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Apr 16, 2004, 09:32 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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PCs infested with 30 pieces of spyware
"PCs could be carrying nearly 30 pieces of 'spyware' software secretly forwarding information about a user's online activities to others without their knowledge. And industry experts suggest that these types of programs may infect up to 90 per cent of all internet-connected computers. "
Full Article: Vnunet
**On average, I find over 200 spyware on users computers that I work on. And it is getting worse . . . |
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Apr 16, 2004, 09:45 AM
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Live from the Dungeon
Join Date: May 2003
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I cleaned one 3 weeks ago that had 673 spyware apps and 12 viruses....  that is just down right scarry... but then again that is what this guy deserved for having his PC on a cable modem with no A/V or firewall..  some people's kids...  |
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Apr 16, 2004, 09:55 AM
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Styleless Wonder
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
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30 is about right..
I say between 30 - 50 pieces of spyware are counted by Adaware, mind you Adaware counts each portion of the same type of spyware as a separate piece.
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Apr 16, 2004, 10:06 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Mar 2003
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I use Ad-Aware...then S&D...then Spysweeper...and 99% of the time I come up clean.
Just disable all your java-script...active-x controls...all that bull54it.
Also...use ZAP Cache cleaner everytime I go to log-off...
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Apr 16, 2004, 10:10 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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I have on a few occasions removed over 2000 according to adaware and spybot S&D. On a few occasions the system has to be formatted and reinstalled since the infection was so bad. Spyware is a serious issue. I encourage everyone to contact their local goverment officials and request spyware be outlawed.
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Apr 16, 2004, 10:24 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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some spy ware still isn't deatected for example
real player is spyware! is hard coded in the program
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Apr 16, 2004, 11:15 AM
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watching 1080i
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: April 13th 2029
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Adaware, Spybot, Norton AV, and Sygate Personal Firewall 5.5 pro seem to do the trick for me.
Sygate really impresses me after trying ZAP(a pig), McAfee PF plus (not enough config options) plus it's spyware, Outpost (sucked).
It's intrusion detection system is pretty cool- Smart DHCP and Smart DNS make it so you don't have to worry about those kinds of attacks either.
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Apr 16, 2004, 11:29 AM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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spyware blaster 3.1 blocks the installation of spyware in the first place and it works great. I think what is most important is common sense. Stay off the porn sites.
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Apr 16, 2004, 11:53 AM
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DriverHeaven Lover
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Porn sites aren't even CLOSE to the worst places for picking spyware up. I see it most from sites with "legit" subjects that aren't very fussy about who they get ads from. I had one sports site try to get me to dl a different peice of spyware on every page I went to.
The couple of times I've needed to deal with a crack/serials site, they were bad too...But you expect that and stay alert....
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Apr 16, 2004, 03:05 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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Quote:
Originally posted by zerodamage
spyware blaster 3.1 blocks the installation of spyware in the first place and it works great. I think what is most important is common sense. Stay off the porn sites.
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yea but people done realese even with all that u still have some spyware on your pc
real player is just one i know abou there are many other that the syware is built into the programs
any way to remove the spyware is to remove the programs...
thie not 3rd party isntalled spyware thier the same eact programs that you have installed and there is nothing you can do about it! |
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Apr 16, 2004, 03:14 PM
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DriverHeaven Lover
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That's nothing, my friend had 2,094. He took a screenshot too  |
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Apr 16, 2004, 03:55 PM
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watching 1080i
Join Date: Nov 2002
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Quote:
Originally posted by zerodamage
spyware blaster 3.1 blocks the installation of spyware in the first place and it works great. I think what is most important is common sense. Stay off the porn sites.
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Does it run in the background? If it doesn't I'll use it- but only if it's free. |
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