Darn Spyware - Update
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That darn spyware thing I got last week that was launching pop-up ads everytime I loaded a web page in my browser seems to be gone. It was apparently trying to pin the pop-ups on innocent web sites - Codeproject included. What's even stranger is that AdAware didn't catch it. I downloaded the most recent spyware databases as of yesterday afternoon, and AdAware still didn't catch it, possibly because it was more of trojan virus than a spyware component. I eventually just reinstalled Internet Explorer and that seemed to take care of the problem. I should never have let my buddy surf the web like he did. Live and learn, I guess. It seems web surfing can be likened to sending your computer to have promiscuous sex with other machines. You never know what you'll catch these days. Is there a cyber condom out there that can protect me from this nonsense in the future?
"Monotheism is truly a gift from the gods." - Emo Phillips
Here is a dumb question. Using a browser with scripts enabled. What all can someone do with respect to spying or obtaining information from your computer? I have heard a lot about spyware via browsers and scripts but have never seen any list of information or type of information they can gather. Now I understand if you have installed an application on your computer which talks to the internet, then the app could possibly send all your files off to someone on the other side. But I am curious as to how much can someone get off your computer simply because you went to their web site?
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Here is a dumb question. Using a browser with scripts enabled. What all can someone do with respect to spying or obtaining information from your computer? I have heard a lot about spyware via browsers and scripts but have never seen any list of information or type of information they can gather. Now I understand if you have installed an application on your computer which talks to the internet, then the app could possibly send all your files off to someone on the other side. But I am curious as to how much can someone get off your computer simply because you went to their web site?
Check the info loaded into your other cookies. Now imagine if any website could make use of this. But imagine the CP admin wanted to see what codeguru, Amazon, sourcesforge, cookies contained (I think this hole has been blocked) You normally broadcast quite a bit of info as well, eg IP number, Browser Type registered, OS, If Net is installed. Regardz Colin J Davies
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Save your work
**This link is to reboot your PCIt's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
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I don't know how any sane person can use Mozilla on a regular basis, I really don't. A thirty second start-up time for a web browser is simply unacceptable in these days of giga-this and ultra-speed-that.
David Wulff
"Without hopes and dreams we're directionless" - Anna
David Wulff wrote: A thirty second start-up time for a web browser is simply unacceptable in these days of giga-this and ultra-speed-that. Startup times are mostly irrelevant. If they weren't, who would use Visual Studio? The trick is, you don't close it. What did you *think* that gig of RAM was for?
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I'd show a smile but I'm too weak I'd share with you, could I only speak
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David Wulff wrote: A thirty second start-up time for a web browser is simply unacceptable in these days of giga-this and ultra-speed-that. Startup times are mostly irrelevant. If they weren't, who would use Visual Studio? The trick is, you don't close it. What did you *think* that gig of RAM was for?
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I'd show a smile but I'm too weak I'd share with you, could I only speak
VS.NET has always loaded in five seconds from cold for me - since version one, and through the 2003 betas, VC++6 takes about seven. :)
David Wulff
"Without hopes and dreams we're directionless" - Anna
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Check the info loaded into your other cookies. Now imagine if any website could make use of this. But imagine the CP admin wanted to see what codeguru, Amazon, sourcesforge, cookies contained (I think this hole has been blocked) You normally broadcast quite a bit of info as well, eg IP number, Browser Type registered, OS, If Net is installed. Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
Save your work
**This link is to reboot your PCIt's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
I was under the impression that one web site cannot read the cookies created by another. Also, the standard information such as what browser and OS I am using, who cares. I guess my point is that there seems to be much alarm about spyware via web browsers, and my issues is what can they get that could truly be personal or harmful? Also, nearly every Internet action you make will reveal your IP number. Or so I think. Unless you are going through some proxy or some stuff like that. I seem to know very little about all this. :-)
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zenboy wrote: Though, I prefer IE; just that you can't disable scripts with it. Sure you can. You just need to know where to go, and what you want to disable. Heck you can even throw the Internet Security into High Gear [ESC-Enhanced Secrity Configuration in Windows Server 2003] Goto Internet Options -> Security -> Internet -> Custom Level. Disable anything you want. Stuff starts to break, go back and hit Default Level and your back to OEM Configuration
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Ok I admit it I'm not sane:omg: I think its the Welsh air and the sheep bleating on the hillside that have unhinged me:wtf: Granted a speed increase would be nice on startup, I'll stick with it for a while. Got to go now, I can hear "Dolly" the sheep calling me in the next field:rolleyes: JohnJ Time for a :java::java::java: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
When the Web site is back up, give http://www.avantbrowser.com[^] at try. Acts like IE, but without the popups.
Jon Sagara
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Ok I admit it I'm not sane:omg: I think its the Welsh air and the sheep bleating on the hillside that have unhinged me:wtf: Granted a speed increase would be nice on startup, I'll stick with it for a while. Got to go now, I can hear "Dolly" the sheep calling me in the next field:rolleyes: JohnJ Time for a :java::java::java: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
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JohnJ wrote: Got to go now, I can hear "Dolly" the sheep calling me in the next field This made me think of the sick thing my buddy, who lives in Robesonia (a small town), says: Yeah, Robesonia ! Where the men are men. And the sheep run like hell. :omg:
Why do you think Scotsmen wear kilts? . . . . . . . Sheep can hear a zipper for miles!
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Why do you think Scotsmen wear kilts? . . . . . . . Sheep can hear a zipper for miles!
"Ask not for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee..."One of my mates lives in a more rural area than I, and a few weeks ago commented on how he lay in bed at night kept awake by the sheep. I had to do a double-take on that too before I realised what he meant. I've been spending too much time around here... :suss:
David Wulff
"Without hopes and dreams we're directionless" - Anna
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I was under the impression that one web site cannot read the cookies created by another. Also, the standard information such as what browser and OS I am using, who cares. I guess my point is that there seems to be much alarm about spyware via web browsers, and my issues is what can they get that could truly be personal or harmful? Also, nearly every Internet action you make will reveal your IP number. Or so I think. Unless you are going through some proxy or some stuff like that. I seem to know very little about all this. :-)
I had a site lift my e-mail address (there is an HTML statement I believe that does this) and they started spamming me. It was Dundas. Since then I use IE to surf and NS for e-mail and that has not happened again. The Ten Commandments For C Programmers
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I had a site lift my e-mail address (there is an HTML statement I believe that does this) and they started spamming me. It was Dundas. Since then I use IE to surf and NS for e-mail and that has not happened again. The Ten Commandments For C Programmers
Rick, just to let you know Dundas Software does not take peoples email addresses using 'shady techniques'. Our list of email addresses come only from those who register on our web site. It is not in our interest to send out emails to those who are not interested in our products or services. If you want to, you can remove yourself from the list (just follow the instructions found at the bottom of our emails). Troy Marchand VP Product Development Dundas Software