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Auto download adware carries vicious payload
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| 03 Mar 2005
| Robert Jaques
Posted on 03/03/2005 1:39:36 PM PST by holymoly
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To: holymoly
That's a lot of links... my Microsoft life seems a lot simpler to me... and the people writing the code actually have jobs ;~D
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:55:36 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:55:37 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: All
Little illiterate computer tapper me is so confused. I'm about ready to sit this thing on the burn pile and blast it with my 12 ga.
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:55:41 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
What's TDS3? a2 is the anti-trojan, correct?
I only list freeware/open source, btw.
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:55:42 PM PST
by
holymoly
("A lot" is TWO words.)
To: holymoly
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:56:08 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Encouraging heteronormativity wherever I go!)
To: peyton randolph
IMO HiJack this is a bit powerful for the average user. Most of the time, when the automated tools don't work for someome, I steer them towards the SpywareWarrior.com forum, where they can find out more about HiJack this, and post their logs for expert help. (Better safe than sorry.)
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:57:31 PM PST
by
holymoly
("A lot" is TWO words.)
To: pbrown
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posted on
03/03/2005 1:58:04 PM PST
by
Disambiguator
(Encouraging heteronormativity wherever I go!)
To: holymoly
To: holymoly
This is the reason I no longer visit Drudge's page. He should change the name of his page to the Popup and Spyware Report. Who knows what measures he is taking to make sure the pop ads he accepts are clean. And if you clear out your adware, then visit his site and check again, you can see he has dropped three to five spyware programs on your computer.
I'll wait until someone posts on FR what is on Drudge to see what he has to say. Too risky going to his page.
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posted on
03/03/2005 2:03:54 PM PST
by
BJungNan
(Junk mail is killing email. Don't buy from spam emails!!!)
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
03/03/2005 2:05:42 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
To: holymoly
Microsoft has released a patch to correct this problem Yes, nearly two months ago. Anyone with automatic updates turned on should already have this.
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posted on
03/03/2005 2:06:24 PM PST
by
kevkrom
(If people are free to do as they wish, they are almost certain not to do as Utopian planners wish)
To: frogjerk
I'm not as cocky about Firefox as I used to be, since we're starting to see malware and Trojans coded for it. It's still generally safer than IE, and better too IMO (tabbed browsing, among other things), but now that it's getting notice and market share, the script kiddies are starting to find its holes. No software is perfect.
}:-)4
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posted on
03/03/2005 2:08:42 PM PST
by
Moose4
(So how long will it take Hunter S. Thompson to figure out he's dead and not on an acid trip?)
To: Disambiguator
LOLOL. Just what I needed. Thanks. Put a hole in it huh? With a 12 ga.......
'I can't relate'.
Thanks again.
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posted on
03/03/2005 2:08:47 PM PST
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: backhoe
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posted on
03/03/2005 2:09:06 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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posted on
03/03/2005 2:09:11 PM PST
by
faq
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks- I'll inform friends and relatives.
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posted on
03/03/2005 2:10:28 PM PST
by
backhoe
(-30-)
To: BJungNan
If you go to the Mozilla FTP site, you can download a ZIP of Firefox , which does not install in the common sense, as does the Windows EXE installer. (No registry changes, etc.)
It unzips to a "firefox" directory with all needed files. IIRC When you launch it the first time, it will create a "firefox" subdirectory under Windows\Application Data.
If you decide you don't like it, just delete the two "firefox" folders and that's it.
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/
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posted on
03/03/2005 2:10:47 PM PST
by
holymoly
("A lot" is TWO words.)
To: Republicanus_Tyrannus
Way to be posting stuff from January 11th.
The article is dated March 3. You don't like it, tough.
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posted on
03/03/2005 2:12:56 PM PST
by
holymoly
("A lot" is TWO words.)
To: kevkrom; All
I rec'd an email from MSFT today which said that there will be no new security updates for the month of March.
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posted on
03/03/2005 2:17:23 PM PST
by
hsmomx3
(Steelers in '06)
To: dfwgator
Anyone caught intentionally pushing malware on PCs should be shot, I mean it.
Them and whatever idiot invented blister packs for medications.
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posted on
03/03/2005 2:17:41 PM PST
by
TomGuy
(America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
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