Posted on 12/21/2004 2:39:48 AM PST by goldstategop
I would like to see the death penalty used on these spammers and spyware merchants!
Here are a few sites:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/
http://www.linuxforum.com/forums/
http://www.justlinux.com/
Also, you have FR! There are quite a few Linux users here who would be happy to help you out.
PS: If you are on Broadband you can download Mandrake 10.1 for free. I've found it to be the most solid, and user friendly home desktop.
Spyware is definitely a pain. I have spybot and adaware and they do yield different results just like the article stated.
Please explain. Are you talking about software that you can buy to have updates downloaded and installed automatically? Also, how do you keep automatic updates turn on?
My computer is now back to normal, but it was taken over by spyware, and my browser was highjacked. The computer had to be wiped clean and everything re-installed.
That's very good advice. Recently I reformatted one of my boxes. After installing XP Pro i went out to a couple of sites with IE to grab a couple of things. I download and install Firefox, and haven't used IE on that computer since.
Yesterday I go back to that machine, open IE for Windows Update, and the homepage was changed LOL. I have no idea how or when it happened, but it was definitely malware, because it was changed to one of those spammer search engines.
with Ad-Aware Pro or Ad-Aware Plus you have real time protection which has worked extremely well for me. However, neither of these are free.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
I was recently hijacked by the dreaded CoolWeb, also. After multiple executions of SpySweeper, it appears to be gone; however, any time I reboot my system I get multiple messages bout a "shell.dll" file being missing. Is there anything I can do about that (without access to the XP CD, which apparently was misplaced during our last move)?
bookmark
Anyone know where Firefox stores the temporary files? I am curious because I uses "EasyCleaner" to keep the unwanted files cleaned up and it (understandably) does not seem to find any left over trash from Firefox - perhaps there is none.
I guess I am spoiled. After years of IE, I miss spending hours cleaning up after IE.
Anyone know anything about Solid Peer? I have run spybot and use Trend Micro, but can't stop the pop-up's.
This is an example with XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\5wcj6no1.default
NOTE: The "Application Data" Directory is hidden in Windows by Default.
DOH!
PS: The file the cookes are stored in is referred to as 'cookies.txt'
KoRn, all my experience has been with SuSE (or Knoppix). Have you tried SuSE? I'd be interested in your thoughts versus a comparison with Mandrake.
Tnx.
My FR homepage has some additional information. It's mostly written to clear infections in a top down fashion, but you may benefit from it. :)
I haven't tried SuSE myself, but it seems to be quite popular.
Shoot 'em both and see which one rots faster!
THANKS MUCH.
Have you read the EULA for Windows? They are not responsible for anything that happens on or to your computer. Ever. For any reason.
And you agreed to it when you installed Windows.
Whole HDD imaging and HDDs on removable carrriages is the only method of ops I ever use in the CGs ship simulators facility I manage. Spare HDDs right there at each machine with whole images ready to go if there's even a burp. No lost cadet training in 5+ years on 5 full mission simulators.
Hey, HDDs are cheap, student time is irrecoverable.
Easy to get to tape for off-site storage and archive... easy to recover with a PC dedicated only to this process.
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