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A Alnshely Member Oceanside CA Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 974	A Alnshely Posted posted on Fri, Apr 30, 2004 8:50 AM Tangaroa wrote: "I would assume one would have to download something... am I right?" Yes and no, for example the popular Real One Player Download installs spyware. New security issues constantly plauge Microsofts operating systems. Some Malware infect your computer automaticaly, coming in thru ports or by using active X or MS Java VM. The new trick in malware are the "Trojans". Trojans come in disguised as legitamate apps and give access to your computer to outside users, who in turn load more scumware onto your disk. Thousands of computers are infected with these bugs. According to a computer watchdog group the average computer has 38 different spy/addware applications running at any given time. To me they have never been more than a minor annoyance. I delete them at will. My Niece recently had trouble with her computer and "Adaware" found almost 200 different ticks, all installed without her knowledge, permission or consent. A "hijacker" had changed her homepage to a rather graphic pornography site. When spammers mess with me, so what? Going after my young Niece, that angers me. If your changing operating systems, this is something you WILL address. It's a real problem. Mahalo, Al This is all you need to know http://www.io.com/~cwagner/spyware.html [ Edited by: Alnshely on 2004-04-30 09:15 ]

Tangaroa wrote:
"I would assume one would have to download something... am I right?"

Yes and no, for example the popular Real One Player Download installs spyware. New security issues constantly plauge Microsofts operating systems. Some Malware infect your computer automaticaly, coming in thru ports or by using active X or MS Java VM. The new trick in malware are the "Trojans". Trojans come in disguised as legitamate apps and give access to your computer to outside users, who in turn load more scumware onto your disk. Thousands of computers are infected with these bugs. According to a computer watchdog group the average computer has 38 different spy/addware applications running at any given time.

To me they have never been more than a minor annoyance. I delete them at will. My Niece recently had trouble with her computer and "Adaware" found almost 200 different ticks, all installed without her knowledge, permission or consent. A "hijacker" had changed her homepage to a rather graphic pornography site. When spammers mess with me, so what? Going after my young Niece, that angers me.

If your changing operating systems, this is something you WILL address. It's a real problem.
Mahalo,
Al
This is all you need to know
http://www.io.com/~cwagner/spyware.html

[ Edited by: Alnshely on 2004-04-30 09:15 ]

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