spyware?

Genjix · 09-27-04, 09:23 AM

has anyone noticed lately more spyware that are impossible to remove?
in my company there are more calls for so much spyware including my daily horoscope and party poker being auto installed.

dicecca112 · 09-27-04, 09:35 AM

not being impossible to remove just harder. I have found that I have to do more manually removal of files and registry entries than I did before.

I.M.O.G. · 09-27-04, 09:40 AM

Things are definetly getting more complicated... But I could probably practically name all the prevalent ones which need manual removal and do not have working tools to remove them when properly used.

dicecca112 · 09-27-04, 10:02 AM

yeah and I'd bet my roommate has had them

Genjix · 09-27-04, 12:30 PM

I just tried to manually get rid of these and they keep coming back. there is so much in the registry, and aaa_org keeps coming back no matter what I do. this is on an NT machine.

CPUonNO2 · 09-27-04, 12:33 PM

Serious legislation needs to be made on this, it's getting out of hand IMO. If these were mail-ads, or telemarketers, no one would take it. Why should we have to? As a side note, anyone else seen people using AIM as adware? Making fake SN's to send you ad's and links via text. There's no way to get off their "mailling list" far as I could find, and if you block one name, it eventually gets transferred to another.

Mr. Chambers · 09-27-04, 10:58 PM

Legislation won't make any difference at all, in my opinion. Do you get less calls from telemarketers since the do-not-call list? I know I don't, and I'm on it.

Do you get less spam, after the passing of the can-spam act? I get more everyday.

Passing a law or act, and knowing how, and enforcing it are 2 very different things.

09-27-04, 09:23 AM	Thread Starter #1
Genjix Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queenz NYC	spyware? has anyone noticed lately more spyware that are impossible to remove? in my company there are more calls for so much spyware including my daily horoscope and party poker being auto installed.
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09-27-04, 09:35 AM	#2
dicecca112 Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: MA, USA	not being impossible to remove just harder. I have found that I have to do more manually removal of files and registry entries than I did before.
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09-27-04, 09:40 AM	#3
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dicecca112 Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: MA, USA	yeah and I'd bet my roommate has had them
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09-27-04, 12:30 PM	Thread Starter #5
Genjix Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queenz NYC	I just tried to manually get rid of these and they keep coming back. there is so much in the registry, and aaa_org keeps coming back no matter what I do. this is on an NT machine.
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09-27-04, 12:33 PM	#6
CPUonNO2 Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Buffalo, NY	Serious legislation needs to be made on this, it's getting out of hand IMO. If these were mail-ads, or telemarketers, no one would take it. Why should we have to? As a side note, anyone else seen people using AIM as adware? Making fake SN's to send you ad's and links via text. There's no way to get off their "mailling list" far as I could find, and if you block one name, it eventually gets transferred to another.
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09-27-04, 10:58 PM	#7
Mr. Chambers Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Iowa	Legislation won't make any difference at all, in my opinion. Do you get less calls from telemarketers since the do-not-call list? I know I don't, and I'm on it. Do you get less spam, after the passing of the can-spam act? I get more everyday. Passing a law or act, and knowing how, and enforcing it are 2 very different things. __________________ Intel i7-2600k ASUS P8P67 Pro G.SKILL Ripjaws-X 8GB DDR3 Sapphire HD 7970 OC Corsair HX750 750w OCZ Agility 2 120GB SSD Cooler Master CM 690 II Logitech G710+ & G9x Dell U2713HM
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