Dan Lewis wrote:
> On Monday 22 January 2007 11:36 pm, vampgyrl313 wrote:
>> I am using version 2.1 of Open Office.  While I like the program, I
>> have a grave concern.
>>
>> When I scan my system with SpyOnThis, it shows the following to be
>> a keylogger:
>>
>> Infected object:  PC Watch Personal Edition
>> Type:  KEYLOGGER
>> Location:  C://Documents and Settings/HP_ Owner/Application
>> Data/Open Office.org2/user/store/ Detail:  Folder
>> Risk Level:  Extra High
>>
>> I consider this to be a problem.
> 
>      Yes, this is a keylogger, but all keyloggers are not bad in spite 
> of what you think The file that goes into that folder is a cache file 
> that OOo uses to determine what OOo has written in folders in the 
> temporary folder it uses. It does NOT log key strokes, which is what 
> you are thinking.
>      I just used OOo to begin writing an HTML document. After adding 
> some text, I checked the cache file in the store folder. It has not 
> changed since about 5:30 this morning which is more than 12 hours 
> ago. So, it could not be logging my keystrokes.
>      Thanks for bringing this to my attention, but your software has 
> found a false positive.
> 
> Dan

Ummm... perhaps you should see Tom Chilton's response?

SpyOnThis is a bogus program. See:

http://blog.spywareguide.com/2006/05/spyonthis_false_positives_1.html
http://www.spywareguide.com/spydet_2852_spyonthis.html
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
[scroll down to SpyOnThis]

Query for spyonthis.net type=255 class=1
  spyonthis.net MX (Mail Exchanger) Priority: 0 spyonthis.net
  spyonthis.net SOA (Zone of Authority)
        Primary NS: ns1.olnevhost.com
        Responsible person: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
        serial:2006122800
        refresh:86400s (24 hours)
        retry:7200s (2 hours)
        expire:3600000s (410 days)
        minimum-ttl:86400s (24 hours)
  spyonthis.net NS (Nameserver) ns2.olnevhost.com
  spyonthis.net NS (Nameserver) ns1.olnevhost.com
  spyonthis.net A (Address) 208.101.20.58
  spyonthis.net A (Address) 208.101.20.58
  ns1.olnevhost.com A (Address) 208.101.20.50
  ns2.olnevhost.com A (Address) 208.101.20.56

 Domain name: OLNEVHOST.NET
 Administrative Contact:
    Olnev, Alexander  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
    Chicherina 8
    building #2
    1248
    Moscow, Moscow 129327
    RU
    +79055049320    Fax: +70959560177

You'd trust your computer to SpyOnThis?





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