This is a screenshot from a system I had to clean of spyware a few weeks ago at work. (Click the thumbnail for the full-size image.) You’ll note that not only does the system have three different spyware search toolbars installed, its home page has been hijacked, and it’s also running DateManager and PrecisionTime from the assholes at Gator Claria Corporation. Before I could make this screenshot I had to remove some other spyware in order to get the system stable enough that Explorer (and Internet Explorer) wouldn’t crash on startup.
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Thank you, Microsoft, for making it possible for garbage such as this to install itself via Internet Explorer with little to no help from the unsuspecting user. That’s very kind of you since so many people are out there who would otherwise be unable to install this wonderful software. And an extra special thank you goes out to all the companies who are creating the garbage; I appreciate the job security that you provide me with!
Hey there Dave.
I love your page! Odd set of circumstances that led me to it, but I’m glad I did. I too, am fed up with all this crap that keeps getting on my computer! And I’m armed to the teeth with protection! (or, so I assumed, like everyone else). This week, I discovered a keylogger, which, according to anything I could find on it, can only be put onboard by direct access to my computer! So now I have to worry about Spy vs Spy in my own home! lol!… A person just can’t win. :/
How have you been?
Brenda B.
Hi there! Are you the Brenda I think you are? The one who creates those really cool miniatures? If so, I don’t have an e-mail address for you anymore… please send me an e-mail at “comments” at this site’s domain. (That is assuming you check back to read this comment.)