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rossdude29
 Post subject: Question about spyware and such...
PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 1:36 pm 
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Is there any way to prevent this shit from being installed on your machine? Instead of having to use programs to remove it after it gets to your comp!? :(
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i got this from the July 2004 issue of MPC. it's called SpywareBlaster, u can get it at http://www.javacoolsoftware.com
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check http://www.spywareguide.com/ to see if a program contains spy- or ad-ware
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 1:53 pm 
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rossdude29 wrote:
Is there any way to prevent this shit from being installed on your machine? Instead of having to use programs to remove it after it gets to your comp!? :(


not using IE helps a lot too.
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^ lol
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:37 pm 
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rossdude29 wrote:
Is there any way to prevent this shit from being installed on your machine? Instead of having to use programs to remove it after it gets to your comp!? :(


spybot S&D comes with an immunization section.... other than that, just don't be stupid and download things that are dumb to download...

GRRR
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im using spybot and it comes with an immune system called spyblaster i think. spyblaster has a database of spyware and spyblaster prevents those spyware out there from getting installed on your computer.
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rossdude29
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 5:53 pm 
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I was using Spybot one time...and one of the files or things that it said was a proablem turned out to be like the printer driver so ...you know without looking I checkem all the boxes and had it remove evreything it brought up...so i save some pics the next day and want to print them....it tells me i don't have a printer driver im like...WTF!??!?!Thank gawd for system restore lol...it let me switch back before i did the Spybot thing....gotta be carefull with that app.... :shock:
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SpyBot S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org) has 2 resident processes that helps to combat the Spy/Ad-ware problem. One of them is TeaTimer, which blocks known Spy/Ad-ware downloads. The other is SDHelper, which blocks a multitude of known Spy/Ad-ware processes from running on your system, as well as protects your system settings and startup configuration.

In addition to that, I also reccomend running Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoft-usa.com) at least once a week.

Using this strategy, as well as a popup blocker (http://www.mozilla.org or http://www.crazybrowser.com) as greatly improved my online computing experience.
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Gadget
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 9:51 am 
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ShiftyEyedGoat wrote:
rossdude29 wrote:
Is there any way to prevent this shit from being installed on your machine? Instead of having to use programs to remove it after it gets to your comp!? :(


spybot S&D comes with an immunization section.... other than that, just don't be stupid and download things that are dumb to download...

GRRR

You don't actually have to 'download' something to become infected. I just checked someones computer - she uses IE and wouldn't even know how to install anything. There are literally 100's of spyware... nevermind, over 1000! This sucks. I'm going to have to throw something at her when she comes in on Monday - I told her to stop using that crap. :x
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ShiftyEyedGoat
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Gadget wrote:
You don't actually have to 'download' something to become infected. I just checked someones computer - she uses IE and wouldn't even know how to install anything. There are literally 100's of spyware... nevermind, over 1000! This sucks. I'm going to have to throw something at her when she comes in on Monday - I told her to stop using that crap. :x


My PT. exactly... They're too damn dumb to know that "Would you like to install the eventful and advantageous programs of COOLWEB BROWSER, GAIN NETWORK'S GATOR, SEXLINKS, ETC. ETC.?" are BAD BAD BAD things, so they just click "yes yes yes! I must have them all because the popup said I must..."
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