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XVP, spyware

#1

Last week I fell victim to a spyware attack. I have loaded mcafee by aol, spy sweeper, spybot seek and destroy, ad aware and all of the IE security updates. My machine is chugging along slowly and still has the spyware running. The next step is to manually go through the registry, start up files and directories and hunt out the offending code. The last printout from the Computer Associates website shows about 500 entries that could be causing the problem.

Istbar is a very determined spyware program. I also had fun explaining why pop ups for Nikki XXX keep appearing on my wife's AOL account. The problems started shortly after clicking on an ad at the Absolute Poker website. All in all, it's been a very frustrating and time consuming task.

There are several free programs out there that can prevent an outbreak. Do a search on spyware and there are plenty of hits. Spybot and Spy Sweeper were near the top of the search page.

If the manual edit doesn't do the trick, I am going to reformat the hard drive and start all over. Fortunately, I don't have a lot of info on the hard drive. My old drive crashed about 6 months ago.

I wouldn't wish a spyware attack on the worst key slapping, Camel unfiltered smoking, bathing challenged vp player in the world.

John Zaroff
Delphi Electronics and Safety
313-996-3682 (w)
313-378-2987 ( Cell)
3133782987@vtext.com ( text page)

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#2

John Zaroff wrote:

I wouldn't wish a spyware attack on the worst key slapping, Camel

unfiltered smoking, bathing challenged vp player in the world.

I would!! Especially if he was also

slurping down his 8th beer and belching.

Babe

#3

Try these guys, I had a problem and found enough information on the
problems that other people had to correct my spyware problem.

Hijackthis is good tool that these guys use.

http://computercops.biz/forum67.html

Also AVG worked well for me.

http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php

Al

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "John.G.Zaroff" <John.G.Zaroff@d...>
wrote:

Last week I fell victim to a spyware attack. I have loaded mcafee

by aol, spy sweeper, spybot seek and destroy, ad aware and all of the
IE security updates. My machine is chugging along slowly and still
has the spyware running. The next step is to manually go through the
registry, start up files and directories and hunt out the offending
code. The last printout from the Computer Associates website shows
about 500 entries that could be causing the problem.

Istbar is a very determined spyware program. I also had fun

explaining why pop ups for Nikki XXX keep appearing on my wife's AOL
account. The problems started shortly after clicking on an ad at the
Absolute Poker website. All in all, it's been a very frustrating and
time consuming task.

There are several free programs out there that can prevent an

outbreak. Do a search on spyware and there are plenty of hits.
Spybot and Spy Sweeper were near the top of the search page.

If the manual edit doesn't do the trick, I am going to reformat the

hard drive and start all over. Fortunately, I don't have a lot of
info on the hard drive. My old drive crashed about 6 months ago.

I wouldn't wish a spyware attack on the worst key slapping, Camel

unfiltered smoking, bathing challenged vp player in the world.

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John Zaroff
Delphi Electronics and Safety
313-996-3682 (w)
313-378-2987 ( Cell)
3133782987@v... ( text page)

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#4

Also , since I have switched to using Firefox as my browser
(about a month now)instead of IE , I get NO spyware when I run
Ad-Aware SE.

Try these guys, I had a problem and found enough information on the
problems that other people had to correct my spyware problem.

Hijackthis is good tool that these guys use.

http://computercops.biz/forum67.html

Also AVG worked well for me.

http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php

Al

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "John.G.Zaroff" <John.G.Zaroff@d...>
wrote:
>
> Last week I fell victim to a spyware attack. I have loaded mcafee
by aol, spy sweeper, spybot seek and destroy, ad aware and all of

the

IE security updates. My machine is chugging along slowly and still
has the spyware running. The next step is to manually go through

the

registry, start up files and directories and hunt out the offending
code. The last printout from the Computer Associates website shows
about 500 entries that could be causing the problem.
>
> Istbar is a very determined spyware program. I also had fun
explaining why pop ups for Nikki XXX keep appearing on my wife's AOL
account. The problems started shortly after clicking on an ad at

the

Absolute Poker website. All in all, it's been a very frustrating

and

time consuming task.
>
> There are several free programs out there that can prevent an
outbreak. Do a search on spyware and there are plenty of hits.
Spybot and Spy Sweeper were near the top of the search page.
>
> If the manual edit doesn't do the trick, I am going to reformat

the

hard drive and start all over. Fortunately, I don't have a lot of
info on the hard drive. My old drive crashed about 6 months ago.
>
> I wouldn't wish a spyware attack on the worst key slapping, Camel
unfiltered smoking, bathing challenged vp player in the world.
>
> John Zaroff
> Delphi Electronics and Safety
> 313-996-3682 (w)
> 313-378-2987 ( Cell)
> 3133782987@v... ( text page)
>
>
>
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of

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#5

Another idea, go to Tools, then Internet options and regularly delete cookies, go to privacy and set to medium, never set to allowing all cookies. On Yahoo, go down to the bottom, click privacy policy, then next screen, web beacons, then next ascreen opt out. I also use spy subtract as well as the anti spy programs mentioned here and the free AOL anti spy. If a site won't lket you work without lower cookie protection levels once yopu ar eon to the site, go ahead and delete cookies as mentioned above.

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From: "John.G.Zaroff" <John.G.Zaroff@delphi.com>
Reply-To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
To: <vpfree@yahoogroups.com>, <vpmail2@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [vpFREE] XVP, spyware
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:49:11 -0500

Last week I fell victim to a spyware attack. I have loaded mcafee by aol, spy sweeper, spybot seek and destroy, ad aware and all of the IE security updates. My machine is chugging along slowly and still has the spyware running. The next step is to manually go through the registry, start up files and directories and hunt out the offending code. The last printout from the Computer Associates website shows about 500 entries that could be causing the problem.

Istbar is a very determined spyware program. I also had fun explaining why pop ups for Nikki XXX keep appearing on my wife's AOL account. The problems started shortly after clicking on an ad at the Absolute Poker website. All in all, it's been a very frustrating and time consuming task.

There are several free programs out there that can prevent an outbreak. Do a search on spyware and there are plenty of hits. Spybot and Spy Sweeper were near the top of the search page.

If the manual edit doesn't do the trick, I am going to reformat the hard drive and start all over. Fortunately, I don't have a lot of info on the hard drive. My old drive crashed about 6 months ago.

I wouldn't wish a spyware attack on the worst key slapping, Camel unfiltered smoking, bathing challenged vp player in the world.

John Zaroff
Delphi Electronics and Safety
313-996-3682 (w)
313-378-2987 ( Cell)
3133782987@vtext.com ( text page)

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Note: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and thus protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you.

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#6

al55442 wrote:

Also , since I have switched to using Firefox as my browser
(about a month now)instead of IE , I get NO spyware when I run
Ad-Aware SE.

Another option to consider is Netscape. Both Firefox and Netscape are
basic upon the same Mozilla open source code, and thus offer the same
protections from automatic installations of spyware/adware, a risk in
IE. (Of course, if you intentionally download something like Gator,
neither is going to help you :wink:

But, Firefox is a true product of the open source community ...
meaning that it's under constant development. Netscape, on the other
hand is owned by AOL, who's demonstrated a lackluster intent to keep
the product abreast of Mozilla enhancements. Unexpectedly, though, a
new Netscape release is now anticipated any week now.

The biggest deterrant I find to migrating to Firefox currently is that
it still has a quite small user base (relatively speaking). That
makes me leary for the time being. While it's true that in being
based on Mozilla, most web page functionality written to support
Mozilla will likely also support Firefox, there'll still be quirks
about Firefox that may likely upset a webpage. When I go to pay bills
at my bank's website or check out my Citibank account, I'm very risk
averse to any hangups -- no matter how minor.

So, Netscape is still my preferred browser, my tried and true Internet
companion for over 8 years now.

Note: Firefox is a stand-alone browser; not a suite product. A
separate email client is required. You can continue to use what you
presently do, or there is a Mozilla based product called Thunderbird
which is said to have very powerful features.

- Harry

#7

If you are running Windows, I have had some success
with restoring my system to a previous date(before the
Spyware attack). You can pick any of the restore
dates and times available but I try for one where I
added a system update. Go to
Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore
and go from there. Good Luck. REB

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--- "John.G.Zaroff" <John.G.Zaroff@delphi.com> wrote:

Last week I fell victim to a spyware attack. I have
loaded mcafee by aol, spy sweeper, spybot seek and
destroy, ad aware and all of the IE security
updates. My machine is chugging along slowly and
still has the spyware running. The next step is to
manually go through the registry, start up files and
directories and hunt out the offending code. The
last printout from the Computer Associates website
shows about 500 entries that could be causing the
problem.

Istbar is a very determined spyware program. I also
had fun explaining why pop ups for Nikki XXX keep
appearing on my wife's AOL account. The problems
started shortly after clicking on an ad at the
Absolute Poker website. All in all, it's been a
very frustrating and time consuming task.

There are several free programs out there that can
prevent an outbreak. Do a search on spyware and
there are plenty of hits. Spybot and Spy Sweeper
were near the top of the search page.

If the manual edit doesn't do the trick, I am going
to reformat the hard drive and start all over.
Fortunately, I don't have a lot of info on the hard
drive. My old drive crashed about 6 months ago.

I wouldn't wish a spyware attack on the worst key
slapping, Camel unfiltered smoking, bathing
challenged vp player in the world.

John Zaroff
Delphi Electronics and Safety
313-996-3682 (w)
313-378-2987 ( Cell)
3133782987@vtext.com ( text page)

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Note: The information contained in this message may
be privileged and confidential and thus protected
from disclosure. If the reader of this message is
not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent
responsible for delivering this message to the
intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
dissemination, distribution or copying of this
communication is strictly prohibited. If you have
received this communication in error, please notify
us immediately by replying to the message and
deleting it from your computer. Thank you.

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#8

Last week I fell victim to a spyware attack. I have loaded mcafee

by aol, spy sweeper, spybot seek and destroy, ad aware and all of the
IE security updates. My machine is chugging along slowly and still
has the spyware running. The next step is to manually go through the
registry, start up files and directories and hunt out the offending
code. The last printout from the Computer Associates website shows
about 500 entries that could be causing the problem.

Istbar is a very determined spyware program. I also had fun

explaining why pop ups for Nikki XXX keep appearing on my wife's AOL
account. The problems started shortly after clicking on an ad at the
Absolute Poker website. All in all, it's been a very frustrating and
time consuming task.

Take a look at this website, which explains how to manually remove
Istbar. If you'e not comfortable with editing the Registry and mucking
around in DOS or CMD, there are probably some local consultants that
can help.

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/ISTbar.html

Pat O'Connell
Who occasionally consults in Las Vegas area.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "John.G.Zaroff" <John.G.Zaroff@d...> wrote:

#9

As part of their suite, Norton includes GoBack. Awhile back I had a
problem with spyware. The two anti-spyware programs I run
identified it yet each time I clicked on the offender to remove it,
it didnt work. Using GoBack, which is very easy to use, was able to
go to a point previous to downloading the offending program. A
quick check of the registry showed indeed it restored the system to
a point before the offending spyware was added. For the non-techie
types recommend the Norton Suite with GoBack.

Marc

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Richard Boozer <reboozer@y...> wrote:

If you are running Windows, I have had some success
with restoring my system to a previous date(before the
Spyware attack). You can pick any of the restore
dates and times available but I try for one where I
added a system update. Go to
Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore
and go from there. Good Luck. REB

#10

Harry Porter wrote: “The biggest deterrant I find to migrating to Firefox
currently is that
it still has a quite small user base (relatively speaking).”

Ten million downloads in the first few weeks shows that it’s well on its way
to a solid foundation. I used the Firefox beta and I’ve been with Mozilla
for a year now with absolutely no problems.

“You can continue to use what you
presently do, or there is a Mozilla based product called Thunderbird
which is said to have very powerful features.”

I’ve started using the new Thunderbird release little by little. It is
indeed a quite decent program, at least so far. And the newsreader is a
pleasant relief from Outlook Express.

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