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Brand new computer set up and I got spywares

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

 
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.
 
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