Be ware of spyware

torelaxandenjoy · 03-30-08, 11:55 PM

Hey ya’ll, please pay attention and scan your computers for spyware, to make sure you are ok.

Friday night I was hit with some massive spyware

, which after running my antispyware program it revealed ads from from sport fishing and boating stuff.

Just wanted to warn you.

Have a great night.

pignjig · 03-31-08, 12:06 AM

Thanks, Relax. Good heads up...

WTL · 03-31-08, 12:22 AM

Probably was doing that cause of all the fishing sites your are visiting, it was taloring ads to your web surfing habits. Could have been a trojan horse, those things are huge pains.

JB · 03-31-08, 08:20 AM

I've worked on 3 pcs this weekend that got hammered on timewarner roadrunner on friday nite. Most had up to 65 adware bugs.

torelaxandenjoy · 03-31-08, 09:06 AM

Thanks for the info, I rasn the anti-spyware but just wanted to alert everyone just in case.

1/4 stick · 04-02-08, 09:14 PM

Yep, I'm on RR and when I cleaned my pc out Sunday, I had a lot more than usual. You're gonna get some no matter what you do short of not visiting sites, but that was more than I'd seen in awhile.

basschick · 04-11-08, 09:42 AM

Thanks for the heads up!!!

03-30-08, 11:55 PM	#1
torelaxandenjoy BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 42	Be ware of spyware Hey ya’ll, please pay attention and scan your computers for spyware, to make sure you are ok. Friday night I was hit with some massive spyware, which after running my antispyware program it revealed ads from from sport fishing and boating stuff.Just wanted to warn you. Have a great night. __________________ "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after- Thoreau

03-31-08, 12:22 AM	#3
WTL BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,466	Probably was doing that cause of all the fishing sites your are visiting, it was taloring ads to your web surfing habits. Could have been a trojan horse, those things are huge pains. __________________ Selling live waterdogs for less since 2005.

03-31-08, 09:06 AM	#5
torelaxandenjoy BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 42	I ran the spyware Thanks for the info, I rasn the anti-spyware but just wanted to alert everyone just in case. __________________ "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after- Thoreau

03-31-08, 12:06 AM	#2
pignjig BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 499	Thanks, Relax. Good heads up...

03-31-08, 08:20 AM	#4
JB BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,655	I've worked on 3 pcs this weekend that got hammered on timewarner roadrunner on friday nite. Most had up to 65 adware bugs.

04-02-08, 09:14 PM	#6
1/4 stick BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fayetteville, N.C. Posts: 3,529	Yep, I'm on RR and when I cleaned my pc out Sunday, I had a lot more than usual. You're gonna get some no matter what you do short of not visiting sites, but that was more than I'd seen in awhile.

04-11-08, 09:42 AM	#7
basschick BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26	Thanks for the heads up!!!

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