Check your computers for spyware

[onebigbadwulf]

Download a copy of adaware and keep your computer protected (and running fast)

I had 106 instances of spyware on my COMP!!!

[Booberdawg]

1. I already have Spybot

But had to run it today because of problems. I installed Kazaa the other day and I think I got some crap from it. Either that or the virus that went around over the weekend.

[Don_G]

3. Kazaa Is Known Spyware

Kazaa-Lite is the version without the crap.

[Booberdawg]

5. Ahh, that explains it.

I still have shit to uninstall. Just putting it off.

Can't trust anything anymore. *sigh*

[Don_G]

7. Here's A Link For Kazaa-Lite

The site also has a wide range of useful freeware programs and utilities.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3980

[Booberdawg]

9. Thanks, I saved it.

Have to uninstall the other crap the other Kazaa version installed first. Will do later.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. There's also WinMX

http://www.winmx.com/

Highly recommended by the good folks at www.pricelessware.org

[fujiyama]

2. Also I'd recommend

checking out the following website: http://doxdesk.com/parasite/

[Booberdawg]

8. It did find a parasite on my machine

Thanks for the link. I downloaded the free Spysweeper for parasites and running a sweep now.

[rumguy]

4. Can a mac pick up spyware?

[Don_G]

6. Its Possible But Not Probable

95% of the OS platforms in the US are Windows based so far. Macs and Linux aren't a big market yet to be that much of a target.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. Question

A couple of months ago, someone on DU had a sig line that read (from my point of view) something like "You are using an iBook running OS 9.1."

Another poster apparently saw something similar, because s/he wrote, "How did you know what computer I was using?"

This incident prompted me to install a firewall on my iBook (which I occasionally plugged into the cable modem) and I haven't seen that sig line since, but I want to know how that little stunt was accomplished.

[Booberdawg]

12. That was a little stunt that reads your system specs

and mirrors it back to each individual reader. Admin asked that person to remove it.

Incidently, I have a firewall and it read mine too.