AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!
My work computer, protected by Systemic, by Microsoft AntiSpyware, by Ad-Aware,
has a shitload of crap on it.
From just one site. :mad: :smack: :smack: :mad: :smack:
I went to a site about the Silent Film star, Louise Brooks, & then BLAMMO!
I’ve been running the gear like mad, & can’t get rid of it.
My toolbar now includes the words “Ticket”, “Psychic”, “Puzzle”, “Mystic”, & “Psychic Reading”.
I feel your pain, Bosda.
I use Firefox and recently went to a web site that somehow circumvented that browser and opened up an IE pop up, which promptly congratulated me for installing some search bar.
beats head on desk
I had run Ad-Aware the night before and had no issues; this one web site gave me 284 critical objects. No foolin’!
I’ve actually had to take my issue to forums specifically for dealing with these malware issues, and we seem to be making some progress at cleaning this up, but it’s a major PITA.
I’m so glad I drive a Mac… 
No, wait… I too feel your pain… no I don’t. No spyware, no adware, no malware, no worms, no snakes ,no horses (Trojan or otherwise) no parasites.
I love my Mac…
I’m usually nice, what’s become of me today?
I just went through a horrible adware infection nightmare.
I used the procedures detailed on this page to help.
Clear now 
I just got infected with a raft of shitware. I cleaned it all out except for one program which I simply couldn’t get rid of. Finally, I gave up and wiped the drive and reinstalled. All my data was backed up and I figured I’d spend less time reinstalling than battling this demonic piece of shit.
People who write this stuff ought to be castrated. Or at least kicked in the nuts really hard.
390 items.
Kill me now. :eek:
It’s my work computer.
I get no choice there. :rolleyes:
No kidding.
I have nothing against Macs; on the contrary, I’m considering getting one the next time I need a new computer, because I CAN; I’m not locked in to using Windows by my job or anything.
But you wouldn’t reply to the thread “My car has a flat tire, how can I fix it?” with “Buy a boat - they never get flat tires.” That really isn’t helpful to the large majority of the population.
That comes as no surprise. It turns out, Firefox is no more immune to spyware than Internet Explorer, and in some ways it has more vulnerabilities:
If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
If loadza stuff opens up. shift-select them in task manager and end-task. Works a charm.
I do this when I’ve opened fifty calculators for ‘fun’
I hate dogs barking.
With a passion.
If there was a humane (or should that be ‘animane’?) way of disabling a dogs bark. I’d do it in a flaaaash!
I apologize. Jenaroph is absolutely right, that wasn’t helpful. :rolleyes: My bad.
I’ve ranted about that stuff, so you have my sympathies. Just ignore the idiots who will be along to tell you it’s your fault for browing unsafe sites and accuse you of surfing for porn.
Or for not owning a Mac…
We seem to have the viruses pretty much under control. At the moment, spyware is a significantly bigger problem. Is this just because we have been working with viruses for a longer period of time? Will anti-spyware software be as good as current anti-virus software in another three or four years?
The clever thing to do would be to submit this as a Suggestion Box/Improvement Process/whatever thingit your company uses to feed up ideas. “Hey, let’s ditch some of our Windows PCs for Macs, so we won’t get completely hosed the next time a major virus or trojan or spyware romps through cyberspace.” Toss in some numbers about ROI, TCO, man-hours lost from virus de-festation, and you’re done.
Until they find out about the cost.
Mini-Macs 
Is spyware legal?
And if isn’t like everyone else I’d personally like to see the people who create it sliced in half.
I work at home and half the time it takes me three tries to get into our system. I look like I’m a little late for work because some asshole believes in the inherent right to fuck with my private property.
Heck, most flash/java game sites are way worse for producing spyware and trojans than porn sites.
Why don’t you PC people (those of you who have the authority to install anything on the machines you use, that is) install a Mac emulator like Basilisk II or SheepShaver and use a virtual Mac to browse the web and handle emails?
Seems like 99% of PC viruses and malware come from either web browsers or email, yes?
I work for a school district. Lots of little fingers clicking ‘you’re a winner’.
If it weren’t for malware, I’d be driving a bus. Instead, I have a nicer job cleaning out this junk.
Kind of a conflict of interest.
Had a heck of a time with Adrotater. How much viagra does a 3rd grader buy?
(yes, I have Spybot immunization and restricted user privliges. These spyware guys are good at what they do. Kind of makes you proud to be an American.)