Posted on 08/06/2005 10:23:17 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
fyi
We use the Sunbelt product, "I hate Spam" for Exchange, at our office. Been pretty happy with it, funky name, good software.
bump
I am glad I moved most of my browsing to Linux.
Protect yourself...
http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html
The only way I have found to remove all of coolwebsearch.
Interesting, but this has been known for a long time and
there are already removers available.
Just do a google search "coolwebsearch" and you will
find over 158,000 hits. Its been known to be an exploit since 2003.
"Cool Web Search" is one of the most evil and toughest to kill forms of spyware. There are about a bazillion versions of this, because they (the programmers behind CWS) were actively working to stay ahead of those working on "Cool Web Shredder," and the load finally got so heavy that they gave up.
While most variants can be removed, I did have a client with a computer that was so heavily compromised with virus and spyware infections that I told them that the only safe thing to do was wipe the system and reinstall everything.
Mark
Cwshredder is a good start. Your best protection, I swear, stop using IE, find another browser.
Nat'l security project disquised as a scam operation?
That's ugly!
What's Ugly, my posting?
This is a new variant of CWS that is designed to flat out steal information. Prior version just kept tabs of what you did and went from an ad standpoint.
That thought did cross my mind.
The scary thing is, this could be a government operation.
my favorite line is: "What follows is more or less the exact"
Since the FBI was so lax about going after this and has been for so long then how do we know that they have not been the recipiants of any of this information...As in a secret patriot act.
I've read horror stories about CWS.
Spybot S&D can be set to innoculate against a huge amount of malware---including CWS.
And it's free!
:)
I'd be surprised if the FBI didn't care. I've had the exact opposite experiance.
You know my address. Get thee hence to my house. Now!
YOWZERS this is horrible!! Thanks for the ping!
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