
Originally Posted by
To Punish & Enslave
Spyware and malware are a big problem. Not saying it was your problem in this particular case. Most major antivirus programs such as Trend, Norton’s, Avg etc to name a few don’t tend to pick up many of the spyware /malware that can be silently running on your pc. For example you could have a spyware keyloger recording every keystroke you make. To make things worse people are hanging on to xp for dear life because they hate Vista. Xp has that many vulnerabilities in it that the hackers etc are having a field day with it.
Xp has been around since 2001 and most people still have it as a main operating system. I understand service pack 3 is the last service pack that Microsoft will roll out for xp. Malwarebytes is a great free program that can be downloaded for free off the net. Great for detecting and removing spyware and malware. Always back up important data first. No antivirus program is bullet proof and that is becoming more and more evident as time goes on. Any peer to peer programs like lime wire bit torrent etc are one of the main ways of getting these nasty’s in the first place. My 2c