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Date Posted: 04:19:13 03/10/05 Thu
Author: Graham A. Smith
Subject: Re: warning you of new spyware and viruses
In reply to: Kandee 's message, "warning you of new spyware and viruses" on 15:43:28 01/15/04 Thu

Hello!

I have Spy Sweeper installed, and after performing a sweep today, I found a few cookies, one of which was TribalFusion. I clicked on each of them to find out more about them, and that went OK except for TribalFusion. When I clicked on TribalFusion my computer locked-up, so I had no choice but to reboot my system, and having done that and going on-line again, I performed yet another sweep. This time I found a couple more which weren't there before, so I presume I must have picked them up from THIS web-site; they were the Overture and Atwola cookies. Your web-site (this one) is the only web-site I've visited since the above-mentioned reboot, although to find your web-site I used my "Copernic Agent Basic" search engine (the free version); is it possible when using Copernic (maybe even BEFORE connecting to your web-site) that these two cookies were picked up from there? This would make sense, as this version of Copernic is the only one which is supplied free, so how else for Copernic to aquire revenue for supplying it free?!!! I intend to perform yet a third sweep to see what's there after visiting this web-site for the second time (the time I'm typing this report. It would be interesting to see what I've picked up this time! Maybe after clearing it will laungh Copernic again, but without connecting to ANY of the URLs they offer, then perform the sweep again to see if Copernic place cookies on our computers.

>I downloaded spysweeper by webroot,it has found over
>90 spyware and adaware on my computer I'd like to warn
>you causing computers to lock up and will forward
>your personal information.I'm not able to completely
>remove these I've also found alot of the problem is
>coming from AOL and Internet explorer making cookies
>and tracking information which is none of their
>business!! If you choose to download any spyware
>remover with that runnning you're not able to open AOL
>or INternet explorer just to prove to you this is
>genuine.As you'll notice the Alexa spyware is an
>everyday thing.BE AWARE this is the information
>Spysweeper found and I forwarded to you to pass on to
>others to protect their private information,I've also
>had TSADbot and Huntbar spyware which does the same
>damage.if you have any questions you may contact me
>with either one of these emails although I'll be
>canceling AOL because of this!!..here are my email
>addresses .uniquemind62@aol.com and
>kandee1962@earthlink.net.which makes it difficult to
>open my earthlink cause I have to go through Internet
>explorer which adds on another cookie and spyware!!
>our computer is only used by my husband and myself to
>show you that there are no children to get into chat
>rooms that cause alot of problems as well.Good luck
>folks and God Bless. January 14 2004 06:34 PM
>···|
>06:35 PM Sweeping memory for active software.
>06:35 PM Memory sweep has completed.
> Found: Alexa Toolbar registry
>06:35 PM Registry sweep completed.
>06:35 PM Full sweep on all local drives initiated.
>06:35 PM Now sweeping drive C:
>06:38 PM Full Sweep has completed. Elapsed time 0
>hours, 3 minutes, 15 seconds.
>Files swept: 13,976
>Software Located: 8
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
>06:52 PM Sweeping memory for active software.
>06:52 PM Memory sweep has completed.
> Found: Alexa Toolbar registry
> Found: Alexa Toolbar registry
> Found: Alexa Toolbar registry
> Found: Alexa Toolbar registry
> Found: Alexa Toolbar registry
> Found: Alexa Toolbar registry
> Found: Alexa Toolbar registry
>06:53 PM Registry sweep completed.
>06:53 PM Full sweep on all local drives initiated.
>06:53 PM Now sweeping drive C:
>06:53 PM Full Sweep has completed. Elapsed time 0
>hours, 1 minutes, 6 seconds.
>Files swept: 13,978
>Software Located: 7
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
>07:06 PM Sweeping memory for active software.
>07:06 PM Memory sweep has completed.
> Found: Alexa Toolbar registry trace.
>07:07 PM Registry sweep completed.
>07:07 PM Full sweep on all local drives initiated.
>07:07 PM Now sweeping drive C:
>07:07 PM Full Sweep has completed. Elapsed time 0
>hours, 1 minutes, 6 seconds.
>Files swept: 14,005
>Software Located: 1
> Spy Sweeper quarantined registry traces of: Alexa
>Toolbar
>07:10 PM Sweeping memory for active software.
>07:10 PM Memory sweep has completed.
>07:11 PM Registry sweep completed.
>07:11 PM Full sweep on all local drives initiated.
>07:11 PM Now sweeping drive C:
>07:11 PM Full Sweep has completed. Elapsed time 0
>hours, 1 minutes, 7 seconds.
>Files swept: 14,005
>Software Located: 0
>|··· Thursday, 15 January 2004 04:53 PM ···|
>04:53 PM Sweeping memory for active software.
>04:53 PM Memory sweep has completed.
>04:54 PM Registry sweep completed.
>04:54 PM Full sweep on all local drives initiated.
>04:54 PM Now sweeping drive C:
> Found Cookie: Bluestreak Cookie, version 1
> Found Cookie: Doubleclick Cookie, version 1
> Found Cookie: Hitbox Cookie, version 1
> Found Cookie: Hitbox Cookie, version 1
> Found Cookie: TribalFusion Cookie, version 1
>05:08 PM Full Sweep has completed. Elapsed time 0
>hours, 14 minutes, 53 seconds.
>Description:
>Name:
> Tribal Fusion Cookie
>Author:
> Tribal Fusion, Inc.
>Category:
> Cookie
>Description:
>Tribal Fusion is a cookie capable of tracking Web site
>visitors and their personal preferences.
>Characteristics:
>The Tribal Fusion cookie has the ability to track
>personal preferences and Web surfing habits. The
>marketing information gathered by this cookie could
>allow the Web site to display advertising banners that
>are targeted to your preferences.
>Method of Infection:
>This cookie can be placed in your Web browser whenever
>you visit a Web site that is affiliated with Tribal
>Fusion, Inc. (the author of this cookie).you may also
>go to the Tribal sight and see for yourself
>tribalfusion.com
>Files swept: 15,397
>Software Located: 5
> Spy Sweeper quarantined a cookie: Bluestreak Cookie
> Spy Sweeper quarantined a cookie: Doubleclick
>Cookie
> Spy Sweeper quarantined a cookie: Hitbox Cookie
> Spy Sweeper quarantined a cookie: Hitbox Cookie
> Spy Sweeper quarantined a cookie: TribalFusion
>Cookie

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