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Topic: HACKERS
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NikiSpeedy
Knowflake Posts: 345
From: NC
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted January 18, 2004 05:38 PM
 
Well, I hadda use my Recovery disk and lose all my info -- How insidious these parasites and viruses are. Actually, it was when i was on THIS site, that i got a popup telling me that i had all kinds of spyware installed and here i can download this program to get rid of all that junk. Well, that program sets itself up in the registry also and after finding and deleting several files, cookies, etc -- i just decided i would take the loss and start all over.Anyway, this is a REAL problem - ha, now that I HAVE BEEN attacked myself. Now using Sygate Firewall and so far -- i like it a lot. I NEVER knew the kinda traffic your puter is exposed to. Want to tell yall this tho -- i THINK where it all came from was that i downloaded a program to find the porn on my puter - as my ex-husband spent a lot of time there and i wanted the trash off!! The files that corrupted me were imbedded in the so called "helpful" porn program. Lesson learned -- Sheesh!! IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 25287
From: Columbus, GA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted January 18, 2004 05:44 PM
You must have picked up that pop-up elsewhere, and it just popped up when you came here. We have no pop-ups on this site. ------------------
"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark IP: Logged |
NikiSpeedy
Knowflake Posts: 345
From: NC
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted January 18, 2004 06:02 PM
Interesting to know that Randall. Can't say that i have had any OTHER popups here -- u right. Tho i do remember the popup telling me that the publisher of this site (thot it was THIS one - oh well) had found all this spyware on my puter -- wondering where it DID come from then.Actually, my computer is running a LOT better now -- almost like i got a new one. Tho i am now uneasy about all probes into my ports - uh huh!! LOL IP: Logged |
grayheart
Knowflake Posts: 215
From: Land O Love
Registered: Oct 2003
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posted January 19, 2004 11:08 AM
that sound like typical adware/spyware
This is the kind of stuff I deal with almost every day. I should tel you that even the best firewall will not stop it all. the way it gets into your system is very sneaky, the advertising companies embed the installer in the background code of web pages, and java applets and other pop ups. and once it is in, it opens the door for other spyware to get in. in a sense, the firewall think that you asked for it to be installed. And never download a program to clean it from a popup, chances are it will get rid of a few, but install it's own instead. I would recommend either ADAWARE, or SPYBOT.
ADAWARE can be found here: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ There is a free version, and it get a lot of the spyware out.SPYBOT can be found here: http://www.safer-networking.org/
It is also free, though they will accept donations, and if you keep it updated it will clean out 99% of all the spyware and adware out there. I thought this would be helpful for anyone whose system has become slow or has started getting popups even when they are not on a site that uses popups. At least 85% of the people who I talk to at work who complain about system peformance and popups have no trouble after running once they run one of these two free programs. IP: Logged |
juniperb
Knowflake Posts: 6830
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted January 19, 2004 01:56 PM
grayheart  I have both installed. As they update reference files at a different pace, I find that one will get what the other doesn`t. I also use the free version of pop up stopper by panic ware. Gotta get it Niki! LostLeo put me on to these products & I`m eternally grateful. Thanks LL, where ever you are  . juniperb  ------------------
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. ~James Herriot IP: Logged |
NikiSpeedy
Knowflake Posts: 345
From: NC
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted January 19, 2004 10:13 PM
LOL - i had just installed Ad-aware last nite but hadn't figured out how to use it yet. Now - WOO HOO - i have done that and installed and also used Spybot. Yeah Gray and Juni -- there are the ones to get!!Also got popup blocker to try out - IP: Logged |
desert-rain
Knowflake Posts: 53
From:
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted January 20, 2004 12:47 AM
hi, thanks for that wonderfully useful information grayheart.....what a help!  IP: Logged |
juniperb
Knowflake Posts: 6830
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted March 06, 2004 10:22 AM
Nikispeedy, how did the ad aware and pop up blocker work for you? 
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If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. ~James Herriot IP: Logged |
tahariel
Knowflake Posts: 165
From: south wales
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted March 06, 2004 08:22 PM
If you want to know a funny hacker story....
When I first had my pc I was in love, went to lots of websites in my surfing and spent much time on it. Then one day before I knew about Virusscan and Zone Alarm, I was hacked. The person in question sent a porn link from my email address to over 400 people ! AOL cancelled my subscription and gave me a telling off as they didn't believe I had been hacked. I had tonnes of hate mail, for ages....luckily I am now living with my pc expert boyfriend IP: Logged |
theFajita3
Knowflake Posts: 1457
From: Sunny South Florida, USA
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted March 09, 2004 04:56 PM
Nikispeedy that is the message spyware gives you no matter where you are...notice it didn't name this site, it just said, warning, this site, blah blah blah, you can't beleive anything you read on a pop up!
I say it out of care, once someone IM'd me when I was 14 and asked me for my password to AOL so that I could get 12 free hours, so I sent them the password, and of course, ended up getting kicked off for what they did while online. ------------------
Namaste! IP: Logged |
La-Tee-Da
Knowflake Posts: 1445
From: New Orleans, Louisiana
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted March 09, 2004 06:02 PM
Ha! Speaking of porn sites....someone has gone nuts sending me all these porn emails. I must get 50-100 per day. I don't know how this crap starts or how to stop it, but it is DISGUSTING!!!!------------------
Hugs,LTD IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 5301
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted March 09, 2004 07:25 PM
*cough*sorry darlin';
I'll take you off my mailing list  *kidding, I'm kidding!*
(She's not on my mailing list .) IP: Logged |
gloomy sag
Knowflake Posts: 355
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted March 09, 2004 09:09 PM
I knew it was you, Pixie. Don't try to take it back now. 
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tahariel
Knowflake Posts: 165
From: south wales
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted March 09, 2004 10:00 PM
thats where the junk mail filter comes in handy !IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Knowflake Posts: 5301
From: Ontario Canada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted March 09, 2004 11:49 PM
What?! It comes in handy for errant, pornographic pixies?  IP: Logged |
NikiSpeedy
Knowflake Posts: 345
From: NC
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted March 10, 2004 01:20 AM
Juni -- all's working well - i like the popup blocker too -- am having computer bliss for the present.IP: Logged |
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