Spyware question

[Alec]

My computer arrived home about 20 minutes ago for the shop because it would not
boot up. I was unable to get the computer to come up in Safe mode nor recovery
mode. But somehow the shop got it to come up in safe mode and cleared out some
spyware that they said was conflicting and restored (or repaired Activex). I
have a spywareblaster, but only run it ever so often. Is there some site that
can explain all this to me?

Thanks Alec

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

My computer arrived home about 20 minutes ago for the shop because it

would not boot up. I was unable to get the computer to come up in
Safe mode nor recovery mode. But somehow the shop got it to come up
in safe mode and cleared out some spyware that they said was
conflicting and restored (or repaired Activex). I have a
spywareblaster, but only run it ever so often. Is there some site
that can explain all this to me?

Thanks Alec

Alec

This website is a good starting point to see what your up against.

The Parasite Fight:
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

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Microsoft MVP
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[BC]

Spywareblaster isn't something you 'run'. It is a program
that disables certain functions/controls. To get an
active scanner for spyware try AdAware at
http://www.lavasoft.ge and Spybot at ???(search for it)
Javacool. Install and run both in tandem. they are both
Freeware, but donations are nice. 50 cents from every
user would keep them in business indefinitely. Be kind-
Reward.

 

[Jim Macklin]

SpyBot S&D version 1.3.5 is now out. The author's site
www.safer-networking.org has exceeded some bandwidth and has
a temp problem, but there is a mirror at Major Geeks
www.majorgeeks.com Look on the spyware tools link on the
left side of the page.


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The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| Spywareblaster isn't something you 'run'. It is a program
| that disables certain functions/controls. To get an
| active scanner for spyware try AdAware at
| http://www.lavasoft.ge and Spybot at ???(search for it)
| Javacool. Install and run both in tandem. they are both
| Freeware, but donations are nice. 50 cents from every
| user would keep them in business indefinitely. Be kind-
| Reward.
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >My computer arrived home about 20 minutes ago for the
| shop because it would not
| >boot up. I was unable to get the computer to come up in
| Safe mode nor recovery
| >mode. But somehow the shop got it to come up in safe
| mode and cleared out some
| >spyware that they said was conflicting and restored (or
| repaired Activex). I
| >have a spywareblaster, but only run it ever so often. Is
| there some site that
| >can explain all this to me?
| >
| >Thanks Alec
| >
| >
| >.
| >

 

[Alex Nichol]

My computer arrived home about 20 minutes ago for the shop because it would not
boot up. I was unable to get the computer to come up in Safe mode nor recovery
mode. But somehow the shop got it to come up in safe mode and cleared out some
spyware that they said was conflicting and restored (or repaired Activex). I
have a spywareblaster, but only run it ever so often. Is there some site that
can explain all this to me?

For a very good discussion:
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

 

[CS]

SpyBot S&D version 1.3.5 is now out. The author's site
www.safer-networking.org has exceeded some bandwidth and has
a temp problem, but there is a mirror at Major Geeks
www.majorgeeks.com Look on the spyware tools link on the
left side of the page.

Are you sure the latest version is 1.3.5? Both the author's site and
majorgeeks shows version 1.2 as the latest. Also, latest definition
file seems to be Mar 4, 2004.

 

[Jim Macklin]

If you look deeply into the www.safer-networking.org site
for previous versions, 1.3.6 is beta. Trying to update
version 1.2 for the past few months and it reported no
updates available. Found a forum page with a link to
Version 1.3 that pointed to www.safer-networking.org . But
was unable to access the update. There was also a mirror to
Major Geeks and that worked fine.

The error I got was cgi limit exceeded try again later, so
it seems that Mr. Kolla is so successful that everybody was
trying to get to his site. It does seem odd that he hasn't
included the link to his new version, but the program I
downloaded is clearly Mr. Kolla's.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| On Thu, 6 May 2004 03:31:21 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
|
| >SpyBot S&D version 1.3.5 is now out. The author's site
| >www.safer-networking.org has exceeded some bandwidth and
has
| >a temp problem, but there is a mirror at Major Geeks
| >www.majorgeeks.com Look on the spyware tools link on the
| >left side of the page.
|
| Are you sure the latest version is 1.3.5? Both the
author's site and
| majorgeeks shows version 1.2 as the latest. Also, latest
definition
| file seems to be Mar 4, 2004.

 

[CS]

If you look deeply into the www.safer-networking.org site
for previous versions, 1.3.6 is beta. Trying to update
version 1.2 for the past few months and it reported no
updates available. Found a forum page with a link to
Version 1.3 that pointed to www.safer-networking.org . But
was unable to access the update. There was also a mirror to
Major Geeks and that worked fine.

The error I got was cgi limit exceeded try again later, so
it seems that Mr. Kolla is so successful that everybody was
trying to get to his site. It does seem odd that he hasn't
included the link to his new version, but the program I
downloaded is clearly Mr. Kolla's.

Finally found it. You were right, version 1.3.6 shows up as a RC
beta. I just ran it and it seems faster than the older version. Plus
it caught three tracking cookies the older version passed over.

Thanks.

 

[Jim Macklin]

On the Major Geek site it just shows 1.3.5 rc and didn't say
beta. It did show as beta, with a 1.3.6 beta on the Kolla
website.

Yes, it does seem faster.


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The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| On Thu, 6 May 2004 12:06:45 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
|
| >If you look deeply into the www.safer-networking.org site
| >for previous versions, 1.3.6 is beta. Trying to update
| >version 1.2 for the past few months and it reported no
| >updates available. Found a forum page with a link to
| >Version 1.3 that pointed to www.safer-networking.org .
But
| >was unable to access the update. There was also a mirror
to
| >Major Geeks and that worked fine.
| >
| >The error I got was cgi limit exceeded try again later,
so
| >it seems that Mr. Kolla is so successful that everybody
was
| >trying to get to his site. It does seem odd that he
hasn't
| >included the link to his new version, but the program I
| >downloaded is clearly Mr. Kolla's.
|
| Finally found it. You were right, version 1.3.6 shows up
as a RC
| beta. I just ran it and it seems faster than the older
version. Plus
| it caught three tracking cookies the older version passed
over.
|
| Thanks.
|