Any thoughts on these program?

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Bubba said:
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Just ran into these on a couple of other groups.

Does anybody have any personal knowledge on them?>

CoolWebSearch
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Bazooka
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/alerts/index.phtml?source=alerts

Spy Cleaner Free
http://www.spycleaner.net/

Tanks
Bubba
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<snip>

Yes......they're all spyware.

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)
 
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Just ran into these on a couple of other groups.

Does anybody have any personal knowledge on them?>

CoolWebSearch
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html

Bazooka
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/alerts/index.phtml?source=alerts

Spy Cleaner Free
http://www.spycleaner.net/

Tanks
Bubba

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*snip*
Yes......they're all spyware.
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Considering that he asked for personal knowledge, it's my guess that
he was hoping for something a bit more indepth than "Yes......they're
all spyware." Do you have any URLs to back this assertion up?
 
services@it- said:
<snip>

Yes......they're all spyware.

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)
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Bazooka doesnt contain any spyware (that adaware or spybot detects
anyway).Dont know about the other 2
me
 
Do a search on the microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion newsgroup and
microsoft.public.win98.internet. You'll find lots and lots of posts
concerning them (I don't browse the one's for other versions of Windows but
I'm willing to bet there's more of them on there aswell)..

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)
 
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Do a search on the microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion newsgroup
and microsoft.public.win98.internet. You'll find lots and lots of
posts concerning them (I don't browse the one's for other versions
of Windows but I'm willing to bet there's more of them on there
aswell)..
Click to expand...

I did a search on both of them, and the only references to Bazooka
were references to bazooka.ttf and someone comparing reformatting a
system over some minor issue to "pest control with a bazooka". As far
as "spy cleaner", many posts included the words "spy" and "cleaner",
but none matching the word "spycleaner" or phrase "spy cleaner".
Doing a search of all the microsoft.public.*, a search for the
words bazooka spyware only has one result--that it detects and removes
MediaLoad. I only found one reference for "spycleaner" (none for "spy
cleaner") and that article doesn't say anyting about it being spyware
either. Perhaps you could supply specific message IDs?
 
dkg_ctc said:
Considering that he asked for personal knowledge, it's my guess that
he was hoping for something a bit more indepth than "Yes......they're
all spyware." Do you have any URLs to back this assertion up?
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Everyone should be aware of CoolWebSearch, one of the nastiest browser
hijackers on the net. A URL? Try,
http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html There's plenty of others.
To get rid of it use CoolWebShredder, from
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/
 
CoolWebSearch
http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html

Apologies for the other 2, was getting em confused with something else.
(having problems with my ISP so my mind isn't really working properly)

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Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)

dkg_ctc said:
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Do a search on the microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion newsgroup
and microsoft.public.win98.internet. You'll find lots and lots of
posts concerning them (I don't browse the one's for other versions
of Windows but I'm willing to bet there's more of them on there
aswell)..
Click to expand...

I did a search on both of them, and the only references to Bazooka
were references to bazooka.ttf and someone comparing reformatting a
system over some minor issue to "pest control with a bazooka". As far
as "spy cleaner", many posts included the words "spy" and "cleaner",
but none matching the word "spycleaner" or phrase "spy cleaner".
Doing a search of all the microsoft.public.*, a search for the
words bazooka spyware only has one result--that it detects and removes
MediaLoad. I only found one reference for "spycleaner" (none for "spy
cleaner") and that article doesn't say anyting about it being spyware
either. Perhaps you could supply specific message IDs?
Click to expand...
 
Everyone should be aware of CoolWebSearch, one of the nastiest
browser hijackers on the net. A URL? Try,
http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html
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Well, the original post included a URL documenting CoolWebSearch
<http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html>, and I
already knew about that one. I was referring more to Bazooka and
Spy Cleaner, which were the other two apps mentioned in the post.
There's plenty of others. To get rid of it use CoolWebShredder,
from http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/
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Yep, there's a link to that app at the above-mentioned link.
 
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dkg_ctc said:
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Just ran into these on a couple of other groups.

Does anybody have any personal knowledge on them?> *snip*
Yes......they're all spyware.

Considering that he asked for personal knowledge, it's my
guess that he was hoping for something a bit more indepth than
"Yes......they're all spyware." Do you have any URLs to back
this assertion up?

Do a search on the microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
newsgroup and microsoft.public.win98.internet. You'll find lots
and lots of posts concerning them (I don't browse the one's for
other versions of Windows but I'm willing to bet there's more
of them on there aswell)..
Click to expand...

I did a search on both of them, and the only references to
Bazooka were references to bazooka.ttf and someone comparing
reformatting a system over some minor issue to "pest control with
a bazooka". As far as "spy cleaner", many posts included the
words "spy" and "cleaner", but none matching the word
"spycleaner" or phrase "spy cleaner". Doing a search of all the
microsoft.public.*, a search for the words bazooka spyware only
has one result--that it detects and removes MediaLoad. I only
found one reference for "spycleaner" (none for "spy cleaner") and
that article doesn't say anyting about it being spyware either.
Perhaps you could supply specific message IDs?
Click to expand...

CoolWebSearch
http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html
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Yep, as I mentioned in my reply to flan, I knew that CoolWebSearch
was, plus the OP included that link underneath CoolWebSearch.
Apologies for the other 2, was getting em confused with something
else.
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No problem...was just making sure that they weren't spyware in
disguise.
(having problems with my ISP so my mind isn't really working
properly)
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Wow...and I have to settle for not having my mind directly connected
to the internet at all! :)
 
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dkg_ctc said:
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Just ran into these on a couple of other groups.

Does anybody have any personal knowledge on them?> *snip*
Yes......they're all spyware.

Considering that he asked for personal knowledge, it's my
guess that he was hoping for something a bit more indepth than
"Yes......they're all spyware." Do you have any URLs to back
this assertion up?

Do a search on the microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
newsgroup and microsoft.public.win98.internet. You'll find lots
and lots of posts concerning them (I don't browse the one's for
other versions of Windows but I'm willing to bet there's more
of them on there aswell)..

I did a search on both of them, and the only references to
Bazooka were references to bazooka.ttf and someone comparing
reformatting a system over some minor issue to "pest control with
a bazooka". As far as "spy cleaner", many posts included the
words "spy" and "cleaner", but none matching the word
"spycleaner" or phrase "spy cleaner". Doing a search of all the
microsoft.public.*, a search for the words bazooka spyware only
has one result--that it detects and removes MediaLoad. I only
found one reference for "spycleaner" (none for "spy cleaner") and
that article doesn't say anyting about it being spyware either.
Perhaps you could supply specific message IDs?
Click to expand...

CoolWebSearch
http://doxdesk.com/parasite/CoolWebSearch.html
Click to expand...

Yep, as I mentioned in my reply to flan, I knew that CoolWebSearch
was, plus the OP included that link underneath CoolWebSearch.
Apologies for the other 2, was getting em confused with something
else.
Click to expand...

No problem...was just making sure that they weren't spyware in
disguise.
(having problems with my ISP so my mind isn't really working
properly)
Click to expand...

Wow...and I have to settle for not having my mind directly connected
to the internet at all! :).
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Thanks for the input. I'll stay away from these three

Bubba


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Thanks for the input. I'll stay away from these three
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Umm...did you even read the thread? The only one you need to stay
away from is CoolWebSearch. No one could provide anything at all to
indicate that Spy Cleaner or Bazooka do anything other than their
advertised task.
 
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*snip

Umm...did you even read the thread? The only one you need to stay
away from is CoolWebSearch. No one could provide anything at all to
indicate that Spy Cleaner or Bazooka do anything other than their
advertised task.
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Well I thougth that I read the entire thread but did not see where anybody
had personal experience whith them.

Did I miss a post on the thread?

Bubba

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Well I thougth that I read the entire thread but did not see where
anybody had personal experience whith them.
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Exactly, no one had any experience saying that any of these apps
(except for CoolWebSearch) is dangerous. So WHY stay away from them?
Did I miss a post on the thread?
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No, but not using something because no one else has anything negative
to say about it seems a rather silly way to determine what software to
use or not to use.
 
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