Latest Spyware Even More Evil
from the not-good dept
Last year we wrote about how some fairly evil spyware called Xupiter was making the rounds, installing itself without alerting the user, changing homepages and generally causing a nuisance. Well, it appears things are getting even worse. Wired News is now reporting on an even more evil piece of spyware called CoolWebSearch that does all of the above plus more. It will disable your ability to visit websites that tell you how to remove it. It disable certain firewalls. Plus, it appears to get constant updates for itself. It's gotten to the point where some who have ended up with it say their computers have become useless.
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Just a reminder
Go now and get at least two different spyware tools (I recommend Ad-Aware and Spybot: Search and Destroy) and HijackThis!.
You should also double-check to make sure you have all the latest updates to your AV software. If you're not too concerned about copyrights you can find all sorts of great deals on Symantec/Norton tools on ebay, many of which are just a CD without a manual, but they work.
The time to worry about infection is before it's too late!
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Re: Just a reminder
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Needs ritual purification once infected
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AdAware
I had a keystroke logger on my system that 3 programs, including AdAware and Norton AV missed. SpySweeper caught it and took it out.
Yes, HiJack This is VERY useful, too!
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Spyware
Many thanks,
Mark
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