Blogcritics Comments on Spyware: First, infect all the lawyers.... http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2002-2006 by the authors Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:06:27 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software Comment by Trent on Spyware: First, infect all the lawyers.... http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/23/120440.php#comment-129764 Advanced Uninstaller from http://www.snapfiles.com/get/advuninstaller.html can uninstall isearch and other toolbars. isearch SUCKS! :-( ]]> 129764@blogcritics.org Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:06:27 EST Comment by DrPat on Spyware: First, infect all the lawyers.... http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/23/120440.php#comment-121891 Sounds like iSearch, by the company's own admission, is designed to fulfill one of the characteristics defined for malware: <em>attempts to control the user's online behavior (through redirecting sites and forcing the user to go to the malware's preferred sites</em>. Do the iDownload attorneys have any answer to the Symantec contention that iSearch also <em>tracks user activity on a remote server at isearch.com</em>? ]]> 121891@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:10:21 EST Comment by kismet on Spyware: First, infect all the lawyers.... http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/23/120440.php#comment-121881 They are using a kernal mode driver (delprot.sys) to hide their stuff, just like rootkits do. ]]> 121881@blogcritics.org Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:42:00 EST