An average of 24 per computer. Rootkit technology and polymorphic code can defeat some anti virus software:
http://www.technologyreview.com//wtr_15899,1,p1.html?trk=nl
http://www.technologyreview.com//wtr_15899,1,p1.html?trk=nl
Or maybe not. It was rated #1 with "excellent" ease of use & "very good" detection.Michael said:You may need to be a subscriber...
Laurence said:So I'm running 2 spywares (including Microsoft's) and an anti-virus and felt pretty good about how clean my pc was. But Yrs to Go's comment about adding another and finding more sparked my curiosity, so I installed webroot just now. 67 spywares found! Upon close examination, none were very serious (some pop up crap, mostly cookies), but still, your point is validated!
REWahoo! said:Sounds to me like someone's been visiting porn sites.
Apocalypse . . .um . . .SOON said:REW: How would you know?
--Greg
How do you identify which ones are key loggers? Is there a list of names around that anti-spyware programs look for?
Do they send their information back in such a way that ZoneAlarm type programs would block it?
Michael said:Many do, and Zone Alarm will not only stop those, but tell you that a new program is asking for permission to access the Internet (click no). Others are programmed to try and shut down Zone Alarm, or bypass it. Multiple layers of defense are best.
There is information on how to secure your computer at web sites such as:
http://castlecops.com/index.php
Martha said:We have some kind of security system from our ISP that tells us when a new program is asking for permission to access the Internet. I always click no. But the same ones keep trying. One is for something like "Sonic update manager." and another is Dell support. Should I let Dell in? What do people think Sonic might be? Anyway to stop them from trying?
wab said:That's your PC firewall software, not your ISP. Some apps need to fetch info from the internet. For example, "Sonic" is probably a music player looking for title info. "Dell support" is an annoying program that will "help" you with support issues. Personally, I remove all of that bloat as soon as I get a new machine. You can safely ignore them -- they're just chewing up cycles and space on your computer.
Martha said:So is there any way I can get them to stop trying to get me to let them in? I get sick of the pop ups.
Spanky said:Another way to guard against Spyware is to have two partitions in your PC, one for Windows and the other Linux. Use Linux for browsing the internet.