WARNING: All Participants of Anti-Spyware Threads

ChaosMage · 08-29-2004, 09:14 PM

Hello everyone. In a recent thread called something along the lines of "We need an army to fight all the spyware" Lockeownzj00 posted a link to Peer Guardian. I promptly downloaded it, and upon installing McAfee warned me that some Spyware had been bundled with it. So, for anyone who has downloaded Peer Guardian recently: http://methlabs.org/howtotell

You can acquire a safe copy of Peer Guardian from http://methlabs.org

EDIT: I have fixed the spelling of Locke's name =P

Atronflame · 08-29-2004, 09:45 PM

There's no Q in Lawk's name

And nifty. Ill have to show my friends that use PeerGuardian. :o

HRslammR · 08-30-2004, 01:23 PM

there's only two good anti-spyware.

they are Ad-Aware, and Spybot.

Lockeownzj00 · 08-30-2004, 07:04 PM

HRslammR: Well, that's horribly wrong.

Chaos: good thing you noticed. I was hoping you'd all download directly from that link, and nowhere else. Stupid people make evil versions.

it's a great program. If you have any other questions, ask me.

ChaosMage · 08-30-2004, 07:11 PM

I tried downloading directly from the link but I either couldn't find the download link or it wasn't working.

I've got a question though. How do I change my options, cuz every time I open Peer Guardian it goes to my system tray and disappears.

Lockeownzj00 · 08-30-2004, 08:05 PM

It doesn't disappear. Click it and it will come up.

ChaosMage · 08-30-2004, 08:31 PM

No, it disappears. As in, I go to click the icon and the icon disappears. I click the little arrow to expose hidden icons, and its still not there.

Bauglir · 09-01-2004, 04:39 PM

Ad-Aware is good. It's the best free-ware one I've seen, certainly. And, for that matter, it's the only one I've seen that can pick up and delete that damned "About:Blank" thing where your browser is hijacked, and you can't go to sites such as sourceforge or hotmail. Anyway, Ad-aware is good, but it no doubt is not the best. And that link for PeerGuardian doesn't work.

Lockeownzj00 · 09-01-2004, 06:38 PM

PeerGuardian is not a spyware searching program. It blocks IPs of certain trojan/spyware groups and corporations, like the RIAA or MPAA. If you h ave the huge list, it also blocks the military and edu.

Dubiosity · 09-01-2004, 06:46 PM

Off topic, but Locke, in your signature - the Cost of War site... I remember when that was at 50 billion! Nearly forgot about it. I wonder if it's still accurate?

08-29-2004, 09:14 PM	#1
ChaosMage Evil Makes Me Smile Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Where Spyware Comes to Die Posts: 904	WARNING: All Participants of Anti-Spyware Threads Hello everyone. In a recent thread called something along the lines of "We need an army to fight all the spyware" Lockeownzj00 posted a link to Peer Guardian. I promptly downloaded it, and upon installing McAfee warned me that some Spyware had been bundled with it. So, for anyone who has downloaded Peer Guardian recently: http://methlabs.org/howtotell You can acquire a safe copy of Peer Guardian from http://methlabs.org EDIT: I have fixed the spelling of Locke's name =P Last edited by ChaosMage; 08-30-2004 at 03:28 PM.

08-29-2004, 09:45 PM	#2
Atronflame Addicted to NWN Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Somewhere. Posts: 652	There's no Q in Lawk's name And nifty. Ill have to show my friends that use PeerGuardian. :o __________________ Havent been here in a long long long long long time.

09-01-2004, 04:39 PM	#8
Bauglir Cruxis Seraph Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Barhara Posts: 62	Ad-Aware is good. It's the best free-ware one I've seen, certainly. And, for that matter, it's the only one I've seen that can pick up and delete that damned "About:Blank" thing where your browser is hijacked, and you can't go to sites such as sourceforge or hotmail. Anyway, Ad-aware is good, but it no doubt is not the best. And that link for PeerGuardian doesn't work. __________________ The Spriter's Hangout. Please pay a visit?

09-01-2004, 06:46 PM	#10
Dubiosity Goomba Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 7	Off topic, but Locke, in your signature - the Cost of War site... I remember when that was at 50 billion! Nearly forgot about it. I wonder if it's still accurate? __________________ To think, I actually registered for the sole purpose of commenting on this topic. Damn, I have no life. 2nd Post on August 30, 2004; 11:15 PM.

08-30-2004, 01:23 PM	#3
HRslammR Shyguy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: dallasish texas Posts: 166	there's only two good anti-spyware. they are Ad-Aware, and Spybot.

08-30-2004, 07:11 PM	#5
ChaosMage Evil Makes Me Smile Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Where Spyware Comes to Die Posts: 904	I tried downloading directly from the link but I either couldn't find the download link or it wasn't working. I've got a question though. How do I change my options, cuz every time I open Peer Guardian it goes to my system tray and disappears.

08-30-2004, 08:31 PM	#7
ChaosMage Evil Makes Me Smile Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Where Spyware Comes to Die Posts: 904	No, it disappears. As in, I go to click the icon and the icon disappears. I click the little arrow to expose hidden icons, and its still not there.