get spyware and such from clicking links like that and those phony "You've won Blah blah" and on top of that alot of spyware is unnoticable to people like that. Like Arigato said its lack of education.
Of course, these days you have to be careful of what you download. If it seems to good to be true, it probably is...and probably may affect how your PC operates. I never click any pop-up/banner ads, and I do as much research on a product I may need - not so much for how my computer looks but how it will make it operate more efficiently. As someone pointed out earlier, there are many people out there who don't realize that they've downloaded spyware/adware - since it can be hidden within the program itself.
Heh, I have learned to go farther than the to good to be true thing... if its a bad deal its to good to be true....... Thats why trap blew me away... =p Servers (in my short run tests) arnt even laggy ;p
In my experience, the best way to have people learn about the importance of being careful about downloads is to have them get a really bad mal-warre which locks their machine solid. Believe me, it will change their habits. When a powerful, hard to remove set of malware won't let them do anything on the device and requires a major reset of the system (probably a hard drive re-format and re-install) most people learn from the experience. But not all of them. I have a friend whose machine gets locked up about every four months, but he still continues to D/l the stuff which harms the computer, so I have quit helping him to reset anything. I'm not certain he will ever learn from these experiences. Some people are just like that...
Some people download the spyware and adware without knowing it. Most people are not computer illerate. They don't know much about computers or why their computers slow down so much. They don't even know what a spyware does or how to fix that problem. However, some people donwload stuff like limewire and kazaa at their own will knowing that there will be adware and spyware. Some download softwares like aol, which comes with a useless weatherbug. The people who should take the blame for all the spyware and adware are the makers and companies who wants to advertise. There should be a law if not already banning all forms of spyware. Then theres spyware from overseas....
I'm not talking about spyware that exploits holes in your system (but, good protection and removal software takes care of that) Im talking about conciously downloaded programs, Like the stupiedest examples, Anything that teaches you how to hack (Its a lot bigger than you think) Do you honestly think that someone who can hack wont take the oppurtunity to *self censored* up your machine? Its like Yay, I spanked the monkey NOW GIVE ME MY FREE iPod! Then the sites like no you can have a iPod just spend some money online and click this and this and this and this and this and this.... And screw you pc up! ...Have fun if you want to win a free iPod by the way...
Heh, I have learned to go farther than the to good to be true thing... if its a bad deal its to good to be true....... Thats why trap blew me away... =p Servers (in my short run tests) arnt even laggy ;p
spyware is pointless and stupid i agree. But sometimes spyware you cant help but download. i downloaded something off Microsoft update and ACTAULLY got a boat load of spyware installed on my computer, Everyone offers it, and its hard to NOT download lol. but eitherway spyware does suck.
Viruses, spyware, malware, adware, and all that extraneous bull that we have to deal with nowadays
are becoming more frequent. Obviously we don't want this crap on our computers so I advise you
take precautions. * Avoid downloading anything from sites or people you don't know. Duh. *
Don't even bother looking at attachments in spam. Duh. * If you receive an e-mail from someone
you don't know, don't click on any of the links. Duh. * Anything other than a multimedia
file or a text file is able to harbor extra crap you're not going to want. This ....
I was checking out something in the techrepublic website and came across this download
http://software.techrepublic.com.com/downl...mp;promo=100202 . I read through the functions of the
software and pasted below is wat I found . . . QUOTE Overview: PersonalWeb learns your
interests by collecting data from your various Web browsers about how you use the Web, and also
identifies some of your computer settings and software applications. PersonalWeb then finds content
to match your interests by analyzing Web sites, search results and other sources of information to i....
It's not surprising though, if some of you remember my research paper, I did mention that
computer hacking and viruses cost companies over sixty billion dollars. So to keep in check these
two years is from 2005-2007, and that over seven billion has be lost because of the fastest growing
computer crimes in today's world. The survey that was taken they asked 2000 people and list the
following percentages of these crimes: 38% (760) reported computer viruses 34% (680) reported
spyware 8% (1600) reported Phishing attacks at $200 a attack Some other stats they....
My eyes have been completely opened to all this spyware/Trojan junk... /ph34r.gif"
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hardware firewall in my Router----running Windows firewall----using the very latest Nortons AV....
I seem very secure against "viruses" /blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:"
border="0" alt="blink.gif" /> But this spyware/trojan thing..... /tongue.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> Oh my! /ohmy.gif"
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I scan my laptop and found these.. Can anyone tell me how to remove them manually, please? Thank
you. QUOTE Registry keys recognized: =========================
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xzipper30.xzipper
HKEY_USERS\.default\software\microsoft\systemcertificates\trustedpublisher&
#092;ctls
HKEY_USERS\.default\software\microsoft\systemcertificates\trustedpublisher&
#092;crls HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NJStar\NJStar Asian Explorer\Settings
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NJStar\....
You should be very careful with these two software Spy Sheriff and Spyware Quake. Spy Sheriff is a
virus / spyware that can harm your computer quickly , I downloaded it and tried scanning and always
receive a list more than 20 Spywares. And then I tried looking for some information about Spy
Sheriff and known recently that it is a very dangerous Spyware , it can attack another trusted
Anti-Spyware software and then kill your PC. About Spyware Quake , it can automatycally installed on
your PC and auto scan itself , then , scan for only 10 SECONDS and I received a list....
Download.com announced latest chart of the most popular software downloads. In the chart, we can
see that anti spyware is most downloaded software. 4 out of 10 top downloads are anti spywares.
Beside anti spywares, the P2P softwares are very popular too. 3 out of 10 top downloads are various
P2P softwares. ....
Okay, so I use SBC Yahoo DSL...well, now it's called AT&T Yahoo DSL, and the price was
around...$24.99, not sure/month. And then, all of a sudden, when I received a bill, it said
$59.99. Could it be because of some websites with some huge spyware that I accidently
downloaded? Could it really be that bad. I mean, I've heard of the internet calling or something
like that, but raising your bill? Ridiculous, if this is because the company made it more
expensive, I am surely going to switch to roadrunner high-speed. :/ But somehow, I doubt it spiked
this h....
Hey guys all of a sudden in the last two days my computer has just been attacked by all types of
malicous software! and im not even kidding when almost instantly it went from running with out a
hitch to so much slow down and so many pop ups i had to run avg. 648 virus and trojans! All
deleted or moved to the vault, thought i was out of the woods than i ran adaware 202 Critical and
malicous objects I deleted them then i ran adaware again got over a hundred bad things again after
the restart and then ran adaware as well and after deleting over 1000 bad things I wa....
ezyreward.com really is bad. The surveys they want you to take to get prizes(like a free domain name
from Optionom.com) got me a virus/spyware. Website: *******.net(I blocked the full website address
so hackers won't use this website to give people viruses/spyware) Also..... There's a code
online for VB(not VBScript) that makes a popup blocker. If you do VB, you could compile it for your
own use. LINK: http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=3921 Download code(ZIP):
http://www.freevbcode.com/source/NoPopUp.zip Hope you like it /smile.gif" style="vertica....
Recently called Ewido anti-malware, product of Intel and Grisoft, has changed his name in his 4
version. Last few months users on forums are posting about this software. New version got better
look, but it is also does the better job. It is also good when you install it on already infected
computer. Of course, installed earlier he prevents adware, spyware, malware, keyloggers, worms,
trojans and other crap. App could be better in graphic look, but ad this program to your antivirus
and firewall package and you will have great level of safety. Price: 27 euro Score: 4/5 ....
Microsoft released a few months a go "Windows Defender beta." It is a free tool that lets you track
down and delete all unwanted spyware on your computer. It is very useful and better than those other
spyware programs that you have to buy. It includes a "Quick Scan" if you don't have time to scan
your whole computer. You can also set it to scan on regular times and days of the week. The only
thing i don't like about it is that the Full Scan takes about 2 hours to complete. But overall,
it is a very usefull download.....
McAfee Finds Lots Of World Cup Related Spyware As the world cup season draws to an end,
many of us may have downloaded ample amounts of World Cup merchandise from the internet to show our
support for our home nation. Some of us may've downloded themes for our computer which probably
consisted a few wallpapers or even screensavers. Nothing wrong with that? Security firm McAffeeŽ
says differently. It google searched, "world cup screensaver" followed by 736 popular footballers
and recorded for each player how many dangerous sites came up when you typed tha....
QUOTE The idiots Guide for getting a Free No-Ip domain, with Dns (A) Benefits of this guide:
Instead of having a domain like: sX.invisionfree.com/YOURSITE you could have A much nicer
looking domain like http://YOURSITE.sytes.net No more web redirects and horrible URL cloaking
Encourage more members to join your board Give a more professional and personal feel to your forum
And best of all its free! To start off 1. First of all you need to register for
http://www.no-ip.com/ (this is the easy part trust me ) 2. Once you have registered Log....
I don't know if this belongs here or in the Life section. Sorry if I'm wrong :[ How do you
deal with racism, hate or just plain idiots? I often can brush it off, on the outside that is. In
the inside, I'm angry and confused to why they would do such a thing. Is it really that
enjoyable? Whatever, I don't always let it go though. If it's something that crosses the
line or I'm just having an extremely grumpy day, then I confront the person. Fighting is fun
anyways. What about you? And how often do you come across this?....
Wup i just finished sweeping my pc with spysweeper, cause a spyware totally infected my pc, the
damm thing disabled my wallaper, i could only change a color, plus damaged norton, change my home
page, and installed a spysherrif program that was supposed to removed the spyware, of course you
need to buy it, plus installed a thing that every3 minutes show me a message in the minitray(righ
down corner), like if it was from windows, that tells me that my pc is infected. SpySweeper
apparently removed all the thing, but i still cant change my wallpaper, someone please hellp ....
I have already used: Spy Sweeper, Spybot, Ad-aware, mccafe anti-spy, microsoft anti-spyware and
others, but the webroot spy sweeper is the best!! its shareware, but download the trial!
/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />
http://www.webroot.com/products/spysweeper QUOTE Information, privacy, and perhaps even
your identity at risk. Dedicated to combating spyware since its inception, Webroot Software
understands the complexity of spyware and has designed Spy Sweeper 4.5 with the most advanced bloc....
Firstly, here's a definately of a RootKit. QUOTE A set of software tools frequently used by
a third party (usually an intruder) after gaining access to a computer system. These tools are
intended to conceal running processes, files or system data, which helps an intruder maintain access
to a system without the user's knowledge. Rootkits are known to exist for a variety of operating
systems such as Linux, Solaris and versions of Microsoft Windows. Hence from this defination, we
know that RootKit is not something you would want on your computer. RootKits w....
the only thing i think you need to do is just keep update the microsoft updates on microsoft.com n
ull b fine cuz my comp has been goin through the spyware till i updated all the security stuff from
there n i had no problems after that....
Okay, I just got through getting rid of some "MovieLand" thing that installed itself onto my
computer. Geez, these things bug me! According to it, because I "installed" it, I now have to
pay a $90 fee to make the popups go away! I was just about ready to sue! I finally
downloaded the Yahoo toolbar to get rid of it, though... But my main point here is, why do these
adware people do this? Are they just genuinely slime? I mean, their entire job would be making other
people's life miserable, so that they can advertise for some company! Now the last ....
Spyware is software or hardware installed on a computer without the user's knowledge which
gathers information about that user for later retrieval by whomever controls the spyware. Spyware
can be broken down into two different categories, surveillance spyware and advertising spyware.
Surveillance software includes key loggers, screen capture devices, and trojans. These would be used
by corporations, private detectives, law enforcement, intelligence agencies, suspicious spouses,
etc. Advertising spyware is software that is installed alongside other software or via ....
I've tried downloading the latest RealPlayer from www.real.com. The latest player, version 10.5,
now must be purchased online before being allowed to be downloaded. However it stated that the free
version of RealPlayer will become active if you decided to cancel the contract with Real Networks
after the 14 day trial period. Hence, you have no choice but to key in your credit card number and
personal details before you have access to the download. There are no other ways or alternatives to
download RealPlayer for free now. So I've searched Download.com for an old....
I have found a great tool that removes mostly annoying Viruses and spyware Microsoft releases an
updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month, and as needed to respond to
security incidents. You can run the tool from that Web page anytime or download it to your computer.
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool ....
Post here any useful information regarding tools to remove adware and spyware from computers.
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whether it is free or not and what your thoughts on the software.
Do not post the same
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Do not post "yeah I have that it's good" - I will simply delete your post and
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Do give useful feedback. If you agree or disagree with someone, let us know why in a
detailed form.
Hopeful this will benefit all of the community.
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Today I have read a article about Google Desktop Reserch. It will be useful for everybody , so take
a look. The link is following http://www.spywareguide.com/articles/article_show.php?id=59 ....
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