How can you tell if someone has download spyware on your computer?

[smurfy2day]

Or has backdoors into your systems?

 

I have firewalls, virus protectors, etc. But someone was still able to get into my system and steal credit card info, SS#, etc.

 

How can I check on this?

 

[kaotic]

well alot of times you can't, but if you use a Firewall and good Antivirus, you should be ok, But if you are talking about just spyware, I think you should download a program called Ad-aware it will help you alot.  goto google.com and search for Ad-aware.

 

[Pete Harcoff]

Here's a link directly to the ad-aware download page:

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/downloads.html

 

[kaotic]

Originally posted by Pete Harcoff
Here's a link directly to the ad-aware download page:

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/downloads.html

lol i was to lazy to get the url.

 

[smurfy2day]

Thank you.

 

[kaotic]

No Problem.

 

[smurfy2day]

What a quick download!

 

[kaotic]

hehe

 

[smurfy2day]

Now what will happen when this is done, and there IS spyware on my PC... will this program automatically remove it?

 

[kaotic]

ok start the program there will be check boxes, check both of the boxes under Scan Registry, and under scan Drive, check C (fixed), then click scan. after it scans it will give you a list of the spyware check the boxes and click continue, and it will ask you if you want to delete the files click yes.

 

[smurfy2day]

Thank you so much. You've been most helpful!

 

[kaotic]

Originally posted by smurfy2day
Thank you so much. You've been most helpful!

No Problem anytime.

 

[Susan]

If you're suddenly floating in spam, I would be on the lookout for spyware being involved.

 

[smurfy2day]

No, actually, had someone spoof my ip address, hack into my computer, even though I have a great firewall, and virus programs, gather personal information on me (ie. credit cards, SSN, etc.) I know who it is, but I can't prove it, and I want my info back! This person REALLY scares me, and is dangerous.

 

[AngelAmidala]

I wasn't floating in spam....but I kept getting pop-up ads. And my PC at work isn't the world's fastest thing in the world. The pop-ups would just slow everything down...I couldn't do anything while an ad was loading. And it really frustrated me one day when all I had open and running was Lotus Notes for e-mail and here came a pop-up ad.

RAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the students working told me about Ad-Aware. I found it, downloaded it, installed it, ran it....and my computer's been running faster and I haven't had an unexpected pop-up ad in about 2 months!

Great program!!!

 

[JagSayon]

Originally posted by AngelAmidala
One of the students working told me about Ad-Aware. I found it, downloaded it, installed it, ran it....and my computer's been running faster and I haven't had an unexpected pop-up ad in about 2 months!

Great program!!!

But I have to say the program might shut off legitimate ads. Examples would be if you visit a company's site and they have a great offer or upgrade to your products in the form of the pop-up ad, then they will be cut off. Thankfully, not many companies do that.

With regard to the thread, you might want to try out ZoneAlarm. Its a free download and the beauty of it is ZoneAlarm will ask you whether to give permissions to applications attempting to access the net. Yeah, its bothersome in the beginning to allow Internet Explorer through its firewall but I discovered some sneaky Gator software that 'came' with my other downloads - the tricky little...

Anyway, you be the judge - Get it here!

Jag

 

[zyzychyn]

Yep, ZoneAlarm is one of the best firewalls out there. A good VirusScan should also catch any trojans or backdoors on your computer, even after they've been downloaded.