Spyware, what to do about it?

2nd_Recon · Post by **2nd_Recon** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:52 am

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U.S.Amateurfilmaker · Post by **U.S.Amateurfilmaker** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 1:21 am

I vote blunt objects!!!

NaziSentry · Post by **NaziSentry** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 3:15 am

"Find the creators of spyware and torture them to death"

Truggy · Post by **Truggy** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 3:33 am

Make the best of it, cause yall know it would be wonderful to be the living hell outta anyone who makes spywere...but it aint ever going to happen....So find ways to make it better

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:04 pm

This is getting to me! I just ran a week old version of Adaware, found 2 objects, deleted them. Thought I'd try out Spybot and see how it compares to Adaware, so while I was downloadig Spybot, I thought I'd check adaware for more updates, downloaded an update patch, quickly ran adaware again, and it found another 19 files!

Best way to win this war is to make sure these programs are kept up to date and run regularly!

I'm having a problem starting AOL at the moment, I think it could be spyware related.

EDIT:

Ran Spybot, found about another 18 files, and now running Spyware Doctor, I found another 77 items of naughtyness!

Edit 2:

Just ran AOL Spyware protection (That comes with AOL 9) and lo and behold, another 6 items! Little buggers are everywhere!

There's no way I'm ever going to let anyone ever advertise with spyware or popups through my websites! Also, thos annoying integrated adverts where you're reading something and an advert starts crawling over what you're trying to see - They're out to! Just simple banner context sensitive banner adverts that don't impose and integrate nicely into the website would ever be allowed!

EDIT 3:

Finally found the problem! The BSOD stayed on long enough for me to see the .SYS file that was causing the problems! I finally linked it to some virus software I installed yesterday! That virus software is now
history!

mercenary123 · Post by **mercenary123** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:21 am

Torture those stupid bastards!!

NaziSentry · Post by **NaziSentry** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 6:12 am

Simple. Burn each and evry little finger (er.. Claw) off with a flamethrower and burn a mark that says "I am dedicated to ruining others lives with spyware" onto their chest.

Then CASTRATE them.

2nd_Recon · Post by **2nd_Recon** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:12 am

so they can't reproduce any more spyware demons!

bangoker · Post by **bangoker** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:19 am

!!!!
just installed doctor, and detected 177 problems, installed spybot, and detected other 130!!

now running ad aware

EDIT:

ad aware finished the deep scanning and found 330 objects!!!

woah! my computer was full of scum!

2nd_Recon · Post by **2nd_Recon** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 5:10 pm

There are supposedly spyware that can get into your computer even if you don't have a web browser open and are just connected to the internet through a cable modem. That is out of hand

thewarmovie · Post by **thewarmovie** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 11:01 pm

Spyware should be illegal, i'm serious, It's basicly like a virus, my computer hardly works cause of it and all I do is My email this site and a few other sites, and It still infests my comp. it's like "i'll see what websites he go's to and we'll spam him ALL OVER HIS HARD DRIVE, mmmmm yum, and after that, i'll rub ads all up and down his start menu and desktop, oh yes, mmmm, ohh I like what you doing with your creditcard, what your doing with the creditcards good, yess,oh yes,mmmm, oh, and I can't stop now, cause i'm sexy spyware." SEE HOW MAD I AM, I'M MAKING SPYWARE A WHORE, AHH HA. (jumps out window and runs around like a lunitic.)

2nd_Recon · Post by **2nd_Recon** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 12:03 am

(Injects WarMovie with his happy needle)

Alright, so we have an agreement. Lets all get our blunt instruments out right now

thewarmovie · Post by **thewarmovie** » Sat Dec 18, 2004 11:31 pm

(HAPPILY) Who killed the spyware people? I think it was Recon, with the lead pipe in the ballroom.
but anyway, blunt instruments.

montezumas_revenge · Post by **montezumas_revenge** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 10:04 pm

first dont be a idiot, second use firefox, third if your a real pro youd use a mac or linux, otherwise ad-aware, avg and spybot will keep you spyware free, and try to use p2p apps for your pr0n so you dont get bombarded with s*** from most pr0n sites.

thewarmovie · Post by **thewarmovie** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:26 am

I use windows because I have all my programs are for windows

montezumas_revenge · Post by **montezumas_revenge** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 4:35 am

i use linux and i still can run most of my games, using a program called winex and most nles come with linux versions, i use avid xpress dv myself. Many of the higher stuff is all linux based so its good to know and if you want to get into computers learning to do things via the command line is a great experiance.

Naphie · Post by **Naphie** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 3:01 pm

i have to agree with montezumas_revenge that if you run avg and spybot a few times a week your system will be ok. I dont agree about the linux or mac thing because most software will never get ported and most of the gnu open source software is still too buggy to use for any real purpose.

edinc90 · Post by **edinc90** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:32 am

I just use Mac, no spyware, no problems. My dad's PC was infested with spyware. He connected to the local hospital's network to look at X-Rays and stuff (he can get them at home now) and when he was done there was 175 spyware programs on his computer! These ads kept coming up on web pages, covering the text so you couldn't read it. I fixed the problem, but no doubt they'll be back. GO MAC!!

wildabeast009 · Post by **wildabeast009** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:30 am

Blunt objects indeed! Very blunt objects. Blunt enough to...uhhh....make someone hurt badly. Ever since I've been using FireFox, I have had very few spyware problems. A lot less than I used to. I hate spyware. Product research my a**.

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