Re: Should we be worried ?
 

I posted about it here http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=13887

Safe to say that the machines infected with spyware aren't likely to be owned by those who know what they're doing with PC. I.e. it's the muppets again :)

Re: Should we be worried ?
 

I'll give that a go MB..............thanks :tu:

Re: Should we be worried ?
 

From the shredder site:

That exploit is patchable - i.e. if users patched in the first place they wouldn't need tools to remove nasties :)

Re: Anyone seen this?
 

It's old news (to me anyway) being that it was out last week

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/padodorw.shtml
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/scob.shtml
http://www.microsoft.com/security/in...load_ject.mspx

I still say the best defence is the MK-I grey matter, and being safely paranoid about what you let in.

Disable Active-X, Spyware Blaster, Registry Monitor, Startup Manager, etc,etc etc

Re: [Merged]Online banking - Should we be worried? (Spyware)
 

What I tend to do, besides making sure AV and spyware checkers are up to date and used regularly, is to use a password rememberer (AiRoboform) to automatically enter user name and password on sites and then modify the entered data by manually adding the bits missing from the saved data. For example username saved on AiRoboform may be "myname" but I then manually alter this to "myname36ad" by adding "36ad" to the already filled in data. Hopefully this will confuse any new keylogger that may have crept onto my system.

Re: Anyone seen this?
 

I'm glad I don't use IE (Netscape/Mozilla only for years now).

Oh and I rarely use windows other than for playing counterstrike.

Linux+Mozilla Thunderbird+Software firewall+h/w firewall+64bit WEP= no viruses/trojans/malware/spyware for me thanks :)

Re: 1 in 3 PCs infected with Spyware
 

Had a customer recently whose PC had 518 malware entries (discovered by AdAware) and 69 viruses !!! :shocked:

Needless to say it had slowed to a crawl !! :rolleyes:

I couldn't get rid of all the infections despite numerous attempts. :mad:

I installed Adaware, Spywareblaster and recommended AvastAV.

Her AVG hadn't been updated since install a year ago ! :dozey:

Re: [Merged]Online banking - Should we be worried? (Spyware)
 

I've been neglecting my mum's PC. Tried doing a Windows Update on her main PC but it wouldn't run. Something very odd had happened to all the certificates - whole lot had vanished. Poof. She's a fiddler - you know the sort of user I mean. Can't wait til the expert gets there - has to have a go herself. Can she remember what she did? Can she hell. Anyways, I had to install IE 6, then do an update. All this on dial-up. Ended up walking half the way home. Paled a bit when I discovered the firewall (Zone Alarm) was ancient, so that's down for upgrade, though not to version 5. Gonna install a few other bits and pieces, then tackle the laptop. It's Windows ME. Anything could happen.