ClientMan

[TheOrange 0]

I am having a complete nightmare today with a bastard spyware thing called ClientMan. I've been trying to get rid of it for about 5 hours now - different programs that say they can get rid of it, BUT DON'T.

 

Has anyone else experienced this, and got a good solution (from experience).

 

Thanks

[TheOrange 0]

I've given up for the day, driving me fckn nuts.

[wendy-cake 0]

SpySweeper should do it (www.webroot.com)

 

Good luck

[Thunderpants 0]

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/ClientMan.html

 

love google

[dancing_barefoot 0]

I had that one on my pc recently and no idea how it got there (I am usually very careful). I noticed when I did a search on google and the results kept on coming out strange and tons of popups. Very annoying. Spy Sweeper got rid of it.

[TheOrange 0]

Thanks for the tips. That Spysweeper does seem to have done the trick, I think I'm spyware free now.

 

Persistant little bastard that one was, spoilt my day.

[mina2 6]

When I first did a spyware check on my system I was really shocked at how much there was on there. Recommend everyone do it if they havent't already.

[fukdane 2]

I ****ing hate the people who do this.

[klingon 10]

How can these things get there in the first place, if you don't install anything??

[window-cleaner 0]

This help?

 

Spyware Defined

 

 

 

Spyware is any application that collects information about your computer activities and then sends that information to another individual or company without your knowledge or permission.

 

Spyware arrives bundled with freeware or shareware, through email or instant messenger, as an Active X install, or by someone with access to your computer. Once on your drive, spyware secretly installs itself and goes to work. Unlike traditional personalization or session cookies, spyware is difficult to detect, and difficult (if not impossible) for the average user to remove.

 

Spyware comes in many flavors including:

 

 

 

Trojan Horses

 

Trojans are malicious programs that appear as harmless or desirable applications. Trojans are designed to cause loss or theft of computer data, and to destroy your system. Some trojans, called RATs (Remote Administration Tools), allow an attacker to gain unrestricted access of your computer whenever you are online. The attacker can perform activities such as file transfers, adding/deleting files or programs, and controlling the mouse and keyboard. Trojans are generally distributed as email attachments or bundled with another software program.

 

 

 

System Monitors/Keyloggers

 

System monitors are applications designed to monitor computer activity to various degrees. These programs can capture virtually everything you do on your computer including recording all keystrokes, emails, chat room dialogue, web sites visited, and programs run. System monitors usually run in the background so that you do not know that you are being monitored. The information gathered by the system monitor is stored on your computer in an encrypted log file for later retrieval. Some programs are capable of emailing the log files to another location.

 

Traditionally, system monitors had to be installed by someone with administrative access to your computer, such as a system administrator or someone that shares your computer. However, there has been a recent wave of system monitoring tools disguised as email attachments or "freeware" software products.

 

 

 

Dialers

 

Dialers are a type of software typically used by vendors serving pornography via the Internet. Once dialer software is downloaded, the user is disconnected from their modem's usual Internet service provider, connected to another phone number, and the user is billed. Dialers do not "spy" on their intended victims, but these malevolent programs can rack up significant long distance phone charges, costing victims time and money.

 

 

 

Adware

 

Adware is advertising-supported software that displays pop-up advertisements whenever the program is running. The software is usually available via free download from the Internet, and it is the advertisements that create revenue for the company. Although seemingly harmless (aside from intrusiveness and annoyance of pop-up ads), adware can install components onto your computer that track personal information (including your age, gender, location, buying preferences, surfing habits, etc.). Most advertising supported software doesn't inform you that it installs adware on your system, other than via buried reference in a license agreement. In many cases the software will not function without the adware component. Some Adware can install itself on your computer even if you decline the offer.

 

 

 

Adware Cookies

 

Cookies are pieces of information that are generated by a web server and stored on your computer for future access. Cookies were originally implemented to allow you to customize your web experience, and continue to serve useful purpose in enabling a personalized web experience. However, some web sites now issue adware cookies, which allow multiple web sites to store and access cookies that may contain personal information (including surfing habits, user names and passwords, areas of interest, etc.), and then simultaneously share the information it contains with other web sites. This sharing of information allows marketing firms to create a user profile based on your personal information and sell it to other firms. Adware cookies are almost always installed and accessed without your knowledge or consent.

[oo 1]

Orange, I know where you're coming from. That ClientMan is was a headache, Adaware didn't get rid of it for me either. That Spysweeper is the best on I've found.