Ahhhh! Spyware!!!!

Taffy

Taffy

New Member
Help! Just got a hoax e-mail, allegedly from Visa, about withdrawing some money. This I had not done, so to investigate further, I downloaded the attached 'documents'. No documents. A nice fat bundle of spyware though.

So, i'm running my Spy Sweeper now to destroy, and i'm telling off my other safety equipment (anti-virus, pop-up blocker, anti-spam and firewall) for not stopping me from being so foolish. Anything else I can do to delete the spyware/not let this happen again?

[mod]thread moved to the chat box. /Doc.[/mod]
 
Macca

Macca

Member
[mod]This should really be in "The chat box" unless we are also going to have a debate on Spyware, tut tut you should know better Taffy :p.[/mod]

*waits for the person with appropriate powers to move this thread :)*

There is not much that you can do now apart from what you'r already doing, just run a virus scan and spyware scan aswell as putting your security level at High, that should hopefully stop Trojans and things accessing other computers.

Anyway it's hardly your Security softwares fault for not telling you something you should know :p. However real these things look, its best to leave it and pick up the phone if you thing its something serious.
 
Taffy

Taffy

New Member
Yes but its nice to have something to blame. Especially if it can't bite back :)

I'm a bit happier now. My Spy Sweeper pulverised it into oblivion and its on the 'always delete' list now. So it shouldn't be coming back any time soon.


[mod]WATCH OUT FOR THIS E-MAIL PEOPLE!![/mod]
 
thatbloke

thatbloke

Junior Administrator
when you do this scan make sure you are in Safe Mode or it will come straight back...
 
MadGinga

MadGinga

In Cryo Sleep
If the spyware keeps rearing its ugly head, try running msconfig and checking that no programs in the "startup" tab (well the last tab along the top) have /install at the end of their location/comand line. I would check the exact details but i'm on a public PC that wont let me into msconfig, how unfair is that?!!
 
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