Help with spyware!

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:33 pm

Hi!

This is the second time i have seen this, luckily not on my own machine yet.
The wallpaper looks like this, and it cant be changed.:

I would be happy, and sure my friend would be too, if anyone has a solution to this.. Thanks in advance!

PB · Post by PB » Wed Dec 28, 2005 1:44 pm

Lots of hits here about how to fix it:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22your+ ... +wallpaper

Google is your friend.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 2:36 pm

Thanks a lot! I didnt have time to use more than 2 minutes on it im sitting here at a lan party, ehe

NoahPhense · Post by **NoahPhense** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:28 pm

If you had spyWare Doctor installed that would not have happened.

- np

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:34 pm

Again its not my computer.
I always make sure to have such stuff as antivirus, antispyware, the latest windows updates etc..
Oh! And i ALWAYS use firefox. Im not stupid

After i made my little brother use firefox too, no spyware there neither

So its just stupid people who browse BAD pages with internet explorer that gets spyware.. Imho, all the people who dont use firefox should not use a computer

NoahPhense · Post by **NoahPhense** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:41 pm

thefool wrote:Again its not my computer.
I always make sure to have such stuff as antivirus, antispyware, the latest windows updates etc..
Oh! And i ALWAYS use firefox. Im not stupid After i made my little brother use firefox too, no spyware there neither

So its just stupid people who browse BAD pages with internet explorer that gets spyware.. Imho, all the people who dont use firefox should not use a computer

Well, oddly enough only 30% of spyware comes through your browser.

The rest comes from stuff that you have downloaded and installed.

Apps that you *think* are free, etc..

- np

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 4:50 pm

NoahPhense wrote: Well, oddly enough only 30% of spyware comes through your browser.

The rest comes from stuff that you have downloaded and installed.

Apps that you *think* are free, etc..

- np

Exactly! And firefox that does not have activex support, and does not automatically install various things helps a lot.

In my case i doubt i get much spyware from apps. I dont install weird things, only good commercial or shareware apps, and very known freeware. Opensource is among my favorite too!

Actually i think its much more than 30% that comes through the browser. Anyway i still perform a check once in a while on all the computers, and it finds nothing except a few cookies.

okasvi · Post by **okasvi** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:47 pm

in case you didnt know for last 6months or even longer over 50% out of browser exploits released have been affecting FireFox or dedicated to FireFox... to be honest i think Opera is most safe browser out of IE, FF, Opera... im using FF

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:50 pm

Maybe they have but currently it havent affected me..

PB · Post by PB » Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:58 am

I use Firefox, Avast and Kerio Personal Firewall. Occasionally I'll run a spyware
check with Spybot S&D, but nothing is EVER found. Avast is extremely good at
detecting spyware too -- I did download a "waterfall screensaver" once, and
I fully expected it to have spyware, and yep, Avast warned me before I could
install it. Great set of apps, those three -- and all 100% free too.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:41 am

Firefox, well its the closest you come to god!
I currently uses norton AV where the newest version has a built in not-very-resource-taking-firewall (NOT personal internet security!).

My previous setup was also Avast! home edition and Kerio personal firewall, and both are remarkable good tools.

Btw when talking system tools, may i recommend CCleaner? The regclean tool works great, as well as the file cleaner.

carolight · Post by **carolight** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:26 am

There's a program called Hitman Pro that's written in AutoIT, that downloads / updates then runs all the free spyware programs automatically one after another, and you can configure it to shut down when it finishes.

http://www.hitmanpro.nl/

The site's in Dutch, but click download, then you can install it in English.

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:56 am

carolight wrote:There's a program called Hitman Pro that's written in AutoIT, that downloads / updates then runs all the free spyware programs automatically one after another, and you can configure it to shut down when it finishes.

http://www.hitmanpro.nl/

The site's in Dutch, but click download, then you can install it in English.

Wow looks like a real nice one too! Thanks!

Jan Vooijs · Post by **Jan Vooijs** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:23 pm

theFool,

I am dutch and therefore can read the site in dutch. So do not be alarmed that Hitman Pro instals not only hitman pro but all kinds of other software!!

Hitman is just a SHELL around different other programs!! It is good, but leans on other software to do its functions!!

Cheers!!

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:40 pm

Jan Vooijs wrote:theFool,

I am dutch and therefore can read the site in dutch. So do not be alarmed that Hitman Pro instals not only hitman pro but all kinds of other software!!

Hitman is just a SHELL around different other programs!! It is good, but leans on other software to do its functions!!

Cheers!!

Hi!
Yeah i did get that. Already ran it on his machine (and on my own, but only cookies found on mine

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