Journal ekimminau's Journal: Slashdot installs spyware? 4
I have a brand new laptop. Loaded with our corporate gold build of XP Pro SP2 with all the latest patches. It includes a firewall and a well known commercial anti-virus.
I just scanned my laptop for virii. It was clean. Scanned it for spyware. Found a few, mostly cookie based. Cleaned and removed them. Scanned again. Clean.
Opened my browswer and loaded corporate home page. Exited. Scanned. Clean.
Opened my browswer and loaded corporate home page. Opened http://slashdot.org. Exited. Scanned.
NOT! Clean.
eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware Corporate Edition Command Line Scanner v5.0.3.2
(c)2004 2004 Computer Associates International, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Scan Time: 06/27/2007 03:49:48 PM
User Name: someone
Computer Name: something
Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Database folders
Pest: C:\WINDOWS\COE\PestClean\
Exclusion: Default folder
Quarantine root folder: C:\WINDOWS\COE\PestClean\W2HZ6ZHV01
Scan extensions: *.386;*.ade;*.adp;*.adt;*.app;*.asp;*.bas;*.bat;*.bin;*.
btm;*.cbt;*.chm;*.cla;*.class;*.cmd;*.com;*.cpl;*.crt;*.csc;*.css;*.dll;*.doc;*.
dot;*.drv;*.email;*.eml;*.exe;*.fon;*.hta;*.htlp;*.htm;*.html;*.inf;*.ini;*.ins;
*.isp;*.js;*.jse;*.lib;*.lnk;*.mdb;*.mde;*.mht;*.mhtm;*.mhtml;*.mp3;*.msc;*.msi;
*.mso;*.msp;*.mst;*.obj;*.ocx;*.ovl;*.ovr;*.pcd;*.pgm;*.pif;*.ppt;*.prc;*.reg;*.
rtf;*.scr;*.sct;*.shb;*.shs;*.smm;*.sys;*.url;*.vb;*.vbe;*.vbs;*.vxd;*.wsc;*.wsf
;*.wsh;*.xls;
Log file: c:\ppcl.log ()
Display output: On
Verbose output: Off
Detailed pest info: Off
Scan depth: Shallow
Process priority: Normal
OnDetect Action: Delete
Email Notification: Off
PPCTL.DLL version: 5.6.9.5
+ Initializing scanner ...
+ Initializing pest database ...
+ Initializing exterminator ...
+ Scanning memory ...
= Memory scan completed in 0.01 seconds.
+ Scanning common locations ...
+ Scanning D:\Documents and Settings\ ...
= Common locations scan completed in 0.35 seconds.
+ Scanning registry ...
= Registry scan completed in 0.51 seconds.
+ Scanning cookies ...
= Cookie scan completed in 0.01 seconds.
4 pest objects detected.
Pest detected: AtlasDMT.com
Pest detected: DoubleClick
Pest detected: Mediaplex.com
Pest detected: TribalFusion.com
Scan is complete.
Done.
Press any key to exit ...
This is rather disturbing to me. How about you?
I just scanned my laptop for virii. It was clean. Scanned it for spyware. Found a few, mostly cookie based. Cleaned and removed them. Scanned again. Clean.
Opened my browswer and loaded corporate home page. Exited. Scanned. Clean.
Opened my browswer and loaded corporate home page. Opened http://slashdot.org. Exited. Scanned.
NOT! Clean.
eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware Corporate Edition Command Line Scanner v5.0.3.2
(c)2004 2004 Computer Associates International, Inc. All rights reserved.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scan Time: 06/27/2007 03:49:48 PM
User Name: someone
Computer Name: something
Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Database folders
Pest: C:\WINDOWS\COE\PestClean\
Exclusion: Default folder
Quarantine root folder: C:\WINDOWS\COE\PestClean\W2HZ6ZHV01
Scan extensions: *.386;*.ade;*.adp;*.adt;*.app;*.asp;*.bas;*.bat;*.bin;*.
btm;*.cbt;*.chm;*.cla;*.class;*.cmd;*.com;*.cpl;*.crt;*.csc;*.css;*.dll;*.doc;*.
dot;*.drv;*.email;*.eml;*.exe;*.fon;*.hta;*.htlp;*.htm;*.html;*.inf;*.ini;*.ins;
*.isp;*.js;*.jse;*.lib;*.lnk;*.mdb;*.mde;*.mht;*.mhtm;*.mhtml;*.mp3;*.msc;*.msi;
*.mso;*.msp;*.mst;*.obj;*.ocx;*.ovl;*.ovr;*.pcd;*.pgm;*.pif;*.ppt;*.prc;*.reg;*.
rtf;*.scr;*.sct;*.shb;*.shs;*.smm;*.sys;*.url;*.vb;*.vbe;*.vbs;*.vxd;*.wsc;*.wsf
;*.wsh;*.xls;
Log file: c:\ppcl.log ()
Display output: On
Verbose output: Off
Detailed pest info: Off
Scan depth: Shallow
Process priority: Normal
OnDetect Action: Delete
Email Notification: Off
PPCTL.DLL version: 5.6.9.5
+ Initializing scanner
+ Initializing pest database
+ Initializing exterminator
+ Scanning memory
= Memory scan completed in 0.01 seconds.
+ Scanning common locations
+ Scanning D:\Documents and Settings\
= Common locations scan completed in 0.35 seconds.
+ Scanning registry
= Registry scan completed in 0.51 seconds.
+ Scanning cookies
= Cookie scan completed in 0.01 seconds.
4 pest objects detected.
Pest detected: AtlasDMT.com
Pest detected: DoubleClick
Pest detected: Mediaplex.com
Pest detected: TribalFusion.com
Scan is complete.
Done.
Press any key to exit
This is rather disturbing to me. How about you?
Re: (Score:1)
Offsite hosted ads = bad... (Score:1)
This is why I block all ads that are not locally hosted (or google ads). Spyware is not hosted by reputable sites, but reputable sites sell ad space to the highest bidder, regardless of the highest bidder's reputation for spyware. Fireflox + Adblock = Very little if any spyware. I would leave the ads that are hosted locally, however, as that is their main revenue stream.
Now if the sites would stop allowing off-site hosted ads, then their ads would automatically pass my Adblock filters because I refuse to