Saturday, April 22, 2006

Spy Catcher is a Hijacker

Spy Catcher is a PC Hijacker

Hijacks: Installs file interceptor.dll into the system directory without asking.

Problem: Spyware Begone found the problem file and deleted it. However after every application started, a message popup:... Bad Image... inteceptor.dll ...

Lesson: Be careful which Spy detector program is legitimate. Check forums such as http://www.wilderssecurity.com/index.php and do a search to see of others are having issues before installing.

Good Spy Detection software:

Spy Bot and Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

Spyware BeGone solved the problem mentioned above http://www.spywarebegone.com/

Prevx Home will monitor files (added modified and deleted) which is good for preventing hijacks http://www.download.com/Prevx-Home/3000-8022_4-10364927.html

Spyware Info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware

http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm

http://spywarewarrior.com/

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/wp-trackback.php?p=729

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