Welcome to Tech Support Forum home to more then 136,000 problems solved. Issues have included: Spyware, Malware, Virus Issues, Windows, Microsoft, Linux, Networking, Security, Hardware, and Gaming Getting your problem solved is as easy as:
1. Registering for a free account
2. Asking your question
3. Receiving an answer

Registered members:
* Get free support
* Communicate privately with other members (PM).
* Removal of this message
* See fewer ads.
* And much more..

 





Want to know how to post a question? click here Having problems with spyware and pop-ups? First Steps
Go Back   Tech Support Forum > Security Center > Computer Security News
User Name
Password
Site Map Register Donate Rules Blogs Mark Forums Read

Computer Security News The Latest Computer Security News

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 05-12-2006, 12:51 AM   #1 (permalink)
Manager Emeritus - Security Center, Expert Analyst, Moderator - Security Team; Rangemaster, TSF Academy & Supporter
 
MicroBell's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Carmichaels, PA-USA
Posts: 6,961
OS: Windows XP-Pro SP2


Send a message via ICQ to MicroBell Send a message via MSN to MicroBell
ContextPlus shuts down distribution

Over the last few weeks working on Hijackthis logs I've noticed a decline of these rooktit infections (Apropos). And this is the reason...

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1960412,00.asp


Hopefully they can still be held liable for past installs and someone takes these idiots to court and the cleaners. The way they hid their adware program from the user (Victim) is despicable and they don’t deserve to profit from it.

1 Spyware maker down…..500 to go.
__________________
We Are The BORG Spyware KILLER and Adware Destroyer!





Spyware/Adware Removal Tools
Hijackthis
Ad-aware SE
Spybot Search&Destroy
SpywareBlaster
CWShredder

Last edited by MicroBell : 05-12-2006 at 12:53 AM.
MicroBell is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Bookmark on Thread SoupReddit!
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 01:41 PM.



Copyright 2001 - 2008, Tech Support Forum

Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82