Browser Hijackers/Spyware can Put you in Fucking Jail

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

Article Here

http://www.spywareinfo.net/aug12,2003#framed

Anyone who uses Idiot Exploiter, please for your own safety, Get a Real Browser.

[Howedar]

Thats rather disturbing.

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

Thats rather disturbing.

That's extremely disturbing!

When the fuck are they (the government) gonna see that shit for what it is and get the Counter-Terrorist Units on these assholes? It's terrorism, pure and simple!

[Howedar]

Oh my. Opera is God.

[Shinova]

His ex-wife went to court soon after his arrest and gained custody of their youngest child and his house.

I imagine she must've been really happy that little opportunity came along. Stupid cunt.

And this case seems to stem from the same problem: internet security.

Hence, firewalls, virus checkers, etc.

[His Divine Shadow]

Anyone who uses Idiot Exploiter, please for your own safety, Get a Real Browser.

Explorer is a perfectly fine browser, just too much power in some peoples hands, gotta lock it down.

[Howedar]

His ex-wife went to court soon after his arrest and gained custody of their youngest child and his house.

I imagine she must've been really happy that little opportunity came along. Stupid cunt.

I certainly would try to get custody of my child if child porn was found on my ex's computer. She presumably doesn't get along perfectly with the man, why would she believe him?

[Drewcifer]

Explorer is a perfectly fine browser, just too much power in some peoples hands, gotta lock it down.

I like IE quite a bit too. But I also have ActiveX and Java disabled, I rarely accept any cookies, and I update Norton Anti-V monthly and have it set to Maximum Paranoia - enough that some javascripts can't run.

[Shinova]

I certainly would try to get custody of my child if child porn was found on my ex's computer. She presumably doesn't get along perfectly with the man, why would she believe him?

Given that we know nothing about how each parent was.

But then again she should've understood the bit about the trojans. And it wasn't something to "believe". It was found.

Meh. Maybe they were both bad parents; getting custody of child like a way of getting back at the other. But did she have to take the house too???

[Yuri Prime]

I'm running Mozilla right now. Is there anything better about Opera that would be worth checking out?

[Hyperion]

Do *NOT* download STOPzilla, it doesn't work, and in fact it changed my browser settings...

Get AdsGone... That actually works.

[Crayz9000]

Explorer is a perfectly fine browser, just too much power in some peoples hands, gotta lock it down.

You can't lock down exploits you don't know about.

And as for it being a fine browser, it's one of the slowest web browsers on the planet, next to Netscape 4.

[Uraniun235]

Article Here

http://www.spywareinfo.net/aug12,2003#framed

Anyone who uses Idiot Exploiter, please for your own safety, Get a Real Browser.

But I'm too fucking lazy!

[Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi]

I haven't had any problems that big, but it is quite creepy. Is it the result of glitches in IE, people that prey on IE users because so many people use it, or both? Perhaps when we're done with spam, the government can crack down on such spyware.

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

I haven't had any problems that big, but it is quite creepy. Is it the result of glitches in IE, people that prey on IE users because so many people use it, or both? Perhaps when we're done with spam, the government can crack down on such spyware.

As for IE, they prey on it because it's deliberately so easily hackable, plus it has some 90% marketshare. Can you picture a juicier and more tempting target? Is it even possible to?

Spam? Being done with it? Maybe when pigs fly!!!

[HemlockGrey]

My family uses IE. I use Opera. Opera is far superior.

[EmperorMing]

I was wondering when something like this would happen.

[Vertigo1]

You can't lock down exploits you don't know about.

And as for it being a fine browser, it's one of the slowest web browsers on the planet, next to Netscape 4.

Agreed. Mozilla, while has a longer start time, loads pages seconds faster than IE. Even on my dial-up connect. (Before any IE-only zealots start screaming in bitching that I'm a liar, I did clear everything I possibly could on both browsers so it would be as if I had a fresh install of both. I created a seperate user account and killed all but the necessary services in XP that were needed to run this test. I tried loading the following sites: SD.net, Beyond Babylon, and Spacebattles. Everytime Mozilla loaded the site seconds before IE. I did not run them at the same time so sharing bandwith shouldn't have been an issue. I used IE6 SP1 and Mozilla 1.4 for these tests.)