Brand new computer set up and I got spywares

[porschetr]

All I did was downloading drivers and buddy downloaded some programs from Torrent.
Everything that downloaded seemed to working properly


Got a screen shot of Spybot result if you guys recognize any of these.
http://img.photobucket.com/alb...121/elation/screen.jpg

Norton Aniti virus previously detected Hacktool also and deleted.



Is there a specific program/website that dump these?

 

[JustaGeek]

Originally posted by: porschetr
All I did was downloading drivers and buddy downloaded some programs from Torrent.
Everything that downloaded seemed to working properly


Got a screen shot of Spybot result if you guys recognize any of these.
http://img.photobucket.com/alb...121/elation/screen.jpg

Norton Aniti virus previously detected Hacktool also and deleted.



Is there a specific program/website that dump these?

Yes. Torrent.

Just curious... What programs did you download?

I would not get anything from an unknown source. Use the developers' websites or Download.com.

Good luck!

 

[porschetr]

Nero 8 I think.

However, all of those are Cookies.
and we did put some software to fool the Windows authenticity test. Wonder if that's that.

 

[JustaGeek]

BTW. Just looked at your screenshot.

These items are just cookies. Yes, they are "spying" cookies, but nothing major.

Use SpySweeper - it will delete them as soon as they get on your machine with the "Cookie shield" enabled. You can get it free after rebate from time to time.

Otherwise, get a free IE Privacy Keeper and clean everything EXCEPT the Prefetch Folder every time you close the Internet Explorer.

http://www.browsertools.net/downloads1.html

 

[porschetr]

Cool, do they have something like that for Firefox? I don't use IE anymore.

 

[mechBgon]

Don't download programs from torrent. The fact that your system had Hacktool detection shows why it's time to kick that habit.

My suggestion: start over. Get a clean, secure, fully-patched Windows installation and this time secure it properly and don't install junk from torrents or let anyone else do so either.

 

[JustaGeek]

Originally posted by: porschetr
Cool, do they have something like that for Firefox? I don't use IE anymore.

Yes, it works with both Firefox and IE.

Have been using it for the past 3 years. It will even allow you to keep the cookies you want to keep, so you don't have to log-in every time to frequently visited websites... like AnandTech.com

 

[mouthwash]

if you are willing to pay around $40(might be alot to some for spyware program), webroot spy sweeper is a great program to protect yourself from these stuffs, i use it for everyone's comp in my family and never have a problem with spyware. Have been using for 4 years. i just think $40 for a whole year of hassle free from spyware is a small price to pay.

http://www.webroot.com/

and they do not support 64bit vista for now, 32bit vista is fine.