Webmasters that create sites to distribute Spyware

[Hooper]

Serge, sounds like you have a zombie, not spyware or adware... and there is a HUGE difference.

Spyware - Tracks your surfing habits and reports back to a central server in order to build a "profile" of you.

Adware - Displays advertisements

Keyloggers - Tracks what you type and sends it back to a central server. These are usually used to steal personal information such as passwords or credit card #'s.

Zombies - Turn your computer into a part of a distributed network, used for spamming or denial of service attacks.

Sometimes products are adware, spyware, keyloggers and zombies all in one, sometimes they are just adware and spyware, sometimes they are just zombies, sometimes they are just spyware.. any mix of the above.

Serge, just to clarify, the product of ours that you keep posting about is adware ( a very non-agressive adware, basically we just want you to use our search engine ) and only adware, no spying, no keylogging and does not cause your system to participate in a distributed network.

The government is looking to eliminate spyware, which i think is a great idea, but since we do not track surfers individually or build profiles of any kind we are not considered "spyware".

You can find out more at http://www.isearch.com/faq.php or you can download the toolbar at http://toolbar.isearch.com

I use a mac as does our entire company. If you insist on using a pc, use firefox, opera, or netscape, if you insist on using internet explorer, set your security settings to high and in "internet options" under "security" select "disable 3rd party browser extensions"

If you use internet explorer with default or low settings, you're a walking target. JMHO



Last edited by Hooper at Apr 17 2004, 10:09 AM