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| Thread ID: 40439 | 2003-12-08 03:47:00 | Website has charged my Telecom Account | starfish (3019) | Press F1 |
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| 198336 | 2003-12-08 23:00:00 | Here (spybot.dalnet.com.fr) is a direct link to a download of Spybot. I don't usually give direct links, because it can result in dead links in the future, but you can download Spybot from there. Make sure to go to the 'Online' part and install updates before running it. If you read the help file for Spybot, you should be able to figure out what to do. |
agent (30) | ||
| 198337 | 2003-12-09 01:04:00 | >>I gave up on IE a long time ago and complain to my bank weekley that their online banking is broken and needs fixing <grin> You know the rules. 95% of surfers use IE therefore its the one they target (which just so happens to be MS and ActiveX is MS technology). Of course MS want big business to use ActiveX, .net etc etc to keep that monoply thing. |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 198338 | 2003-12-09 01:16:00 | Starfish: I recently wrote two FAQs to help out with this sort of thing. You will find them at the link top right of this page. Look for FAQ #1b Basic computer maintenance and FAQ #8b Spyware (at bottom of page). They should answer a lot of your questions. | Susan B (19) | ||
| 198339 | 2003-12-09 01:31:00 | I had the same thing and Telecom did the same. They gave me a phone number - I'll post it tonight. HOWEVER: Adaware and Spybot did not pick this one up. |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 198340 | 2003-12-09 01:35:00 | > > > I gave up on IE a long time ago and complain to my > bank weekley that their online banking is broken and > needs fixing <grin > > You know the rules. 95% of surfers use IE therefore > its the one they target (which just so happens to be > MS and ActiveX is MS technology). Of course MS want > big business to use ActiveX, .net etc etc to keep > that monoply thing. Just beacuse 95% of the lemmings are jumping off the cliff, it does not mean the other 5% should not try to stop them... If a bussiness is serous about providing customer service it should use technologies that are generic, and the likes of Java will run on anything with a CPU, even if you can belive it, the smaller PIC micros! I would imagine they use ActiveX as you can code it using Visual Basic, hence saving the need to hire a real programmer who could demand Java! <grin > End of rant. |
ugh1 (4204) | ||
| 198341 | 2003-12-09 02:26:00 | I cannot find "DIDI" in the Spybot list of dialers, but the closest match is Direct Dialer. I would suppose this company probably modified something to get their own version. |
agent (30) | ||
| 198342 | 2003-12-09 03:40:00 | > To Starfish > > Run Adaware at least once a week, after configuring > it the way you want. SpyBot and Adaware are only any good AFTER the fact, they will not stop it happening again inthe future! You are better off ditching IE and Outbreak and never have it happen again! |
ugh1 (4204) | ||
| 198343 | 2003-12-09 07:08:00 | No, you are wrong there ugh1. Spybot offers resident protection ("Immunisation") against somewhere around 500 spyware related products for Internet Explorer, kicking in before they can get settled on your computer. It also intercepts the downloading of some files. Spybot Resident is also currently in beta; it is quite buggy at the moment, but when completed, will make a nice addition. Simply going through your Internet Explorer security options, and knowing what you are doing, is enough to lock down IE so you will be less susceptible to security flaws. |
agent (30) | ||
| 198344 | 2003-12-09 07:45:00 | > No, you are wrong there ugh1. Spybot offers > resident protection ("Immunisation") against > somewhere around 500 spyware related products for > Internet Explorer, kicking in before they can get > settled on your computer. It also intercepts the > downloading of some files. Should not need a third party util to stop them in the first place. I do not need Spybot to protect Mozzila. > > Spybot Resident is also currently in beta; it is > quite buggy at the moment, but when completed, will > make a nice addition. Only if you update it every 10mS, it still will not block any new exploits until it is updated and I doubt the authour could update it quick enough any way. I dont have to worry as Mozilla says ????? to ActiveX. > > Simply going through your Internet Explorer security > options, and knowing what you are doing, is enough to > lock down IE so you will be less susceptible to > security flaws. That is fine for those who do know what the dangers of ActiveX controls are. For the buy the PC plug it in and use it people ( most users ) they don't have a clue! hence why this sort of stuff is so wide spread! and also why virusus travel around the net at the speed of light! Rather then patching the problem with lots of 3rd party tack ons just get rid of the problem in the first place! as I said in my early posts LOTS of other browsers that DO NOT SUFFER this sort of exploit are out there! It is better to fix the dam rather then plug the holes! |
ugh1 (4204) | ||
| 198345 | 2003-12-09 09:10:00 | Couldn't agree more ugh1. The number of third party programs and security configurations required to keep IE operating and secure is getting ridiculous and quite beyond the average user who in many cases are not even able to or are aware that anti-virus need to be updated. The use of alternative web browsers should be encouraged and promoted as many people are not even aware that there are alternatives to Internet Explorer which are much less prone to all the security issues that IE has. |
Jim B (153) | ||
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