InfoSecPodcast.com » Spyware http://www.infosecpodcast.com Information Security related news, opinions and ramblings Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:04:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 What’s the worst Spyware you’ve been infected with? http://www.infosecpodcast.com/2006/07/whats-the-worst-spyware-youve-been-infected-with/ http://www.infosecpodcast.com/2006/07/whats-the-worst-spyware-youve-been-infected-with/#comments Sat, 15 Jul 2006 04:13:08 +0000 Chris Harrington http://www.infosecpodcast.com/2006/07/15/whats-the-worst-spyware-youve-been-infected-with/ Tell me your worst Spyware infection story and you could win a $20 gift card to the electronics retailer of your choice. You have to be specific…I want names of what was infecting the PC, how you cleaned it, how long it took, etc. I will judge the entries and give out the card. The winner will get official mention on this post and in next week’s podcast.

Why am I doing this? I was just in Spyware hell trying to rid a friend’s machine of multiple infections. This thing had PurityScan, Hotbar, 180 Search, WhenU SaveNow, Cool Web Search and many others. Typical of my luck with fixing spyware laden PC’s he did not have Windows Restore running or the Windows XP cd. I tried to get him to install Ubuntu Linux as his desktop….no dice :( So without a backup or installation media we set out to try and repair the PC. Basically it sucked….really bad. Multiple tools and 4 hours later he had a reasonably clean PC. There were still remanants of a Casino toolbar on the Control Panel window I couldn’t remove.

I thought it was bad…maybe it wasnt THAT bad. To find out how bad it was in comparison I want you to write me with your worst Spyware story.

So let’s have it!!

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