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Scanning for spyware.
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:25 pm
by mart
I've just done a free scan which found 3 nasties. It won't get rid of them unless I subscribe. Funny how my other 3 regular scans didn't find them.
How many different checks should one do?
Paranoia, here I come.
Mart
Re: Scanning for spyware.
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:38 pm
by Snake Diamond
what Spyware was found & what programs do u run on your system ?
Re: Scanning for spyware.
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 9:45 pm
by Deuce Bigolo
Theres more bogus programs out there than there are real ones
I've run similar programs which mysteriously picked up soemthing the others missed...a ploy just to make you sign-up
Quite a few of the known BOGUS programs are listed at
towards the bottom
How paranoid should you be...not very if your running the best firewall, uptodate anti-virus and your email account has a decent spam filter
cheers
B....OZ
Re: Scanning for spyware.
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 1:18 am
by mart
The one that was labelled as High Risk was kontiki. I think that got in some time ago via a Downloader.
It was found by XoftSpy.
My regular 3 scans are Adaware, Spybot S&D and Spysweeper.
I run ZoneAlarm, updated yesterday but my ISP isn't 100% efficient vis a vis Spam.
Mart
Re: Like I said-Its a SCAM
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:53 am
by Deuce Bigolo
cheers
B....OZ
Re: Scanning for spyware.
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 6:48 am
by jeffhaskeft
just tried downloading this my norton anti virus deleted it stating that a trojan virus was with it.
stay clear people
Re: Scanning for spyware.
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:50 am
by harrypsauce
New one on me...but my tame software provider swears by it
http://www.avast.com/i_idt_171.html
Re: Scanning for spyware.
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 1:46 pm
by mart
See my earlier post about Adaware. Whenever I run it AVG keeps telling me that its got some nasties in it. But when I scan it with AVG, nada!!!!
Mart