Ben, what your saying is 100% true! Spyware is terrible. Im not 100% positive on this one but my source is pretty trustworthy. Spyware is actualy much like a trojan virus...so much so that various companies which produce spyware have actualy paid off mcaffee anti-virus software to disregard their trojan spyware programs. Scary isnt it?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Johansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list witango-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:16 PM Subject: Witango-Talk: [OT] Spyware Alert! Hi All, There is a lot of effort to get everyone to get a firewall and anti-virus in place, but there is a third leg to this triangle. Spy-ware is coming in disguised as harmless little collection of hits to there site. Trust me it has grown far beyond that. If you don't believe me go to http://www.lavasoft.de and download Ad-Aware it is free, you will also need to get the latest REFLIST file (there version of an antivirus dat file). there is a package that you can get which will download and install the REFLIST on a click of the button called "REFUPDATE" Run it on your computer and be prepared for a shock. They are installing active Trojans that are watching all your moves and sending reports all over. Have you noticed a slow down on you browser when surfing lately. Will it is most likely Spy-Ware Another gotcha to look out for. When you download the freebee make sure you download it from either Mirror#1 or Mirror#2 farther down the downloads list. The other sites like MajorGeeks.com install the spyware you are trying to get rid of by downloading Ad-Aware Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com Authorized Witango Reseller http://www.pcforge.com/WitangoGoodies.htm Latest downloads & List Archives @ http://www.witango.ws ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
