SpyWare: Wanted Dead or Alive!!
 

I'm about ready to put a bounty out on Everybody that is building and distributing this shit.

It's annoying as all hell. I just rebuilt my laptop two weeks ago... already it's almost non functional. my computers have good size drives and I use a ton of software. so I lose a lot of time - backing shit up, wiping them clean, and reinstalling.

In the middle east they cut off hands for stealing watches. I think I'm gonna have to start instituting a little vigilante justice - maybe start with fingers.

Anybody want to make a little hit list?

well from what i've read on other boards looks like it's the future and more people will be getting involved unless some gubment agency steps in.

start with mediaticket shitheads

Eros

if a few people lose their fingers - they'll cut back

The only problem is....you just mind end up cutting the fingers off of the hand that feeds you.
I know you own your own program but this biz is connected to each other at so many levels it's ridiculous.

wellif you know all that why didn't you install the proper firewalls and other software to prevent the install of this adware?

hmmmmmmmmmmm??????????

fucktard ??????????

its your box. its your responsibility.

:321GFY

I have all active-x turned off, do all the windows updates, my machine is behind a firewall and somehow the fuckers still get shit installed on my machines. Its real fucking annoying and if it pisses me off, I'm sure it pisses everyone off. I damn sure do not ever even look at the shit that they pop up on my screen, I'm trying to close it as fast as possbile then running a scan to unistall it.

this shit pisses me off worse than email spammers. Motherfuckers get a clue I'm not ever buying your shit that you force onto my screen.

I think you can find that cocksucker Hooper in new york.
Careful even going to his quickbuck site... they were trying to install a bogus Windows Media upgrade which was really his toolbar exploit.

I know I used to get anoyed hearing this shit until I actualy took the advice but.... STOP USING MS IE!!!!!!


99 percent of psyware, trojans and viruses are caused due to that damn application.

start with lop.com.............they were some of the early instigaters of this shit

Mmmm... we better stop arresting burglars since it's YOUR house and you're responsibility.

oh fuck, i had fun with LOP. I got infected long ago. I actualy had to beg their admins on hwo tor emove that shit. Thankfully they helped me get rid of it

it's destroying the Internet and it's gonna fuck this industry up bad - already has started. Keep a list of who's doing it, lodge a complaint with state attorney's general office in the state where the company or principals resides - my machine got knocked out for two days by the shit and i've had enough.

there will be huge class action lawsuits soon, we are talking hundreds of millions of dollars up for grabs when you start to assess the damage. the people who fixed my computer say their phones are off the hook all day long now with people whose computers are fucked by spyware.

i agree.. from isp's like AOL, yahoo, hotmail etc.

im amazed it was able to get this bad without shit hitting the fan. I only lost data once due to shit liek this and man I was so damn pissed. I ended up trashing shit and cursing a blue streak all day. I then learned how to protect myself and listened to advice given.

Problem is though, people are aither too naive and blame themselves for getting infected in the first place or don't even know where to start for retaliation or where to start to find out how to protect themselves

In this day and age it makes me wish I did pc housecalls. Buddy of mine does them for virus and toolbar removals. It's insane how many so called "self taught pc geeks" cry for help and call him.

actually i don't have too much of a problem with all the spyware shit, and when I do get it my machine doesn't explode, i just figure out how to uninstall it.

regardless i think its 100% bullshit and fucked up.

just wait till they have installed it on almost every pc and start changing your refferalcodes and stuff. Will the average surfer care? No! Will adultwebmasters suffer? Hell yeah!

heh that would be an easy side business, i wonder how much you can charge for going to someones house and getting rid of their spyware for them.

i promote spyware to my bad-quality surfers

and it turns what would normally be $0 in to lots and lots of money... what are you going to do about it?

the only fire wall i have is the basic one that comes with the netgear. probably not sufficient. but i have just about every version of ad-aware, spybot, spysweeper...etc.

beyond all that - it is illegal - so if i want to get uppiddy... I WILL. even if they weren't breaking into my computer and auto installing software and changing things - like all my google results. They would still be committing fraud and stealing ad revenue from companies which you intended to visit

yeah i know, I always forget that most people don't know wtf they are doing at all with computers and can't get rid of this shit if they tried. I think someone posted a % of computers infected with some sort of spyware and it was an amazingly high %.

probably start with kicking you in the nuts. unless you're geo-targetting

I had a hell of a time removing that TV media bullshit.

nope, not geotargeting, if they exit my site without clicking through to a paysite, then they get a nice popup with some join free email programs and some nice active X spyware popups:thumbsup

so if you're ever down in baton rouge, feel free to kick me in the nuts.. if you pay me, ill let you kick me in the nuts twice

<3 money

:1orglaugh

Its prolly still there!

you must be posting in the wrong thread.. you can't win $10,000 in here :)

Oh shit...

I just got owned!:1orglaugh

=) going to install linux on my boxes now ;) okay, maybe things haven't gotten that drastic yet...

but I wouldn't be surprised if that is one of the outcomes of this new trend

i run win2k with norton corporate 7.1 no firewall or anything else and i have only been hit 1 time in the last 2 years with something good.

Some of you guys dont know shit about securing a system if your getting hit weekly or monthly.

Spyware does suck for the average surfer tho :(