CyrusMac
Nibbles: 41
Crackin' since: July 2004
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Post by CyrusMac on Jul 10, 2004 21:31:55 GMT -8
Man I hate spyware and all the little programs that install theirselve on your computer without you knowing it. I have Ad-aware, Anti-virus sofware and a pop blocker and it still gets on my computer. That is just not right for them to be able to do that. Big invasion of privacy in my opinion.
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Post by April on Jul 10, 2004 21:37:46 GMT -8
hmm yeah I think something like that got into mine also. I have the google toolbar as well as MSN toolbar which both have pop-up blockers but then there's something that keeps wanting to change my homepage or something. My office roommate at work, I think her daughter has a virus on her computer. She said she was writing an email and all of a sudden she sees it start typing and it's saying over and over "Are you having fun yet?" and she wasn't even typing. ??? she got freaked out because of those movies where the computer comes to life and stuff lol.. I was just looking at her like how could you not know that was a virus or hacker or whatever. they act like it's normal, her daughter's like "Oh yeah that does that alot, isn't it annoying?"
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CyrusMac
Nibbles: 41
Crackin' since: July 2004
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Post by CyrusMac on Jul 11, 2004 8:24:22 GMT -8
I understand. You need to get some type of ad-ware removal program. Like i said I use Ad-Ware, there is also SpyBot and a few others. Hey, you could point that person at work to this virus scanner. It is one of the best online free ones I've ever used. Let me know if it works for them - www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
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Post by April on Jul 11, 2004 8:38:18 GMT -8
thanks for that link. I will pass it on to her tomorrow first thing I think I might need to get that too.. this computer might have something, the browser keeps locking up randomly very annoying when I'm right in the middle of doing something...
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Joey
Just Chilling.
Nibbles: 4,614
Crackin' since: May 2004
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Post by Joey on Jul 11, 2004 9:33:51 GMT -8
I just had to reload all of XP last night, just because of that bullshit spyware. I hate the shit and it pisses me off. Fuckers. Oops I swore again.
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CyrusMac
Nibbles: 41
Crackin' since: July 2004
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Post by CyrusMac on Jul 11, 2004 13:19:46 GMT -8
yep, I was fixing a ladies computer one time and she didn't have any anti-virus program loaded or any pop-up blocker or anything. She had 78 virus and over 600 spyware programs loaded. Her computer was crawling slow and no telling what all the virus did. They piss me off pretty bad to.
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Andrew[ex]
The Cry of a Wolf. Easily Misunderstood.curMood[Crazy]
Nibbles: 88
Crackin' since: June 2004
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Post by Andrew[ex] on Jul 12, 2004 6:19:00 GMT -8
SpyWare comes from Google Toolbards, extras that people put onto their ProBoards Forum, AOL, and a lot of other stuff.
It doesn't really matter how many virus programs you have (I had McAfee, Norton, and some SpyWare Buster), the SpyWare will get around it someway or another.
I had it on my computer. It turned my firewall off, and got into the Operating System folder. Deleted everything that was in that folder. Well, buh~bye computer.
It took...like, a week for me to even get the computer to work again, then about another 3 days to download everything. I will say one thing, though. It's a helluva lot faster!
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CyrusMac
Nibbles: 41
Crackin' since: July 2004
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Post by CyrusMac on Jul 12, 2004 12:11:09 GMT -8
I'm not sure that google toolbar installs any spyware. It's supposed to be one of the few that does not. It does however after you accpet it collect your information to make your search better based on what you search for. But like you said, it doesn't matter how many you have installed or what you have installed it will still get around it. You can set your IE to the highest security levles, turn off all Java and Javascript, and turn on the Windows XP Firewall and you will be pretty good, but then you couldn't do anything fun. I run Lavasoft Adware and it checks for spyware at start-up and it usually cleans between 12-30 off each time. I run Google Toolbar and Ad-watch for pop blockers and registry blockers. It does good but never catches everything. It sounds like you had a virus more than spyware. I don't know of any spyware at this time that is malicious, just a pain in the ass.
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Andrew[ex]
The Cry of a Wolf. Easily Misunderstood.curMood[Crazy]
Nibbles: 88
Crackin' since: June 2004
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Post by Andrew[ex] on Jul 12, 2004 12:41:42 GMT -8
The SpyWare should make your computer open to any other virus that is out there. Once the SpyWare has allowed another virus or what not to get into the computer, it should act all fine, then never work again.
Something on Google, from some research I've done, is giving people some sort of bug. Dunno what it is, but my aunt (who works with computers for a living) said it was on Google. Will have to research it.
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Shade
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Post by Shade on Jul 13, 2004 18:28:59 GMT -8
Yeah! That is horrible advertising. It only makes people NOT WANT to use your product. Oh! and popups! April knows how much I hate popups. That's how she met me. lol on a message board for a company that had pop ups. I was bitching... ranting..... raving.... kicking..... screaming..... cussing... insulting...... carrying on........ lol it was a nightmare.
Pop ups. Also known as the "make your visitors hate you ads"
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Shade
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Post by Shade on Jul 13, 2004 18:40:58 GMT -8
grr..... damned pop ups...... and you know what?? what's with the whole toolbar crap! it seems like everybody has a toolbar now! blah blah blah would you liek to install the yahoo toolbar too? would you like to install the msn toolbar? woul dyou liek to install the shoppers guide toolbar? would you like to install the google toolbar as well? aaaaaaaargh! *smack smack!!!!!!*
oh! HOTBAR! WHAT A JOKE!!!!!! HOT BAR HAS FREAKIN POP UPS BUILT INTO IT!!!! Dont' ever install hotbar because if you do, you're just installing pop up ads that your pop up stopper can't stop. okay. here's the line up.
Mozilla Firefox Browser or Netscape browser with pop up stopper enabled. A google toolbar with the pop ups turned off. Ad-aware to scan for unwanted spyware and SpyBot Search and Destroy to run in your system tray and prevent unauthorized installation of files and changes to your registry! I highly recommend all those. Norton kicks ass, Mcaffee sucks. BlackIce firewall. Yep. And you're all set unless you want to set up a proxy.
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Shade
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Post by Shade on Jul 13, 2004 18:47:15 GMT -8
AND YOU KNOW WHAT??? NOBODY EVER LOOKS AT THAT CRAP ANYWAY! DAMNED POP UPS!!!!! People close the stupid windows before they even have a chance to load and after you close that one, it pops up another! I'VE EVEN SEEN ASSHOLE WEBMASTERS THAT SNOOP AT YOUR BROWSER! THEY USE POP UP DETECTOR DETECTORS AND WONT' LET YOU SEE THE WEBPAGE UNLESS YOU ENABLE POP UPS!!!!!!! THAT'S A BUNCHA BULLSHIT!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAARGH!
Oh oh oh and don't even get me started on junk mail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn idiot programmers wont' even let youd ownload their stuf unless you provide them with your email address. It's none of their damned business! "blah blah you must provide a real email so we can send you the download link" screw that! "you muyst verify your email address first" let me ask you, what in the hell does your email address have to do with downloading some program???
*HOT* okay april where the hell is the "i'm pissed off" smiley? I want a pissy smiley. yeah... one with steam coming out his ears..... and horns... with a machin gun NO! A BAZOOKA! yeah.... you shoudl give me the mod power to ad smilies. hehe. yeah.. whoa.... I coud like.... put a bunch of shades...... whoa......
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Shade
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Post by Shade on Jul 13, 2004 18:53:33 GMT -8
and one more thing!!!! those god damned talking advertisements in AIM!!!!!! I'm sitting there and all of a sudden my computer starts talking about some stupid new tv series and I duno where it's even coming from! I got tired of that crap and hacked AIM. no more ads for me, that's for sure.
AND PORN!!!!!!!!!! IT'S EVERWHERE! I'M SO SICK AND TIRED OF PORN! PORN PORN PORN PORN PORN!!!!!!! I DO A SEARCH FOR COMPUTER SPEAKERS AND I GET A BUNCH OF PORN WEBSITES!!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!!!! CYBERSEX!!!!!!! MORONS MESSAGING YOU "BLAH BLAH YOU WANNA CYBER BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I DON'T WANNA CYBER!!!!!!! LEAVE ME ALONE YA FREAKIN PERVERTS!!!!!!!!
ARGH okay I'm done!!!
"leaves*
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CyrusMac
Nibbles: 41
Crackin' since: July 2004
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Post by CyrusMac on Jul 13, 2004 19:15:34 GMT -8
Yeepeee,,,Woohooo,,,Go..Go..Go..Go..Go..!!! There is some moral support for you. I agree 100% with what you are saying. Oh yeah, I've got that stuff installed - Google Toolbar, Ad-Ware 6.0 Plus, Ad-Watch, High Security on my IE Browser and that stuff still gets through. I HATE it. I manage a computer department and the computers we work on are always getting that stuff. Even behind a firewall and all kinds of other protection it still gets on computers. The MySearch seems to be the worst, because it asks people if they want to install it and most of them say YES. Just wanted to add a little fuel to the fire.
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Shade
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Post by Shade on Jul 13, 2004 19:39:09 GMT -8
lol thanks for the support. And here I thought I had gone overboard with my complaining. lol silly me.
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