Re: Adaware

From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 04/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 12:39:01 -0500

Wireless networks are inherently insecure. You are probably
broadcasting an SSID and you may have been hacked. A good
firewall such as Zone Alarm, WEP and WAP in the WiFi, turn
off broadcasting SSID and turn MAC addressing ON.

I have my SpyBot S&D set to immunize against all known
threats and I scan 100% of the files and websites with
McAfee VS while on-line.
Just because I'm paranoid does not mean they aren't after
me!

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"Patty" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:1894d01c420ab$d1d0b930$a601280a@phx.gbl...
| It probably was totally unrelated but i was just
| wondering if that might had been the cause because it was
| the only thing i could recall downloading onto that
| computer.  Like i had said though.....the same thing
| happened on my WindowXP computer (homepage hijacked) and
| i didn't download Spyblaster onto that computer.  I'll
| give it another shot to see what happens.  Just curious
| as to how these people get into my computer to do this
| evil stuff.  They must be pretty desparate for people to
| use their services for them to go about it in such an
| underhanded sneaky method!!  Thanx again........Patty
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi,
| >
| >I've used it on countless machines, and never had
| anything like that happen
| >or ever seen it add anything to the system that it
| shouldn't. I don't have
| >an explanation for you, but have you checked with other
| users of that
| >machine?
| >
| >-- 
| >Best of Luck,
| >
| >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
| >Windows isn't rocket science!  That's my other hobby!
| >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
| >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
| >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
| >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
| >
| ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| >news:16aa801c42036$26abc290$a001280a@phx.gbl...
| >> thanx for the reply.  I have a question about
| Spyblaster
| >> though.  I read about it in another post in here last
| >> week and installed it on my Win98se computer.  I don't
| >> know if one thing has anything to do with the other but
| >> the following day after turning my computer back
| on.....I
| >> had desktop icons for "casino games, card games, and
| >> things like that.  The only thing that i downloaded was
| >> spyblaster so i removed it thinking it might have been
| >> the culprit for putting these things onto my
| computer.  I
| >> also mysteriously had some "foreign" search browser.  I
| >> was able again to remove these things in the Add/Remove
| >> task manager but am puzzled as to how these things get
| >> onto my computer to begin with.  I have 2 computers.
| One
| >> being Windows98se connected via verizon dsl and
| microsoft
| >> wireless router and the second one is this WindowXP
| which
| >> i have a USB wireless adapter hooked up to to pick up
| the
| >> signals from the router.  It just seems funny that it
| >> happens to my Win98se and then 2 days
| >> later......basically the same thing happens to my WinXP
| >> system.  Anyway...my question is ......why didn't
| >> Spyblaster pick these things up before they were
| >> installed onto my computer or.......was Spyblaster the
| >> culprit who installed them.  Didn't have Spyblaster on
| >> the WinXP system so i'm tending to doubt the latter.
| >> Thanx for any and all help.........Patty
| >>>-----Original Message-----
| >>>Hi Patty,
| >>>
| >>>Yes, they are all safe to remove. They are all part of
| >> various spy and ad
| >>>programs. You may want to install this utility to
| >> prevent this from
| >>>happening in the future:
| >>>
| >>>Spyware Blaster:
| >> www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
| >>>
| >>>-- 
| >>>Best of Luck,
| >>>
| >>>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
| >>>Windows isn't rocket science!  That's my other hobby!
| >>>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
| >>>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
| >>>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
| >>>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
| >>>
| >>>"Patty" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
| >> message
| >>>news:1b2c601c4202e$e1cf2510$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| >>>> Hi......I just recently got a brand new computer with
| >>>> Windows XP OS.  It's been running fine up until today
| >>>> when i went to go online and it kept hanging up.  One
| >> of
| >>>> the first things i did when i got it 2 weeks ago was
| to
| >>>> download Adaware to try to keep out the spyware and
| >>>> malware.  When i put it on today (computer) ....I
| >> noticed
| >>>> a big toolbar on the bottom that said "Searchbox" or
| >>>> something to that effect.  I have no idea where this
| >> came
| >>>> from as i really haven't downloaded anything new into
| >> the
| >>>> computer.  I was able to remove it from the
| Add/Remove
| >>>> task manager along with another file that
| >>>> said "BargainBuys" or something to that effect.  I
| then
| >>>> figured i better run my Adaware Program and low and
| >>>> behold.....was i was shocked when it came up with
| over
| >>>> 300 files along with registry keys and registry
| values.
| >>>> I checked to remove them all but when it finished i
| >> got a
| >>>> message saying some files couldn't be removed.  It
| then
| >>>> asked if i wanted Adaware to try to remove them when
| i
| >>>> restart my computer.  I checked "cancel" because i
| want
| >>>> to make sure it is ok to remove them before i do
| >>>> anything.  The files are:
| >>>> C:\programfiles\syssai\apropusplugin.dll
| >>>> C:\programfiles\clearsearch\csie.dll
| >>>> C:\windows\system32\msiefr40.dll
| >>>> C:\windows\system32\stlbdist.dll
| >>>>
| >>>> Is it safe to have Adaware remove these files or do i
| >>>> need them to keep my system up and running??  I have
| no
| >>>> idea where these over 300 files came from.  The only
| >>>> thing i can think of is my friend's son was on-line
| >> last
| >>>> night in chatrooms and playing games on AOL.  My son
| >>>> tends to download things associated with his X-box
| live
| >>>> like WarZone and teamcompete.  Could these be the
| >>>> culprits putting that nasty spyware on my computer??
| >> The
| >>>> risk factor for just about all of them are low with
| one
| >>>> being Medium risk factor and possible browser
| hijacker.
| >>>> Any help as to whether i can safely remove the above
| >>>> files would be greatly
| appreciated.......Thanx...Patty
| >>>
| >>>
| >>>.
| >>>
| >
| >
| >.
| >

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