One of my users got hit with spyware today. It seems they went to a website that used either an ActiveX or popup javascript to drop an .exe file in their Temp folder at 8:59AM. This .exe then went to work and by 10AM his PC was infected with eZula, eXact search, WhenUsearch, MaxSpeed, Bargain…
Maybe the next time someone at work gets the impression that I’m just a control-freak, mean, nasty IT guy who won’t let then use their PC the way they want to, I’ll point them to this Wired article on spyware. Maybe then they’ll get why things like Real are not allowed on our network? Yeah,…
Spyware Weekly Newsletter has a wrapup of what goes on with the installation and running of the new, supposedly nicer, version of Real. Looks like it’ll stay on the “no” list on our work network.
Is it just me or has it seemed like there have been a few more popups somehow getting past the Google toolbar’s popup blocker? Not a ton, mind you, but a handful per day as I use the web. I figure someone out there is figuring out how to get around it, since I haven’t…
RealPlayer 10 has been released. Now, I have been successful in keeping RealOne off our network here at work, by using the language of our anti-spyware policy, since RealOne did a whole lot of tracking, advertising and other sneaky things. After reading this though, I might have to at least give version 10 and their…
The spyware that loved me, and excellent article about what happens when you let your guard down and allow spyware to be installed on your PC!