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Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Ace on September 16, 2002, 09:36:28 AM
Just in case you\'re interested, I posted a while back that certain sites especially this on was crashing IE. I decided to download Ad-aware from Lavasoft and it came up with 42 pieces of spyware (Kazza = Scumbags).

Well I got rid of the spyware and no more crashing.

Thought you might want to know.

Ace
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Kurt Angle on September 16, 2002, 10:08:24 AM
Glad to here it.

Spyware = teh suck!!
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: mm on September 16, 2002, 10:28:24 AM
kazaa is the devil!
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Ace on September 16, 2002, 11:07:15 AM
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Originally posted by mm
kazaa is the devil!


Agreed!

I just tried Kazaa lite and there\'s a piece of spyware imbedded as well. Screw it, I\'ll end up downloading a virus anyway.

Ace
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: CHIZZY on September 16, 2002, 11:29:47 AM
I just deleted kazaa meself. I think I got a trojan \'cos the old bird\'s been slowing down and shouldn\'t be (amd 1800 + 512 ram)
(it\'s promly just mm h4xoring my shit.... ;) )

gonna hafta try cleaning up the mess I made with kazaa. Any suggestions?
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Ace on September 16, 2002, 11:32:17 AM
I don\'t know if this will help but once I downloaded a virus that was quickly eating up many of my files. I downloaded a free version of Norton Anti Virus (I think that was it) and it stopped it in it\'s tracks. Not sure if this applies to a trojan.

Here\'s a free program that I use on some of my computers. Click here! (http://www.grisoft.com)

Ace
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: mm on September 16, 2002, 11:40:48 AM
ehhe, when i 1st saw the title of this thead, i thought the post would say

"by downloading mozilla!"
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Ace on September 16, 2002, 12:40:50 PM
Does the word relentless mean anything to you? :)

Ace
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Titan on September 17, 2002, 01:45:35 PM
How do you find spyware on the computer? I think I have some.
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Ace on September 17, 2002, 02:06:01 PM
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Originally posted by Titan
How do you find spyware on the computer? I think I have some.


Here ya go! (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/downloads.html)
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Titan on September 17, 2002, 02:15:12 PM
Thanks, how much room does it take up?
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Ace on September 17, 2002, 02:18:04 PM
I think the program is pretty small. 1mb or less I think.
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Kurt Angle on September 17, 2002, 02:27:54 PM
Yes it is small, and very useful. I use it once a week to make sure I haven\'t got any spyware crap.
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Majin Prince on September 17, 2002, 06:44:24 PM
Thanks for posting these helpful programs!:)

My computer has been acting strange lately...probably that damn Kazaa. Who knows what that program has done to my CPU...:sconf:
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Titan on September 18, 2002, 01:03:34 PM
I don\'t use Kazaa. Imesh works fine for downloading music. I\'m probably giong to download Kazaa though.
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Ace on September 18, 2002, 01:35:05 PM
Kazaa Lite even has spyware now. :mad:
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Titan on September 18, 2002, 01:37:33 PM
What is the point of spy ware?
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Ace on September 18, 2002, 01:53:11 PM
I believe it tracks your whereabouts on the net.
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Titan on September 18, 2002, 02:04:07 PM
And they email you ads too, right? Maybe that would explain why I got porn in my Hotmail box ;)
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Majin Prince on September 18, 2002, 02:27:25 PM
Bastards...they e-mail ads too? So thats where all that junk as been coming from...:mad:
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: theomen on September 18, 2002, 02:30:40 PM
now I know why Vapor Snakes hotmail account was filled with gay porn.
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Kurt Angle on September 18, 2002, 02:31:23 PM
Spyware also = loads more ad popups while surfing the net.
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: fastson on September 18, 2002, 03:40:49 PM
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Originally posted by Ace
Kazaa Lite even has spyware now. :mad:


No it does not.. Thats file in KaZaA Lite makes KaZaA work.

What it says in the FAQ:

Both the Original KaZaA and KaZaA Lite (because KaZaA Lite has to work exactly the same as the Original KaZaA) actually check for CyDoor on your machine and will not run without it. However, KaZaA Lite gets around this by installing a dummy version of CyDoor, which appears correct to KaZaA, but does not serve the adverts, meaning they don\'t appear in KL. It also stops random pop-ups from appearing while you\'re using KL. This dummy version of CyDoor is from a group called Counterexploitation (CEXX).
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: Ace on September 18, 2002, 03:44:38 PM
OK, thanks for the correction.

But  then  again, how can we really be sure? It is called spyware after all. :)

Ace
Title: Solved my IE crashing problem!
Post by: fastson on September 18, 2002, 03:48:21 PM
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Originally posted by Ace
OK, thanks for the correction.

But  then  again, how can we really be sure? It is called spyware after all. :)

Ace


They even recommend AdAware on their site. But they say you should not delete the dummy file or else KaZaA Lite wont work.

Btw, thanks for reminding me. I forgot to install AdAware on my new system.. It has already found 14 spyware-files :rpissed: