RE: [PCTECH] CoolWebSearch browser hijacker - Part II (Windows Up date not working)

[Winchester Terry <terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For those interested in Spyware (authors & vendors)
I found this recent link a little alarming:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1706659,00.asp



> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Bale
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 10:38 AM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] CoolWebSearch browser hijacker - Part 
> II (Windows Update not working)
> 
> 
> Didn't have time to check it out last night at home, too busy 
> watching the
> returns.  Will try again tonight.
> 
> But I have to ask about the vendors/authors of these spyware 
> removal apps.
> I make it a point to do some research on all of these vendors 
> and software
> apps nowadays, cuz you can never be too sure that you're not just
> downloading and installing yet another malware to infect your 
> system with.
> I am willing to be a little more risky on this particular 
> system, since it
> appears to be bad enough to recommend a scratch install of the OS.
> 
> Also, this XP Home box has four user accounts.  So I wonder 
> if I need to run
> the Spybot S&D, AdAware, CWShredder, Spyware-Removal from 
> each of these
> accounts.  The Admin account is only available in Safe mode, 
> should I run
> this there as well?
> 
> tia,
> db