[RBASE-L] - Re: Off Topic: AdAware

[Atrix Wolfe]

when you install a program on your computer, it has full control to do anything it wants (unless you install it w/ different user priveleges but i doubt thats the case).   So the answer is yes, it can.   Getting spyware doesnt necesarily mean her firewall isnt working, i think more likely it means that she is making poor decisions such as when a popup says "would you like to install blah blah blah?" she clicks yes.   There could also be some spyware that isnt being picked up by addware that maybe has lodged itself deeper into her computer and is opening the gates for these other spyware programs to get in.   Id suggest trying an anti virus program on her computer too but im not sure if it would do any good, last i heard alot of the bigger anti-virus programs were paid off by various corporations to not show their spyware as viruses.   Comforting eh?   ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:37 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Off Topic: AdAware That client of mine who found all the spyware programs says that she ran it again a week later and found 10 more.  She asks the following questions and I don't know the answers. Do you? "Can people go into my network and view my data with those types of things? I noticed one recurring program called "Dataminer". Someone told me that my firewall is not working if those types of things get through. Is this true? Karen