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wssddc join:2001-08-21 Bedford, MA	Earthlink Spy Audit Earthlink's newsletter announced Spy Audit at »www.earthlink.net/spyaudit/. AdAware says my system is clean, so I thought I'd see what Earthlink's scanner had to say: •It brought up the results in Mozilla (the default browser) where they display as a totally blank page. I had to manually load the html page in IE. •It saw WinVNC and thought it was the Remeye trojan. (Remeye loads VNC with a password of abcd, so there is some basis for this confusion). •It saw something it called "Spy #ff6b5 -- Research In Progress". I think this is also a false alarm, but there isn't enough information to tell what triggered it. •It claims the Alexa Toolbar is enabled; AdAware had previously disabled it for me, so this is also a false alarm. •It sees three adware cookies which AdAware doesn't complain about: •Spy #1802a -- Research In Progress •RealMedia Cookie •TVGuide.com Cookie Who knows what the first one is. The others are real, but harmless. For remediation, they offer only TotalAccess 2004. I like the idea that they are addressing the spyware/trojan problem, but this first attempt isn't very impressive.
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sashwa Pixie Cat Crunchin' n Foldin' Premium,Mod join:2001-01-29 Alcatraz clubs: ·Comcast ·Alameda Power & Te.. Host: Broadband Modem (H.. MSN DSL Extreme Windstream Southeast Asian Br..	I just posted this in another link about the Spy Audit: »Re: [Software] Spyware Blocker I have a question for you though, do you have Total Access 2003 installed??? If you don't, how were you able to get the file with out installing Total Access 2003??? As I said in the above link, I wasn't able to. sash -- Visit the San Francisco Bay Area Forum
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fatness subtle Janitor join:2000-11-17 fishing ·EarthLink Host: Earthlink DSL TekSavvy Forum Feature Requ.. Need Site Help? Rants, Raves, and ..	If you mean the Spy Audit file, it is available for download in the link posted by wssddc without having Total Access installed: »www.earthlink.net/spyaudit/ -- Electrolux Death Ray
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sashwa Pixie Cat Crunchin' n Foldin' Premium,Mod join:2001-01-29 Alcatraz clubs: ·Comcast ·Alameda Power & Te.. Host: Broadband Modem (H.. MSN DSL Extreme Windstream Southeast Asian Br..	Nope, I just tried it in case it was a different link than what I had. It did the same thing. Downloaded as spyaudit.exe but when it opened it asked if you wanted to run and install Total Access 2003. If you say no then you don't get to take the test. At least that's what happens to me. sash -- Visit the San Francisco Bay Area Forum
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skj Welcome to the far side of reality Premium,Mod join:2002-04-04 Atlanta, GA	I donwloaded it and was able to take the test. To remove the spyware, however, it looks like you need Total Access.
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fatness subtle Janitor join:2000-11-17 fishing ·EarthLink Host: Earthlink DSL TekSavvy Forum Feature Requ.. Need Site Help? Rants, Raves, and ..	said by skj : I donwloaded it and was able to take the test. To remove the spyware, however, it looks like you need Total Access. Same here. Although I do think it is wrong about the spyware it identified. -- Electrolux Death Ray
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sashwa Pixie Cat Crunchin' n Foldin' Premium,Mod join:2001-01-29 Alcatraz clubs: ·Comcast ·Alameda Power & Te.. Host: Broadband Modem (H.. MSN DSL Extreme Windstream Southeast Asian Br.. 1 edit	reply to skj But the question is...Why when it did it ask me ask me if I wanted to install Total Access 2003 when it went to install??? When you downloaded, did you "Save" or did you "Open"? I did "Open" Please disregard as I just figured it out. You need to do a "Save" download inorder not to install Total Access. Sneaky ELN...lol Fatness, your right I don't agree with their results either. sash -- Visit the San Francisco Bay Area Forum
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skj Welcome to the far side of reality Premium,Mod join:2002-04-04 Atlanta, GA	I tried it both ways and neither time it asked me if I wanted to install TA. I agree with fatness about it identifying the wrong things as spyware. Adaware and Spybot S&D are far superior programs.
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wssddc join:2001-08-21 Bedford, MA	reply to sashwa said by sashwa : But the question is...Why when it did it ask me ask me if I wanted to install Total Access 2003 when it went to install??? When you downloaded, did you "Save" or did you "Open"? I did "Open" I saved it; that's the only option Mozilla gives for an executable. I connect with a Linux firewall and don't have any other Earthlink software installed.
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wssddc join:2001-08-21 Bedford, MA	reply to wssddc I just tried the scan at »www.webroot.com/services/spyaudit_03.htm which seems to be what Earthlink is using. It just found Alexa and 4 cookies, no trojans or system monitors. I think Earthlink is providing an out of date version.
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Doctor Olds I Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me. Premium,VIP join:2001-04-19 1970 442 W30 clubs:	reply to skj said by skj : Adaware and Spybot S&D are far superior programs. Truer words never were posted.
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