Re: Why buy Virus/Adware/Spyware when free stuff is better?

1. If I set security zone to high, most of MSDN help system in VS 2005 will
not function very well.

2. Yes, I installed and ran Spybot Search & Destroy and it worked very well
with no side affects.

No more payware for me, they just don't do jack -- sorta like paying for
Insurance from the Mob only these vendors do it legally.

"Wolla" <Wolla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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1. How did this malware make it thru all my protection?
Thats very easy for malware. Malware get in trough Active X, Java,
Websites,
Scripts..... So check your Internet Options and dont't install Active X
Components automatically. Set your Security Zone higher!

2. So payware virus/spyware protection like Symantec, BitDefender don't
catch these problems, yet freeware tools do??
Yes, believe me. One of the best and I think the best Freeware Spyware
tool is
Spybot Search&Destroy. Download and install Spybot Search&Destroy. After
that, you should install the dectection update every week. Since 2005 I
use
Spyware Search&Destroy and have no Spyware. So take time and work with
Spyware Search&Destroy and check all options!

Greets
Wolla

"Rob R. Ainscough" wrote:

I've purchased BitDefender (full version with adware/spyware protection)
and
have Microsoft's Window's Defender installed -- firewall is ON (both
software/hardware). So I'm surfing via the help system provided in VS
2005
and during my search come to what appears to be a development type of
site,
next thing I know I've got a flashing systray icon (red sphere with X in
it)
and a message that says "Warning your computer is in Danger!" (this one
does
registry hacks to prevent Task Manager from loading, changes my desktop
background, and creates startup files, etc. etc.). I ran Active Ports
and
sure enough I find a program called dlh9jkdq2.exe running and
communication
to some other drone hijacked PC. Tracert shows the drone PC is still
relatively local to my area (SFO1).

1. How did this malware make it thru all my protection?

So I run a full scan via BitDefender and then another one via Windows
Defender -- Windows defender was completely useless and found nothing
wrong.
BitDefender finds "suspicious files" but does nothing to fix the problem
(I
tried Symantec also, same story). So I download Adware (lava soft) and
SpyBot Search & Destroy -- both free versions. Run them both and they do
indeed remove the malware/virus.

2. So payware virus/spyware protection like Symantec, BitDefender don't
catch these problems, yet freeware tools do??

Makes me wonder if the Anti-Virus/Spyware companies actually hire hackers
to
produce viruses? And then it begs the question, that M$ might just leave
enough holes open so that these companies can continue.

Oh, and yes my WinXP was completely up to date.

This is yet another example of the crap that Microsoft likes to call an
OS?
Every 5 years we're promised a more secure OS and every 5 years we get
the
same crap that is usually compromised before it is even released.
Microsoft's response "it's up to the user to ensure their system is
secure" -- yeah pearls of wisdom from the money machine. Microsoft
security
is a joke, this forum is just a facade to make people actually think M$
care
about security, they don't, they never will, and they doom themselves to
mediocre.

Rob.





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