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Dunno if it is some unwanted software messing with my computer, or something is really wrong with the world's most popular search engine. No matter what I search for I seem to get 75.000.000 results, and nearly the same links??? don't get it...
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13-01-2005 22:09 |
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Surya
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Works fine here, check for spyware!
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13-01-2005 22:12 |
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spudleyq
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Yeah.....that sounds like spyware.
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13-01-2005 22:22 |
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djfreemc
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aargh I hat this shit. it seems to redirect every search engine to this ip "61.131.54.618.cc". only two hours after an ad-aware full system scan & removing over 800 privacy invaders it found over 250 again. And I still have the same problem.
Anyone ever seen this before and know how to get rid of it? About the worst piece of spyware i've seen so far. 
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13-01-2005 22:40 |
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Surya
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Best solution to spyware: Mozilla
Use instead of Internet Explorer, and rest asured most of your spyware problems will be gone 
Feel free to try any of them other good browsers out there too, like Opera
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14-01-2005 10:10 |
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KoFFiE
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Indeed - biggest problem of em all: Internet Exploder
In addition to Surya's comment, Mozilla offers more than one sollution. Firefox is a fast, lighter browser, Thunderbird is a mail-program, and Mozilla Suite is a more complete set (and slower) Mail+Browser+HTML-editor+...
I prefer Opera, it's small, light, fast, includes a mailclient, very flexible & configurable - if you browse the web frequently and consider yourself a "poweruser" - this is imho the best sollution. I personally hate using my mouse too much, for some things it's ok, but hate i.e. clicking the "back" or forward button, alt-left/right do the job a lot faster (and work in most browsers), and opera has an enormous amount of tricks like that. Downside is - it's not completely "free" as the Mozilla software, with what I mean that the version you download shows an ad on top next to some buttons - if you pay for it (39eur - and you have the right to use it on any pc at home), it dissapears.
Also I want to make the remark, there are a lot of things that claim to be "alternative" browsers, like Avantbrowser, Slimbrowser, Maxthon (used to be MyIE2), Crazybrowser, and others - but these actually still use a part of IE do display the HTML pages, so these don't solve the problem completely. They just offer an alternative (Opera or Mozilla-alike) interface, with some additional features. Opera and the Mozilla products actually "draw" the pages themselfs, without needing IE to do it for them - which eliminates that threat 
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14-01-2005 11:32 |
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14-01-2005 12:12 |
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djfreemc
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U guys sure have a point, I found the malicious file. Something called dsmanager.dll, an internet explorer plugin. I've heard a lot of good things about firefox. But to be honest I don't really see what can be changed much to a browser, it just displays websites right?
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14-01-2005 17:48 |
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spudleyq
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It's all a question about what content of that website the browser allows though. Firefox blocks the malicious pop-ups, spywares, and viruses, IE doesn't do that on its own.
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14-01-2005 18:31 |
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i use a program called spysweeper.... dunno wheer eytou can get it but it works very well, and it updates itself...
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Rinse it OUT!!!! 
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14-01-2005 18:45 |
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spudleyq
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One of the latest tricks is spyware removers with their own spyware built into them.....it's disgusting.
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14-01-2005 19:02 |
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Originally posted by Surora23
i use a program called spysweeper.... dunno wheer eytou can get it but it works very well, and it updates itself... |
I have ad-aware and spybot installed, both with latest definitions and neither of them found it... Anyway, glad i got rid of it!
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14-01-2005 19:51 |
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Originally posted by djfreemc
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Originally posted by Surora23
i use a program called spysweeper.... dunno wheer eytou can get it but it works very well, and it updates itself... |
I have ad-aware and spybot installed, both with latest definitions and neither of them found it... Anyway, glad i got rid of it! |
yea those are free arent they? the free software doesnt work as well as spysweeper...it literealyl gets everything...but you have to delete it out of quarentine...deff check it out if you can...it works so good on my pc...i run it once a week...man...im so happy i have it...
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Rinse it OUT!!!!
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14-01-2005 20:53 |
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Surya
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Originally posted by djfreemc
U guys sure have a point, I found the malicious file. Something called dsmanager.dll, an internet explorer plugin. I've heard a lot of good things about firefox. But to be honest I don't really see what can be changed much to a browser, it just displays websites right? |
On the surface, yes, but FireFox is faster (really!), more secure and more customizable. And it supports newer internet standards that IE does not support. It's just a better browser in EVERY way!
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