ALL About Spyware,Mal-ware,hijackers,Dialers



There are a lot of PC users that know little about

"Spyware", "Mal-ware", "hijackers", "Dialers" & many

more. This will help you avoid pop-ups, spammers and

all those baddies.

What is spy-ware?
Spy-ware is Internet jargon for Advertising Supported

software (Ad-ware). It is a way for shareware authors

to make money from a product, other than by selling it

to the users. There are several large media companies

that offer them to place banner ads in their products

in exchange for a portion of the revenue from banner

sales. This way, you don't have to pay for the software

and the developers are still getting paid. If you find

the banners annoying, there is usually an option to

remove them, by paying the regular licensing fee.

Known spywares
There are thousands out there, new ones are added to

the list everyday. But here are a few:
Alexa, Aureate/Radiate, BargainBuddy, ClickTillUWin,

Conducent Timesink, Cydoor, Comet Cursor, eZula/KaZaa

Toptext, Flashpoint/Flashtrack, Flyswat, Gator, GoHip,

Hotbar, ISTbar, Lions Pride Enterprises/Blazing

Logic/Trek Blue, Lop (C2Media), Mattel Brodcast,

Morpheus, NewDotNet, Realplayer, Songspy, Xupiter,

Web3000, WebHancer, Windows Messenger Service.

How to check if a program has spyware?
The is this Little site that keeps a database of

programs that are known to install spyware.

Check Here:

http://www.spywareguide.com/product_search.php

If you would like to block pop-ups (IE Pop-ups).
There tons of different types out there, but these are

the 2 best, i think.

Try: Google Toolbar (http://toolbar.google.com/) This

program is Free
Try: AdMuncher (http://www.admuncher.com) This program

is Shareware

If you want to remove the "spyware" try these.
Try: Lavasoft Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/)

This program is Free
Info: Ad-aware is a multi spyware removal utility, that

scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known

spyware components and lets you remove them. The

included backup-manager lets you reinstall a backup,

offers and multi language support.

Try: Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/) This

program is Free
Info: Detects and removes spyware of different kinds

(dialers, loggers, trojans, user tracks) from your

computer. Blocks ActiveX downloads, tracking cookies

and other threats. Over 10,000 detection files and

entries. Provides detailed information about found

problems.

Try: BPS Spyware and Adware Remover

(http://www.bulletproofsoft.com/spyware-remover.html)

This program is Shareware
Info: Adware, spyware, trackware and big brotherware

removal utility with multi-language support. It scans

your memory, registry and drives for known spyware and

lets you remove them. Displays a list and lets you

select the items you'd like to remove.

Try: Spy Sweeper v2.2

(http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.ph

p) This program is Shareware
Info: Detects and removes spyware of different kinds

(dialers, loggers, trojans, user tracks) from your

computer.
The best scanner out there, and updated all the time.

Try: HijackThis 1.97.7

(http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html)

This program is Freeware
Info: HijackThis is a tool, that lists all installed

browser add-on, buttons, startup items and allows you

to inspect them, and optionally remove selected items.


If you would like to prevent "spyware" being install.
Try: SpywareBlaster 2.6.1

(http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html)

This program is Free
Info: SpywareBlaster doesn`t scan and clean for

so-called spyware, but prevents it from being installed

in the first place. It achieves this by disabling the

CLSIDs of popular spyware ActiveX controls, and also

prevents the installation of any of them via a webpage.

Try: SpywareGuard 2.2

(http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html) This

program is Free
Info: SpywareGuard provides a real-time protection

solution against so-called spyware. It works similar to

an anti-virus program, by scanning EXE and CAB files on

access and alerting you if known spyware is detected.

Try: XP-AntiSpy (http://www.xp-antispy.org/) This

program is Free
Info: XP-AntiSpy is a small utility to quickly disable

some built-in update and authentication features in

WindowsXP that may rise security or privacy concerns in

some people.

Try: SpySites

(http://camtech2000.net/Pages/SpySites_Prog...ml#SpySit

esFree) This program is Free
Info: SpySites allows you to manage the Internet

Explorer Restricted Zone settings and easily add

entries from a database of 1500+ sites that are known

to use advertising tracking methods or attempt to

install third party software.

If you would like more Information about "spyware".
Check these sites.
http://www.spychecker.com/
http://www.spywareguide.com/
http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm
http://www.theinfomaniac.net/infomaniac/co...rsSpyware.

shtml
http://www.thiefware.com/links/
http://simplythebest.net/info/spyware.html

Usefull tools...
Try: Stop Windows Messenger Spam 1.10

(http://www.jester2k.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/j...r2ksoftwa

re.htm) This program is Free
Info: "Stop Windows Messenger Spam" stops this Service

from running and halts the spammers ability to send you

these messages.

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All these softwares will help remove and prevent evil

spammers and spywares attacking your PC. I myself

recommend getting "spyblaster" "s&d spybot" "spy

sweeper" & "admuncher" to protect your PC. A weekly

scan is also recommended

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