First Spyware

Sergeant Thorne · Post by **Sergeant Thorne** » Wed May 12, 2004 10:02 am

System Restore: .!.. spyware

Man, people who make programs to install on your computer without consent should be put to painful public humiliation! This is my first encounter with spyware; I went to a site to get a game patch for my sister and a whole bunch of pop-ups came up, after that the funny stuff started happening (things popping up on restart + several EXEs running in the background), and finally I found 6-7+ programs that I had not installed in the "Add and Remove programs" area. I discovered that the EXEs, along with a few other files, were dated 5/12/04 (today), so I did a system restore--all taken care of.

System Restore really does come in handy!

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Wed May 12, 2004 10:21 am

why system restore?

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Grab adaware. If you also have antivirus software, you should be fine...

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Wed May 12, 2004 11:59 am

Don't these companies (Gator) have physical addresses? And no one's leveled the building? Just think..who would be prosecuted? The FBI would have to go through (persons that received email spam) + (Persons that got raped with adware) + (Persons that installed Realplayer). That's, what, 350 million suspects? Just wear gloves and a hat, and take a shower with an exfoliating brush first!

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:13 pm

I say give them the same punishment that any spam company should get. The death penalty.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:15 pm

Lothar wrote:Grab adaware. If you also have antivirus software, you should be fine...

Also grab Spybot Search&Destroy and Spyware Blaster.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:24 pm

[Grendel] wrote:
Lothar wrote:Grab adaware. If you also have antivirus software, you should be fine...
Also grab Spybot Search&Destroy and Spyware Blaster.

And visit Spyware Info.

Sergeant Thorne · Post by **Sergeant Thorne** » Wed May 12, 2004 4:23 pm

Lothar wrote:why system restore?

System Restore was the perfect solution in this case, as I haven't made any system changes recently. I don't have any experience with anti-spyware programs yet, and System Restore was a good clean-sweep.. actually, I realize now that I still have remnants of these things on my hard drive--just not in my system. Maybe I'll give some of those programs a look. Thanks.

P.S. Is the DBB going slow for anyone else?

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Wed May 12, 2004 5:38 pm

Sergeant Thorne wrote: P.S. Is the DBB going slow for anyone else?

Yes, slower than PD..

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:05 pm

Also get mozilla to block pop-ups.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:21 pm

IE will soon be able to do it natively, although most people have been using at least the google toolbar for quite some time.

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Thu May 13, 2004 6:10 pm

That small popup-blocking notification banner better be able to be turned off. I don't want to see an extra strip of crap when a popup is blocked, just block the damn thing.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Thu May 13, 2004 6:55 pm

Of course it can.

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What type of punishment?

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