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Posted on 12/21/2004 2:39:48 AM PST by goldstategop
Before I re-ran Norton, I had run Ad-Aware, XoftSpy and Adware Filter. I had not run Spybot.
Just ran Spybot and it found 3 non-critical items which I told it to delete. Those 3 items were not the ones I listed above.
I don't understand why Norton is identifying these "threats" but giving me no option to remove them.
As for going to the registry...that scares me to death. I'm a WIMP, not a geek.
...save
It can be argued that spyware's actions constitute theft. Burglary, I suppose, although that depends on the statutory definition. The problem is that the "consent" is rarely, if ever, truly informed.
Has Norton quarantined them? If so you can delete the quarantined files.
Try wading through a 6,000 screen EULA to find out exactly what the license says. The waste of bandwidth alone is criminal.
No. That's what is so odd. Norton identifies them but is giving me no option to either delete or quarantine or fix them. Normally there's an "action" button to use, but in this case it's giving me no options.
Have you contacted Symantec tech support with the details? They may be able to help you resolve the issue.
I guess that's my next move...although I hate Symantec more than Gator itself.
I hate this stuff and love this stuff at the same time.
Hate it of course when it gets on my systems (rare) but I make a lot of money removing it from others'.
Very conflicted. ;)
That happened to me once. I assumed it was just my modem reconnecting to the internet until some dialer garbage popped up. I physically disconnected my phone line and it took several runs of CW Shredder, Hijack This, and Spybot S&D to get rid of it.
Oh, I know. That's the whole intent behind the 6,000 screens of verbal garbage and garbled verbiage. They can claim, if actually held responsible some sunny day, that they received consent for everything that was done.
I have Spyware S&D on my pc, along with Adaware (earlier version). It was too late by the time I discovered them and installed them on my pc. Whatever is on that pc, disabled my Norton AntiVirus, and some tools provided by Windows. Many times when I tried to run S&D or Norton, my system would shut down. Then it would pop up with a warning that my virtual memory was too low. I could not find the programs that were running and causing the problem. Time for the geek squad, because my HD now sounds like a coffee grinder.
I'd like to get my hands on the creeps who dream up these worms, malware, trojans, etc.
When my pc is fixed, the first thing I'm going to do is go back to my bookmarked threads, and install everything....probably including Fire Fox.
Thanks again for your help :-)
Just for the heck of it, after reading the intial article, I launched Norton Anti-Virus for Mac and let it scan my most important volumes. As usual, nothing to report. I hadn't run Norton in at least a year - there's no reason to. I'm wondering why I bother to keep it on my drive any more.
The only way the spyware/adware/virus/trojan problems are going to be solved on the PC side is to ditch Windows and go to an entirely new operating system. I doubt there will be any other workable solution. As soon as one "opening" is closed, another seems to be opened and exploited by those who do such things. I can't understand why Microsoft engineered its operating and application software to have so many hidden - and intentional - security holes.
On the other hand, I _do_ understand that many businesses are - for now - locked into the Windows World. But that could change. Of course, they probably won't "go Mac", and I don't expect that; it will be some other OS. But what?
Nevertheless, regardless of what you're using at work, if you're tired of fighting the spyware and adware at home, and want to GET RID those hassles, you might consider checking out the Mac side of things!
Cheers!
- John
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Bad boys! Bad boys!
Whatca gonna do?
Whatca gonna do when they come for you?Bad boys! Bad boys!
Whatca gonna do?
Whatca gonna do when they come for yoooooooouuuuu?
SpywareBlaster. It's free, works better than Spybot, in the background, with no input except updating definitions weekly. It's also FREE.
Do it. NOW.
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