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Re: [GWL]: Your web page - Spyware

Regarding Spyware;
It is possible that the actual spyware component of a program does not
unload when you unload the actual program from your computer.  (GoZilla is
a prime example; It is a download manager that has spyware attached to it.
When you unload the actual program from your computer the spyware still
spies on your internet activity.)

A solution; install a program called Ad-aware 5.5   This is available from
www.lavasoftusa.com 
It scans your computer for spyware and you have the option to remove it.
It is very easy to use.

We use this program all the time to scan our computer for spyware.  It is
amazing where spyware will turn up.  
Some programs will still work when the spyware component is removed.  Some
will not. You have to decide whether you actually need this program or not. 

Bruce 

Bruce Zimmerman
abz1@610cktb.com
abz1@canada.com


www.brucezimmerman.com


At 09:30 AM 8/20/01 -0400, you wrote:
>If any of you have personal author web pages, you may be aware that there 
>are some new bits of software that alter your html coding.

>The one that is much harder to stop is one that is sweeping the Net right 
>now (Ezula, Kazaa) and there are literally millions of downloads of this 
>one.  This browser add-on works to highlight key words on your site and 
>turn them into links.  In other words, if I am an advertiser and want to 
>purchase the word "garden" from Ezula, then every time you put the word 
>"garden" on your website, the kazaa software turns that word into a link 
>that if your visitor uses/clicks will take them to my site.  Kazaa hijacks 
>your visitors and turns your copyright into mush. ;-)
>
>  Not only that, but it is spyware. It sends a complete history of your 
>browser activities back to the ezula homesite.  Do NOT load this software 
>into your system.  There are reports that the spyware component of the 
>software does not unload even after you've unloaded the actual program.  I 
>can't speak to the truth of this but some pretty high powered folks are 
>making this accusation.  You can learn more about it from 
>http://www.searchking.com/ezulakiller   This site also has the code to 
>enter into your site to prevent ezula from accessing your code.
>
>Naturally, this is only a problem if you have your own website. :-)
>
>The question I have for you is that if you are an author - why don't you 
>have a website? :-)))
>
>Doug
>Douglas Green,
>Freelance writing: You've got a story to tell - I can write it.
>http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com/clips/clipmaster.htm

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