Spyware, Adware Hide in Bittorrent Downloads

Filed in: Security — June 21st, 2005

BT lovers, beware of your downloads!

Purveyors of the applications that produce pop-up ads on PC screens and track browsing habits have discovered BitTorrent as a new distribution channel. According to observers of the trend, videos and music that hide adware and spyware are increasingly being offered for download on various BitTorrent Web sites.

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  • http://sv.formulx.com/blog stchatterbox

    liew, actually, seems our PC is affected everyday. there’re popups, and trackings.
    even if we have the most powerful stuffs, sometimes, it’s hard to prevent.
    by the way, what sort of trojan remover you use?

  • http://sv.formulx.com/blog stchatterbox

    liew, actually, seems our PC is affected everyday. there’re popups, and trackings.
    even if we have the most powerful stuffs, sometimes, it’s hard to prevent.
    by the way, what sort of trojan remover you use?

  • LcF

    Simple, do not download file from unknown source(P2P, BT, warez…). Use Firefox as your web browser. Use up-to-date antivirus

    For trojan remover, I use Adaware and Spybot S & D. But most of the time we need to manually remove some spywares.

  • LcF

    Simple, do not download file from unknown source(P2P, BT, warez…). Use Firefox as your web browser. Use up-to-date antivirus

    For trojan remover, I use Adaware and Spybot S & D. But most of the time we need to manually remove some spywares.

  • http://jovenesbautistas.foroes.net/index.htm ???

    well, i use firefox ,opera, maxthon….
    clamwin antivirus
    spybot S&D

    but i prefer do the dirty job with hijack this

  • http://jovenesbautistas.foroes.net/index.htm ???

    well, i use firefox ,opera, maxthon….
    clamwin antivirus
    spybot S&D

    but i prefer do the dirty job with hijack this

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