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Heads Up! Someone is posting xupitor spyware link; Don't open it!
1/27/2003
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Posted on 01/27/2003 8:09:44 AM PST by FBD
Heads up to Jim Rob and all.
I clicked on a link on a post here at FR couple of days ago, and accidentaly got xupitor.com spyware installed on my computer!
It looked harmless enough, and I thought I was going to a site to look at an article; but it changed my browser settings, tool bar, and added a bunch of "favorites", like online gaming sites, etc. Now, whenever I do a search, it directs me back to xupitor.com. This AM, I got some garbage, and a whole bunch of windows popping up behind my active window. My McCaffee Firewall starting screaming at me about a port attack...
Help from the savvy, as from what I can figure out so far, this is a hard program to get rid of. Heads up to all, and help requested.
TOPICS: Free Republic; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: adaware; extenallinks; internetparasites; spybot; spyware; xupitor
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:09:44 AM PST
by
FBD
To: Jim Robinson; Admin Moderator; MeeknMing; All
I clicked on a post that had a link here at FR, to xupitor.com.
I didn't know anything about this!
Help!
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:12:36 AM PST
by
FBD
To: Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
look in your STARTUP for a program that keeps re-setting your internet home page.
I got one like that from a dump called hand[something] or another a few years back.
I deleted it every where but it still kept resettig my home page (after I rebooted) so I fugured it also but a program in the startup (which it did)
I responded by spamming them like you have never seen before and I like to think I am at least partially responsible for their demise...
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:12:42 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(all your TAG LINE are belong to us)
To: Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
Get AdAware software, it'll kill that spyware from
Lavasoft. There's a free version.
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:13:17 AM PST
by
egarvue
(Martin Sheen is not my president...)
To: Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
To: Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
Download a program called "Ad-Aware" (you can find it at download.com).
Run it. It will wipe all spy-ware off your PC, and it's easy to use.
To: Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
To: egarvue; That Subliminal Kid; New Horizon
FYI, see my #7. AdAware hasn't updated in a while.
To: Mr. K
I went into my control panel, and tried deleting it, it won't let me.
I did get the tool bar reset.
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:19:58 AM PST
by
FBD
To: Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
What post had the link?!
To: New Horizon
I'm half scared to click on an external link here at FR, now. But will check it out.
I wish I could find the post. I know the person posting it did it intentionaly, that's what really ticks me off.
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:22:55 AM PST
by
FBD
To: Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
I used ad aware till I found spybot.com It also is free.
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:22:56 AM PST
by
shadeaud
To: HairOfTheDog
I guess I will have to do a self- search, I was on FR quite a bit over the week end, so it's gonna be hard to find it.
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:24:36 AM PST
by
FBD
To: Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
God, I
detest garbage like Xupiter.
I would recommend that you try Spybot Search & Destroy-it's freeware that will rid your system of more than just parastic web browser tools and ad-ware, but also potentially malicious cookies and registry entries. I've been using it for several months and found it to be invaluable.
Link is here - http://beam.to/spybotsd
To: New Horizon; That Subliminal Kid; egarvue; Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
Definitely look at the link in post #7 by Sir Gawain. Spybot Search and Destroy is far superior to AdAware. It is free also.
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:26:16 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Sure wish we could use HTML down here.)
To: Formerly Brainwashed Democrat
Download Ad Aware as per post #4 and be sure to also download (from left column front page) the sig file 942-24.9.2002. I had Xupiter, too and adding that sig file to my Ad Aware pretty much got rid of it.
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:26:56 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Googolplex Start Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
To: Sir Gawain
AdAware hasn't updated in a while.I use ad-aware, but I noticed in the Sunday comics that one of them was promoting a free trial of adsubtract www.adsubtract.com . Second disclaimer. I have never tried adsubtract.
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posted on
01/27/2003 8:27:13 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: HairOfTheDog
I doubt it was done on purpose by the poster.
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Just downloaded Spyware. Hope I knew what I was doing!! (computer illiterate-just opened file, OK? or not?)
To: That Subliminal Kid
> Download a program called "Ad-Aware"
Before you do that, try ZoneAlarm (zonelabs.com).
It's a software firewall.
If you upgrade to ZA Pro, it has more ad blocking.
Even the free version will tell you about every
bit of spyware trying to "phone home", as well
as every probe from the outside world (and if
you are on a broadband connection, there are any
number of crackers trying to zombie your PC).
Order of Battle:
1. Install Anti-virus sfw
2. Install Firewall sfw (or use hdw f/w)
3. Install Ad blocking sfw
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