Spyware authors reading the Jargon dictionary?

Post #158,831 by inthane-chan 6/7/04 1:22:35 PM Reply	Spyware authors reading the Jargon dictionary? [link\|http://info.astrian.net/jargon/Hacker_Folklore/The_Meaning_of_Hack.html\|http://info.astrian....ning_of_Hack.html] Look at the last story. Sadly, this behavior seems to be catching in the Windows field - last Thursday, I had a person who reported massive popups on internal sites, extremely slow system performance, etc., etc., ad nauseum, ad infinitum. Suspecting spyware, I ran Spybot S&D+Adaware in an attempt to nip this turkey in the bud. Neither got it, due to the "dual process" nature of the beast - it had two processes open, and if one died, the other restarted it. Took a boot to "safe" mode + lotsa reg hacking to get it out. :P Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain. You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
Post #158,844 by Arkadiy 6/7/04 2:20:33 PM Reply	Microsoft innovated it first! The registry settings that differentiated between Win NT server and workstation were guarded by two processes, which restarted each other as needed. -- Buy high, sell sober.
Post #162,040 by deSitter 6/29/04 3:55:00 AM 6/29/04 3:56:38 AM Reply	Re: Microsoft innovated it first! Heh, I remember that. That was grafted onto 4.0 after someone discovered that 3.51 WS could be magically made into a PDC with two hacks. Of course some of us weren't surprised, given that the core files were binary-identical. -drl Edited by deSitter June 29, 2004, 03:56:38 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #162,039 by tablizer 6/29/04 3:31:35 AM Reply	Time to recommend Macs to friends and family Security thru obscurity. ________________ oop.ismad.com

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