Holy Teh Frikkin Schmit Batman - CoolWebSearch = Ultimate in Spyware

TheBlueRaja · 08-08-2005, 20:47

This is unreal - basically if you have ever had CoolWebSearch on your PC - panic! Thank the lord i use Firefox..

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050805-5175.html

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The list of stolen information includes not only bank accounts but website passwords, eBay accounts, what sort of adult images you fancy, and, supposedly, even more. The researchers initially had tried in vain to get a hold of someone who could take action on this issue but didn't get a response right away:

Gareth · 08-08-2005, 21:10

Yeah, I read about this earlier today (on news.com I think.. can't remember now). I'm wondering whether this is legit, or just a ploy to get this unheard-of-before company in the headlines.

I don't doubt that spyware tracks your details and sends it somewhere... that's one of the key purposes of spyware, but I've got a niggling doubt over whether all that they're claiming is really true.

I've yet to see any hard proof of what they're claiming, so I guess that until I see something more concrete, I'm still dubious about their claims.

TheBlueRaja · 08-08-2005, 21:15

Still a great excuse to get everyone panicing though...

Aint it?

Gareth · 08-08-2005, 21:23

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Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

Still a great excuse to get everyone panicing though...

Aint it?

yeah

philip.j.fry · 09-08-2005, 09:12

A PC at work was infected with CoolWebSearch, I don't know whether it does all of those things listed above but it is certainly a hardcore piece of spyware. 3 hours it took me to rid the PC of it and even now I'm still not sure I got all of it