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mr. doom & spies

January 30, 2004 5:11:21 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
ok, here's the deal, i don't really talk in forums much but this morning i did the ever loved, "the cleaning out of all the crap" (pardon me but it is). you know the routine, sifting thru everything, deleting those stale cookies(that always leave a nasty taste), removing those errant programs that sneak in.took me a few hours this time.they sure are getting sneaky. and it's getting worse. seems there is always more-cuz there is! even the "spyware" removals and uninstallers leave programs and cookies. and not just one or two. several- apiece!...part 2 to come...
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Reply #1 January 30, 2004 5:22:50 PM
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part 2-i knew i probably didn't get all of them. and i mean ALL of them.does the average person really know what and HOW many little bugs and tracking devices are watching them? i doubt it because they'd be shocked. anyway i wouldn't recomend this to anybody but i did a search a got a "freebie" off the internet.(experament- like i said, i don't recomend it. but this particular brand would have the name "duke" if it where a person.i remind you that this is after i spent a couple hours "debugging" my machine.177 is what it came up with.and it left about 5 of it's own.the piont of all this ...
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Reply #2 January 30, 2004 5:36:25 PM
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before i quit my rambling i want to remind everybody and let those in on this if they didn't know-literally 90%+ web browsers and pages add a cookie or program in some way- yes, even just touching a page is a cookie. don't even look at a banner.now when all this was done i got a pop-up. not your ordinary pop-up. it was a special one.it said '"MR.DOOM" has infected your computer.click here for a quick scan"(scam) but there was no close button. the window got huge. almost so that i couldn't use the taskbar.whoever that was , was pretty good. i could very well see my wife pushing that button. remind them too.(about the spies & "MR.DOOM"'
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Reply #3 January 30, 2004 5:40:10 PM
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by the way, wincustomize is pretty darn good it's the ONLY place i will get anything and remember to really dig deep
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Reply #4 January 30, 2004 5:59:55 PM
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(and some cookies are ok) chocolate chip, peanut butter. no, really they are
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Reply #5 January 30, 2004 6:06:47 PM
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Let's keep this to the one thread.....mmmmkay?....
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