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Spyware in galaxy near you:Program tracks surfing, delivers pop-up ads, can collect credit-card info
Wired.com ^
| 1/24/02
| Jeffrey Benner
Posted on 01/25/2002 5:21:36 AM PST by truthandlife
Edited on 06/29/2004 7:08:41 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The latest scandal over so-called spyware involves a mysterious and particularly insidious program that tracks your surfing, delivers pop-up ads and could even collect your credit card information.
You may not have heard of the VX2 Corporation, but if you've downloaded Audio Galaxy lately, VX2 may know a lot about you.
(Excerpt) Read more at wired.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: computersecurityin
To: truthandlife
I ran into a peculiar pop-up today at Newsmax. Tried to click on an article and a new screen had to be closed before I could see the article. This has never happened before. Be sure and post when you read about something to block this spying.
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posted on
01/25/2002 5:25:47 AM PST
by
lsee
To: lsee
Well, duh, I should have read the last paragraph! And when I went back to Newsmax to recreate the pop-up from earlier, it didn't happen....weird.
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posted on
01/25/2002 5:27:55 AM PST
by
lsee
To: lsee
You can download the free software at the bottom of the article.
To: truthandlife
The first time I downloaded and ran Ad-Aware, it flagged 84 suspect files on my hard drive! BigBrother.com is watching.
To: truthandlife
Bump for later reading.
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posted on
01/25/2002 5:31:00 AM PST
by
barker
To: truthandlife
Modell. Audiogalaxy is probably the best music DL site out there right now.
Pop-up ads themselves reek out loud, but lately I'm seeing some that have the corner X way above the top of the screen. Fortunately, hitting Alt-F4 will get rid of such.
-Eric
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posted on
01/25/2002 5:32:24 AM PST
by
E Rocc
To: Middle Man
I got 87 outta mine yesterday, still can't find the hidden Windows files. My next box is going to be a dual HD with Linux on one drive, screw MS.
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posted on
01/25/2002 5:46:34 AM PST
by
steve50
To: steve50
I have a second hard drive on one of my machines, it might just be time to audition Linux. If they ever get a big sponsor like IBM, they might give MS a run.
To: *computer security in
Bump!
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posted on
01/25/2002 5:55:27 AM PST
by
Mixer
To: boston liberty
Ping!
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posted on
01/25/2002 5:55:56 AM PST
by
Mixer
To: truthandlife
Ad-Aware is a must have for anyone using these P2P type programs. Morpheus is the best file sharing program out there right now and they claim NOT to use spyware in their software. I have been using Ad-Aware and Morpheus for some time now and I have never had any spy issues from them. I feel 99% safe using Morpheus.
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posted on
01/25/2002 5:57:35 AM PST
by
Mixer
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: boston_liberty
I am sorry but I did not put the comma in after the word "Spyware" when doing the search.
To: truthandlife
I use AdAware at bootup but I still found the vx2.dll file on my hd.
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posted on
01/25/2002 6:07:36 AM PST
by
KateUTWS
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