alt net spyware

[s00058515]

Hey guys, jus tried using spybot and ad-aware and they removed all of
my spyware except one.. altnet, it says its stored in memory and cant
be removed at the moment.. i was gonna go into the registry and try n
remove it but i think its too risky. any suggestions?? thanks

 

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Hey guys, jus tried using spybot and ad-aware and they removed all of
my spyware except one.. altnet, it says its stored in memory and cant
be removed at the moment.. i was gonna go into the registry and try n
remove it but i think its too risky. any suggestions?? thanks

Try removing in safe-mode.

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Try removing in safe-mode.

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thanks but i tried it in safe mode as well and it didnt work still
said it was being used in memory,

ciaran

 

[James Egan]

If you are using any version of Sun Java that is prior to JRE Version 6.0,
then you are strongly urged to remove any/all versions.
There are numerous vulnerabilities in them and they are actively being exploited.

It is highly suggested that you update to the latest version which is Sun Java JRE/JSE
Version 6.0

Version 5.0_10 just updated itself to 5.0_11 within the last couple of
weeks so it looks like it's being kept reasonably well up to date.
Finally, it looks like the auto update is working as it should.

I guess they're fixing vulnerabilities in both versions 5 & 6 as and
when they find them so it's not imperative to move to version 6


Jim.

 

[Heather]

Version 5.0_10 just updated itself to 5.0_11 within the last couple of
weeks so it looks like it's being kept reasonably well up to date.
Finally, it looks like the auto update is working as it should.

I guess they're fixing vulnerabilities in both versions 5 & 6 as and
when they find them so it's not imperative to move to version 6

Thanks, Jim.....I tried Version 6.0 and didn't like it. Reverted to
5.0_10 and as you say it updated itself. I am quite happy with the
Version 5 series and will stay with that one.

Cheers.....Heather

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "James Egan" <[email protected]>


|
| Version 5.0_10 just updated itself to 5.0_11 within the last couple of
| weeks so it looks like it's being kept reasonably well up to date.
| Finally, it looks like the auto update is working as it should.
|
| I guess they're fixing vulnerabilities in both versions 5 & 6 as and
| when they find them so it's not imperative to move to version 6
|
| Jim.

At v5 update 10 is most likely still on the PC and a well craft web page can now exploit it.

V6 is lighter on resources and is totally rewritten and I am sure in a matter of weeks a
vulnerability will be found in v5 update 11.

 

[James Egan]

At v5 update 10 is most likely still on the PC and a well craft web page can now exploit it.

Yes, they seem to make a point of *not* removing earlier jre
installations in the readme and indeed 10 gets left in place when 11
gets installed. Following earlier advice here I removed 10 manually
when I installed 11 to be on the safe side.

V6 is lighter on resources and is totally rewritten and I am sure in a matter of weeks a
vulnerability will be found in v5 update 11.

But going purely off the timeline, v6_0 has been out for quite some
time (since it last got a mention here) and v5_11 is the more up to
date of the two. That may well be because vulnerabilities keep
cropping up in v5 more often than v6 but it begs the question why did
the auto update install v5_11 and not v6_0 if it's lighter, better and
backwards compatible?


Jim.

 

[James Egan]

thanks but i tried it in safe mode as well and it didnt work still
said it was being used in memory,

Remove it from memory first by closing the appropriate process(es)
with process explorer.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ProcessesAndThreads/ProcessExplorer.mspx

If it keeps restarting as soon as you close it down, use the kill
process tree option to zap any linked processes at the same time.



Jim.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "James Egan" <[email protected]>

|
| On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:49:25 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
| Yes, they seem to make a point of *not* removing earlier jre
| installations in the readme and indeed 10 gets left in place when 11
| gets installed. Following earlier advice here I removed 10 manually
| when I installed 11 to be on the safe side.
||
| But going purely off the timeline, v6_0 has been out for quite some
| time (since it last got a mention here) and v5_11 is the more up to
| date of the two. That may well be because vulnerabilities keep
| cropping up in v5 more often than v6 but it begs the question why did
| the auto update install v5_11 and not v6_0 if it's lighter, better and
| backwards compatible?
|
| Jim.
|

Jim:

You bring up good points which Sun has failed to answer. All I can say is that theya rea
all screwed up!