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warning: spyware in free applets
Sunday, June 8, 2003 at 7:41 pm
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Posted by Fay (159 messages posted)


Be careful with free applets.
I downloaded a lake applet and I haven't yet remembered from where.
I used it to make a pretty page, which has been up for months.
For some reason I right clicked on the picture this morning. Pop-ups exploded and 
I was asked if I'd like to make SPIGOTS COM my home page.
Asked a friend to try, in case I just had a new spy on my PC.
She had the same delightful response to a right click.
I'm furious and ashamed. I've been hosting spyware!
Oh, immediately afterwards, AdAware found Cydor.
It's never been there before, so I can only assume it came from the same source.




Responses to this message:
*re: warning: spyware in free applets (Cam: Sunday, June 8, 2003 at 8:18 pm)

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-warning: spyware in free applets (Fay: Sun, Jun 8, 2003, 7:41 pm)
-re: warning: spyware in free applets (Cam: Sun, Jun 8, 2003, 8:18 pm)
-re: warning: spyware in free applets (Fay: Sun, Jun 8, 2003, 8:24 pm)
*re: warning: spyware in free applets (Cam: Mon, Jun 9, 2003, 3:22 am)
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