From: Gina Miller (nanogirl@halcyon.com)
Date: Sat Feb 01 2003 - 23:38:46 MST
Watch out for 'Search-it' as well. It does the same thing. It will crash
whatever you running at the time while invisibly installing. It will be
hidden in the toolbar just like Xupiter. But unlike Xupiter you can find it
in your add/remove control panel. It was weird because we started talking
about this, and 'Search-it' got me today. Sigh...
Gina Miller
www.nanoindustries.com
www.nanogirl.com
> Xupiter, like Gator, is spyware that can be installed on your computer
> without your knowledge if your Internet security settings are set too
> low. Xupiter is an Active-X browser plug-in that gets installed
> automatically on your computer when you visit certain web sites or click
> on an advertising link. Applications that install in this manner are
> also referred to as "drive-by downloads." A pop-up ad can also install
> Xupiter on your computer.
>
>
> Solutions:
>
> 1) As Max suggested, use Mozilla for browsing. Or any other non-MS
> browser that does not support Active-X controls.
> Get it free from:-
> http://www.mozilla.org/
>
> 2) If you -must- use Internet Explorer, install SpywareBlaster.
> SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from
> ever being installed.
> How? By setting a "kill bit" for the CLSIDs of spyware ActiveX controls,
> it prevents the installation of any of them from a webpage. You can run
> Internet Explorer with Active-X enabled, but you will never even get a
> "Yes/No" box popped up, asking you to install a spyware Active-X control
> (Internet Explorer will never download or run it!). All other Active-X
> controls or plug-ins will work fine.
> Get it free from:-
> http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareblaster.html
>
> 3)Install SpyBot Search and Destroy.
> SpyBot-S&D searches your hard drive for so-called spy- or adbots; that
> is, little modules that are responsible for the ads many programs
> display. Many of these modules also transmit information, including your
> surfing behavior on the Internet.
> If SpyBot-S&D finds such modules, it can remove them.
> Get it free from:-
> http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=about
>
>
> Finally, bookmark http://www.spywareinfo.com/ so you can read all about
> the nasty things trying to get at your computer while you are browsing.
>
> Be careful out there!
>
> BillK
>
>
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