laura;
You have an unwelcome guest. noptify.exe
[Verizon Spyware Warning
The CD installs noptify.exe as a hidden file in c:\winnt\temp, and it tries to contact the internet
periodically as long as you have it installed. Verizon clearly goes to some length to deceive the
user and cover their tracks.]
[The spy who logged me
One of my sources inserted a CD that came with his Verizon Wireless cellphone, then found his PC had
been infected with spyware. His firewall caught a program called noptify.exe trying to contact the
site of James Tower, a Minnesota-based marketing company. The site boasts "CD tracking technology"
that logs "statistical data on CD-ROM viewership", though even Verizon Wireless seems mystified
about this stuff. I tried to reach James Tower several times without success; it must be too busy
watching people read its disks.]
[The noptify file was hidden.
But then I just dragged the file to the recycling bin and it was just as easy as that.]
[Also known as: Noptify.exe Verizon
Program is installed on hard drive from a CD that is given to customers who have purchased new
Verizon telephones. No warning is given to customers that Adware is being installed. The program
then runs at startup and attempts to dial out and report browser movements. The Zone Alarm firewall
did detect this program's attempts to send outgoing packets, and users with firewalls therefore can
block the outgoing packets. However, the program continues its attempts to dial out while it runs in
the background, thereby multiplying running tasks in the background. Memory resources are seriously
taxed and shutdown problems are caused.]
