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What is SpyWare ???

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Warning - Spyware - Also called AdWare - commercial programs.

What is SpyWare?

Gator / GAIN / WeatherScope / PrecisionTime / DateManager

Hotbar

What is SpyWare (also called AdWare) ?

Without your knowledge, SpyWare automatically watches you through the internet, and registrates your behavior while surfing to a commercials-server by the SpyWare-producer. All the sites you uses in your browser (Internet Explorer) is registrated, nonetheless you are browsing the site purposely, or the site is manipulated to you while browsing.

All SpyWare-programs is doing the following:

$ Registrating identification of your computer in the commercials-server

$ Registrating www-addresses you visits in the commercials-server

$ Registrating which words is on your screen (for generating commercials by the same words in the commercials-servers database)

$ Bumping commercials to your screen, while you uses your computer.

Some SpyWare-programs also does the following:

$ Registrating how long you visits each www-address

$ Registrating anything you types in formulars on the internet, like password

$ Registrating your answer to the commercials spreaded to you by the SpyWare

$ Registrating browser- og system settings

$ Registrating all the programs, that's installed on your computer

$ Registrating your first name, country and zip-code

$ Placing own commercials in popup's directly and precisely upon competitors commercials, as a site is financed by, like commercials on http://www.experts-exchange.com/

$ Offering installs of several other SpyWare-programs on your computer

This commercials-server then assures, that you gets commercials according to your browsing habbits.

The commercials-server can by own choice start programs on your computer without your knowledge (but it is shown in taskmanager).

Uninstalling the SpyWare-program through Control Panel does'nt work !!!

And these SpyWare-programs also uses un-nessessary ressources on your computer, and un-nessessary ressources.on your internet connection.

Because these SpyWare-programs not always can be classified as virusprograms, they are not removed by anti-virusprograms

Gator Also known as GAIN, WeatherScope, Precisiontime or DateManager

These programs uses 27 MB of your computers free RAM for programs.

If you answers YES to this ActiveX-control, which automatically is presented on several websites …

… or if you answers OK to this one on www.gator.com, then Gator SpyWare is installed on your computer.



Gator is automatically installed in:

Internet Explorer


Gator does the following:

$ Registrating how long you visits each www-address

$ Registrating anything you types in formulars on the internet, like password

$ Registrating your answer to the commercials spreaded to you by the SpyWare

$ Registrating browser- og systemsettings

$ Registrating all the programs, that's installed on your computer

$ Registrating your firstname, country and zip-code

$ Placing own commercials in popup's directly and precisely upon competitors commercials, as a site is financed by, like commercials on http://www.experts-exchange.com/

$ Offering installs of several other SpyWare-programs on your computer

Gator also automatically installs DateManager and PrecisionTime

If you answers YES to this ActiveX-control, which automatically is presented on several websites …


… or if you answers OK to this one on www.datemanager.com, then Gator SpyWare is installed on your computer.



Both are un-nessessary programs.
PrecisionTime can destroy time-syncronisation of your computer connected to a domain controller.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=224799
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=232386



Use Outlook 2000 calendar instead of DateManager

Gator also installs WeatherScope

If you answers YES to this ActiveX-control, which automatically is presented on several websites …



… or if you answers OK to this one on www.weatherscope.com, then Gator SpyWare is installed on your computer..

Hotbar

If you answers YES to this ActiveX-control, which automatically is presented on several websites …

… or if you answers OK to this one on www.hotbar.com, then Hotbar SpyWare is installed on your computer..

Hotbar automatically installs itself in:

Outlook 2000
Internet Explorer
Explorer
Ms Office (Word - Excel - Powerpoint - Access).







Hotbar does the following:

$ Registrating identification of your computer in the commercials-server

$ Registrating www-addresses you visits in the commercials-server

$ Registrating which words is on your screen (for generating commercials by the same words in the commercials-servers database)

$ Bumping commercials to your screen, while you uses your computer.

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