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kdog2fast
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How dangerous is Spyware? Someone in my house got spyware on my comp and Im cleaning it right now. Im just curious how bad can spyware be? Should anyone who accessed the computer for email or bank change their passwords,etc? Or does spyware just mess with your computer's settings, etc?
All help is welcome and thx
edit: it was a win32trojan agent
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Depends on what, specifically, you were infected with. "Spyware" is a very general term, it all depends on what the original programmer wanted it to do.
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I figured it could be that bad... I guess i should just change my passwords and stuff for security reasons 
edit: it was a win32trojan agent
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Spyware specifically just spys on you ergo Keylogger
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kdog2fast
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Thanks for the help guys, I figured out what was what eventually. Turns out there was a virus which created a little pop up in the icon bar which kept spamming that a there was "spyware" found. Turns out it was a virus and this win32trojan was the least of my worries.
Good ol avast saved me again , and thanks for the help, to all of you(seriously)!
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| kdog2fast wrote: | Thanks for the help guys, I figured out what was what eventually. Turns out there was a virus which created a little pop up in the icon bar which kept spamming that a there was "spyware" found. Turns out it was a virus and this win32trojan was the least of my worries.
Good ol avast saved me again , and thanks for the help, to all of you(seriously)! |
dude, avast sucks, i lost windows to a virus and i had to reinstall windows and why? cause avast didnt do anything, get AVG there is a license online that works for 10 years.
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kdog2fast
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Well avast worked for me, so Im gunna take some more chances with it, once it fails me I guess then ill move on. AVG messed up my comp once so I wouldn't use that, maybe kaspersky but... well money is an issue atm so maybe in the future unless another better software is introduced 
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| kdog2fast wrote: | | Well avast worked for me, so Im gunna take some more chances with it, once it fails me I guess then ill move on. AVG messed up my comp once so I wouldn't use that, maybe kaspersky but... well money is an issue atm so maybe in the future unless another better software is introduced |
There's a beta for ESET Smart Security (or was, you'd have to check if it's still going on).
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| Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: How dangerous is Spyware? |
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| kdog2fast wrote: | How dangerous is Spyware? Someone in my house got spyware on my comp and Im cleaning it right now. Im just curious how bad can spyware be? Should anyone who accessed the computer for email or bank change their passwords,etc? Or does spyware just mess with your computer's settings, etc?
All help is welcome and thx
edit: it was a win32trojan agent |
Use comodo firewall to keep it at bay and use the antivirus to delte it or any other antivirus.
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My laptop keeps getting fucked by spyware......its so annoying. 
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| Smelly Cat wrote: | | My laptop keeps getting fucked by spyware......its so annoying. |
Get comodo, its a free firewall that has an antivirus included. You can get it at http://www.comodo.com
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