[access-uk] Re: "Honey Pot"

then it probably is spyware free, just using ads I assume to support it 
though if it doesn't that's even better.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:59 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: "Honey Pot"


Hi Graham,

According to Spysweeper, and Ad Aware, of which I have both, there is no
spyware in Free Download Manager.  I am happy with that.

All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Graham Page
Sent: 10 October 2006 23:33
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: "Honey Pot"

I installed this and thought it was slowing my system down but couldn't be
sure.  I removed it and used PC doctor to check the PC for spyware.

I don't know for sure but I think FreeDownload Manager may well be infested
with spyware, but maybe someone who uses it more knows different.

I prefer Download Express which you can get most easily from the download
section of www.whitestick.co.uk

I'm pretty sure there's no spyware with this.

Regards

Graham

----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:49 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: "Honey Pot"


Thanks Simon.  That's  all I need!

The only software I have installed recently was Free Download Manager.
Webroot firewall
did ask if it was OK to install something, but I thought that it was the
download manager
itself, but perhaps it was the "honey pot".

I think that I might ask for advice from Webroot Support before trying to
get rid of it, but if
removing and re-installing Spysweeper worked for you, it is probably worth a

try.

I was interested in what you say about how it probably reports the info it
has picked up.
Initially I had thought that as Webroot Firewall (unlike the XP firewall)
intercepts outgoing
traffic, even if it were collecting information it could not send it
anywhere, but perhaps I am
wrong.

Douglas






On 10 Oct 2006 at 14:02, simon.dowling wrote:

> hi Douglas, don't want to alarm you, but this has nothing to do with
> screen readers, it is something you have downloaded recently. I had
> exactly the same, a while ago, and eventually I tracked it down from
> sygates security log. its a trojan, and what it does every time the honey
> pot message flashes up, it is taking a screen shot of your screen, so it
> records key strokes, and other sensitive information such as passwords,
> account details etc. then from time to time it will send the info back to
> someone usually through a encrypted mailer service to the persons who may
> use it for there own means. I had to remove web route spy sweeper, then
> reinstall it before it would pick it up. a system restore doesn't fix the
> problem, you think its gone and it still popped up from time to time. so
> remove spy sweeper, reinstall it, and you should be ok. I also recommend
> trojan guard as well. hth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas
> Harrison" <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent:
> Tuesday, October 10, 2006 1:33 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: "Honey Pot"
>
>
> > Thanks Christopher.  At least I now know that it is unlikely to be due
> > to something undesirable being picked up by my machine.  I installed
> > Free Download Manager yesterday and was beginning to suspect that to be
> > the culprit.
> >
> > incidentally I use Hal, so that whatever the cause it is apparently not
> > peculiar to a particular screen reader.
> >
> >
> > Douglas
>

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