When Ad-Aware finds stuff in your Reg. Key

[BERIGAN]

Contact credit card companies? I just ran it, and for the 2nd time in a row, It said something about Malware(I forgot to write it down! ) and there were 3 in a row in my registry. Could they be getting my key strokes???

Edited August 19, 2004 by BERIGAN

[7/4]

Contact credit card companies? I just ran it, and for the 2nd time in a row, It said something about Malware(I forgot to write it down! ) and there were 3 in a row in my registry. Could they be getting my key strokes???

Of course the goverment is watching you.

What did you expect?

[7/4]

It's from all those porn sites you've been checking out.

[BERIGAN]

It's from all those porn sites you've been checking out.

Hey! How do you know I have been checking out all these porn sites....unless

[7/4]

It's from all those porn sites you've been checking out.

Hey! How do you know I have been checking out all these porn sites....unless

I work with computers in my day job. I have customers...I know what people do when the boss isn't looking.

plus, there's all those used tissues around your desk......yek!

[wesbed]

Jeeeeeeeeeeeessssuuuuuuuuus. Oh, Jeeeesssuuuuuuuuusssssssss!

Jesus left Chi-ca-go. Now, on his way to New Orleans.

[7/4]

Jeeeeeeeeeeeessssuuuuuuuuus. Oh, Jeeeesssuuuuuuuuusssssssss!

Jesus left Chi-ca-go. Now, on his way to New Orleans.

Let's clear something up here.

Berigan is a bean wacker. The Most Rev. Billy G. is not.

He's a plank slapper. He slaps the plank.

[wesbed]

I want to touch his beard.

Am I a beard toucher?

[RDK]

File under: too much information!

*****

Beri, I don't think you have to go to such extreme measures (canceling credit cards and stuff). Most of the spyware/malware is annoying and disruptive, tracking cookies and and altering your browser, etc., but I've never heard of it lifting cc info or getting past encrypted passwords.

[7/4]

I want to touch his beard.

Am I a beard toucher?

You can stroke it, but please don't drool.

[7/4]

I want to touch his beard.

Am I a beard toucher? 

You can stroke it, but please don't drool.

and please, please, please....

no lubricants.

[7/4]

...and if you want, it's ok to whisper to it.

[7/4]

Making you, of course, the Beard Whisperer.

[7/4]

Somewhat cooler than being known as the the Beard Stroaker...

Edited August 19, 2004 by 7/4

[7/4]

...or the Beard Toucher.

Edited August 19, 2004 by 7/4

[Jim Alfredson]

Just make sure to buy some cheap sunglassess.

[wesbed]

The Beard Soaker, perhaps?

[7/4]

The Beard Soaker, perhaps?

Hey, as long as it's OK with Billy G.

...and don't feel obligated to tell us what happened unless we all read about it on AP on line first. The you can tell us your side of the story, unless your lawyer won't let you.

[7/4]

Just make sure to buy some cheap sunglassess.

What a wonderfull tune.

[wesbed]

I'll have my lawyer contact Billy G., BERIGAN, and Michael Cuscuna.

And... in the meantime, I might start growing me a beard.

[7/4]

Dare I mention Pearl Necklace?

squrit.

[Claude]

There are different degrees of dangerousness in adware - spyware - trojans. If you don't tell what it was exactly, nobody will be able to help you.

Spyware may track the website you are browsing (to "persononlize" the ads it is sending you), but it won't log your keyboard to get your credit car info (which should not be saved on your PC) or passwords.

Adaware also find cookies which will tell the owners of cooperating websites (which then use the same cookies) which of the websites you have browsed. Normally cookies are only sent to the website which created it (like this board for example), so it's not a privacy problem.

[wesbed]

I'm thinking I might buy a new toaster, replace the exhaust system on my car, donate to Organissimo, look at the latest airline schedules, and enjoy a night on the town.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

If you run AdAware and it finds malware and then you clean it up but it's still there after a re-boot, you've got a virus, a download Trojan virus actually.

Download and run Spybot (link) in addition to AdAware. Spybot just might remove the Trojan but there's no guarantee. McAfee seems capable of getting rid of it as well. Norton is not so good at it.

Your best bet is to run System Restore and get your computer back to a date before the infestation.

BTW, the only time you should worry about passwords is if a keyword logging program is detected. Keyword loggers are programs that keep a file that records everything you type on your keyboard, including passwords and credit card numbers. They're nasty buggers.

Later,

Kevin

[BERIGAN]

Jeeeeeeeeeeeessssuuuuuuuuus. Oh, Jeeeesssuuuuuuuuusssssssss!

Jesus left Chi-ca-go. Now, on his way to New Orleans.

Let's clear something up here.

Berigan is a bean wacker. The Most Rev. Billy G. is not.

He's a plank slapper. He slaps the plank.

Oh Yeah? Well..you are a post inflator...and suffer from VFWPPS (Very few words per post syndrome)