 Haste Makes Waste Dept.
And...
Adaware Professional... Either the end of the 6 series or the new SE series... But NOT the freebie-trial version...
EDIT - It appears that since writing this, Lavasoft have stopped providing definition updates for version 6...
So, only go with the SE version - EDIT
Update it every day !
Learn how to run AdWatch which is the defense element of Adaware !
&
Peerguardian
Update checks every day !
Both programs are easily available by clicking on the links, for the same, in my sig below...
The files which appear in many many search results... The files that are always the same length, regardless of name or content...
FOR EXAMPLE...
[A Popular Song...or software or video or eBook].[Any Old Extension You Like But Normally .wmv or .exe. or or or or...]
Size may be 107,000
(Could also be slightly different... Or any size... Even including full size !)
You will normally see many others 'sharing' these files...
(This is because they are total idiots or are part of the criminal distribution system of these files... At least in the European zone, the great majority of these criminals are operating in Germoney And Italy... But, this is a global problem !)
What happens is that there are bad people out there who have their computers set up to 'read' what others are searching for... Then, they automatically rename the BAD DIALLER files that they are sharing to the file name you want !!!
So, maybe you are not thinking, or you are completely new to all of this, or you're just crazy... Whatever !!!
You download a video file that is 107kb which any 6 year old knows must be at least 650 MB... Ha Ha Ha...
THE BAD GUYS WANT YOU TO DOWNLOAD AND OPEN THIS GARBAGE!!!
THESE ARE DIALLER applications that will make calls from your computer to VERY EXPENSIVE telephone numbers...
Be careful and if you are ever in the least doubt that your internet connection is being used for something that you did not start...
Check it out and probably disconnect from your ISP until you know if you are 'clean' !!!
Last edited by ursula; November 17th, 2004 at 05:27 AM.
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