- Is XP Anti-spy spyware?
- Posted by Trevor Noble on October 8th, 2003
In Xp AntiSpy 3.72 if you run your mouse down the list of vunerabilities to
just below the last entry, a phantom entry is highlighted. This is an
"explanation" of the Alexa Tracker and recommends a visit to the alexa
website for "further information" which will enevitably give you a dose of
spies on your computer.
The language used in the help window smacks of a hacker too?
Am I being paranoid about this app or is all really well.
Thanks
Trevor.
- Posted by Co on October 9th, 2003
In article <Qu0hb.34$bD.21@news.indigo.ie>, NOSPAMfreehand2@eircom.net
says...
I don't know what has happened.. I have had the program installed on my
system a long time ago.. And I found it to be very useful.. But after a
while there weren't any updates anymore.
After reading your message I visited their site and under "Impressum" I
read the following:
"XP-antispy ist ein kostenpflichtiges Angebot, welches über den Dialer
(1,86¤/min) abgerechnet wird."
First you read a lot about spying and links to get information how to
prevent this.. And on the last page you read that you have to pay ¤
1,86 per minute for this service.
It's a scam!
But with the version of xp anti-spy which I have is nothing wrong. But
it is the last. Maybe a way to win your trust in order to make money of
you later..
--
Groet,
haico
- Posted by Co on October 9th, 2003
In article <bm2cls$if3jg$1@ID-161327.news.uni-berlin.de>,
inv*co**hai@home.nl says...
*If you don't read the last page (and windows isn't patched) the dialer
is already collecting money for them without you knowing. Because the
links to get information installs the dialer on your system.*
--
Groet,
haico
- Posted by Joe on October 9th, 2003
"Co" <inv*co**hai@home.nl> wrote in message
news:bm2cls$if3jg$1@ID-161327.news.uni-berlin.de...
If you go to the LEGIT xp-Antispy site (http://www.xp-antispy.org/) you'll
find the truth:
<quote>
Important information: The Domains www.xp-antispy.de und www.xpantispy.de do
not belong to the project xp-AntiSpy anymore. The new owner offers only a
dialer to download.
Please update any links and your bookmarks to www.xp-antispy.org
Greetings, -chris-
</quote>
HTH
Martin
- Posted by Co on October 9th, 2003
In article <bm2f2l$i5b06$1@ID-193243.news.uni-berlin.de>,
joe@nomail.net says...
Thank you!
--
Groet,
haico
- Posted by »Q« on October 9th, 2003
"Joe" <joe@nomail.net> wrote in
<news:bm2f2l$i5b06$1@ID-193243.news.uni-berlin.de>:
Whew!
It certainly did. Thank you!
--
»Q«
"KEEP BIG BROTHER'S HANDS OFF THE INTERNET"
By Senator John Ashcroft
<http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/1097/ijge/gj-7.htm>
- Posted by Trevor Noble on October 9th, 2003
phantom
Alexa entry and recommendation!
Has anyone else hovered their mouse pointer in the empty space just under
the "Disable Zip Functionality" entry and seen it??
Regds
Trevor
- Posted by Joe on October 9th, 2003
"Trevor Noble" <NOSPAMfreehand2@eircom.net> wrote in message
news:3_ihb.185$bD.654@news.indigo.ie...
Why don't you ask the author and get an explanation from him
(http://www.xp-antispy.org/contact.htm)? You can use a temporary hotmail
account if you don't feel safe about it.
As for visiting the alexa site, I just went there. No spyware unless you
download and install their toolbar. I don't see any recommendation to do
such a thing in xp-Antispy.
Concerning the help file, I don't have any since it's absent from the
stand-alone zip distribution.
Most probably a bug. The author should confirm.
- Posted by »Q« on October 9th, 2003
"Trevor Noble" <NOSPAMfreehand2@eircom.net> wrote in
<news:3_ihb.185$bD.654@news.indigo.ie>:
I have v3.72 and see nothing about Alexa down there. I believe I
have hovered my pointer over every pixel below the "Disable ZIP
functionality" text. The only mention I can find of Alexa in the
program is the "Remove Alexa registry entry" option, with the
following explanation.
The ALEXA-key is a browser-addin which collects personal data
about your surfing habits. For more info go to the producers of
ALEXA (www.alexa.com).
--
»Q«
"KEEP BIG BROTHER'S HANDS OFF THE INTERNET"
By Senator John Ashcroft
<http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/1097/ijge/gj-7.htm>
- Posted by tlshell@concentric.net on October 10th, 2003
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 20:53:46 +0100, "Trevor Noble"
<NOSPAMfreehand2@eircom.net> took a very strange color crayon and
scribbled:
Most of the site is in German, where are those words? I couldn't find
them.
--
Therese Shellabarger / The Roving Reporter - Civis Mundi
tlshell@concentric.net / http://www.concentric.net/~tlshell
- Posted by Joe on October 10th, 2003
<tlshell@concentric.net> wrote in message
news:tpdcovoab7fpe95qqrd7tsu7r34ihg6pvm@4ax.com...
Click on the british flag on the main page. That's a frequent convention on
european sites for the selection of the english section.
- Posted by Thorsten Duhn on October 10th, 2003
Hello,
haven't you posted the same question (in the original posting
starting this thread) on monday? There are answers as well...
Regards,
Thorsten
--
value of entertainment >>>>
http://www.freewareguide.de
- Posted by null@zilch.com on October 10th, 2003
Opera and Mozilla don't display anything except a little bit of German
language concerning Frames.
Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
- Posted by »Q« on October 10th, 2003
null@zilch.com wrote in
<news:hfkdovoee7ca84bcj0ss8s1rgsm3hfi6dd@4ax.com>:
Maybe you have disabled frames? With frame viewing enabled, I see the
pages fine in Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1.
--
»Q«
"KEEP BIG BROTHER'S HANDS OFF THE INTERNET"
By Senator John Ashcroft
<http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/1097/ijge/gj-7.htm>
- Posted by Joe on October 10th, 2003
null@zilch.com wrote:
What Mozilla version? I just tried it with Mozilla 1.4 and Mozilla Firebird
0.6.1 under Linux and both display all pages of that site just fine.
- Posted by null@zilch.com on October 10th, 2003
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:54:57 GMT, "»Q«" <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote:
Where do you enable Frames in Mozilla?
Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
- Posted by null@zilch.com on October 10th, 2003
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 13:20:48 -0400, Joe <Joe@nomail.net> wrote:
Moz 1.5a and Opera 7.2 I tried running without Privoxy but that made
no difference.
Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
- Posted by Joe on October 10th, 2003
<null@zilch.com> wrote in message
news:vusdov84or6s3efmuf9ibmit4aq9n73c79@4ax.com...
A bugzilla report might be in order.
- Posted by »Q« on October 13th, 2003
null@zilch.com wrote in
<news:0tsdovcsc29glkjg0cnco5sa36u6er4tvv@4ax.com>:
I'm sorry Art - I don't know.
--
»Q«
"KEEP BIG BROTHER'S HANDS OFF THE INTERNET"
By Senator John Ashcroft
<http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/1097/ijge/gj-7.htm>
- Posted by null@zilch.com on October 13th, 2003
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 00:54:33 GMT, "»Q«" <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote:
I reverted from Moz 1.5a to 1.41 and now that page seems to display
correctly. I also changed to an older version 6.06 of Opera and that
version displays the page ok. I also now have Firebird 0.6.1 installed
as well. Never did find a frame viewing option anywhere in any of
them.
Art
http://www.epix.net/~artnpeg
