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RE: Adware, spyware, and trojans
From: Ron Yorgason <rony () nexsel com>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:28:36 -0700
On Bugnosis Websight: Sorry! Bugnosis Unavailable As of November 2002, Bugnosis is no longer available for download. Another version is in the works, but we're not yet projecting its release date. In the mean time, we suggest you check out AT&T's Privacy Bird. It does not detect Web bugs, but it does analyze the privacy policies of the sites you visit. Too bad! Ron -----Original Message----- From: Emily Eileen Witcher [mailto:emily () crytech com] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:21 PM To: Carere Courtney Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Adware, spyware, and trojans This doesn't qualify as adware removal software, but it's an interesting little browser enhancement (IE 5.0+ only) http://www.bugnosis.org/ It detects and displays what the Privacy Foundation (the software provider) calls "web bugs"
From their FAQ:
"What exactly is a Web Bug? A Web bug is a graphic on a Web page or in an e-mail message designed to monitor who is reading the page or message. Web bugs are often invisible because they are typically only 1-by-1 pixels in size. In many cases, Web bugs are placed on Web pages by third parties interested in collecting data about visitors to those pages. What information is sent to a server by a Web bug? The IP address of the computer that fetched the Web bug The URL of the page that the Web bug is located on The URL of the Web bug image, which contains the information to be communicated between the Web page visited and the site collecting the data The time the Web bug was viewed The type of browser that fetched the Web bug image A previously set cookie value" Not practical as an IT tool, but it makes surfing certain web sites very, very interesting... works in HTML e-mail too. Emily Witcher - emily () crytech com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stokes Andy" <stokes_andy () bah com> To: "Carere Courtney" <CCarere () rich com> Cc: <security-basics () securityfocus com> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 1:25 PM Subject: Re: Adware, spyware, and trojans
Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/) and PestPatrol (http://www.pestpatrol.com/) both do a bang up job at cleaning up things the AV programs don't get. Andy "Carere, Courtney" wrote:-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Upon reading "The Art of Deception" by Kevin Mitnick yesterday (an excellent book, by the way), he writes that most antivirus software does not detect spyware, which was a shock to me. Spyware seems to be defined as software that logs keystrokes, screenshots, user actions, etc. I have a couple of questions: 1. What's the distinction between spyware, adware, and trojan software? (My antivirus software says it protects against Trojans, and I've seen programs like SubSeven in its log files.) 2. Is there any good software that detects and removes spyware, ideally controlled and updated continuously from a central server? Thanks! - - Courtney Carere -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.0.4 iQA/AwUBPfDTHHcM/5zG0KHEEQIcrACg73VSeTkX/ecvtX+HOWnFNCVNsUUAoMqs n4t8pKXIbtMIQaMiwRhLW/gN =4uWy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Current thread:
- RE: Adware, spyware, and trojans, (continued)
- RE: Adware, spyware, and trojans Carere, Courtney (Dec 06)
- Re: Adware, spyware, and trojans Gene (Dec 09)
- Re: Adware, spyware, and trojans Paul (Dec 06)
- RE: Adware, spyware, and trojans Mike Cole (Dec 06)
- RE: Adware, spyware, and trojans Peter Mueller (Dec 06)
- Re: Adware, spyware, and trojans KoRe MeLtDoWn (Dec 06)
- RE: Adware, spyware, and trojans Bruce.Orcutt (Dec 09)
- Re: Adware, spyware, and trojans Mr Babak Memari (Dec 09)
- re: Adware, spyware, and trojans H C (Dec 09)
- SV: Adware, spyware, and trojans Edlund, Linnea (Dec 09)
- RE: Adware, spyware, and trojans Ron Yorgason (Dec 10)
- RE: Adware, spyware, and trojans BRAD GRIFFIN (Dec 10)
- RE: Adware, spyware, and trojans Andy Streule (Dec 10)
- RE: Adware, spyware, and trojans Carere, Courtney (Dec 06)