[Rhodes22-list] Zestyfind

[Bill Effros]

Michael, thanks again,

Oh, the joys of being an early adopter!

Zestyfind is gone, but I have 10 new things replacing it.

I now have three different spy detecting programs installed:

Spybot Search and Destroy
Ad-Ware
Spy Hunter

If I run all three, one after the other, each will find objects missed by the other two.  If I then run the first one again, it will find new stuff it didn't see the first time.  Now some of this is nothing more than one of the programs seeing something another program has quarantined.  But not all.  The people who developed this stuff created a lot of variations, and they just don't stop.  A good offense will always overwhelm a good defense, and that's what happening here.  The defenders simply can't keep up.

What's more, the people behind this are downloading and installing their own spy detecting programs.  Lord only knows what these things are doing.

Meanwhile, and this is the thing I noticed first, Google is operating in a peculiar way.  Originally, every time I went to Google for a search I would get a series of pop up ads related to the search.  That was somehow connected to Zestyfind.

Now, the first page I get looks a lot like Google, but I don't think it's Google.  Instead of the normal search results, the first 10 entries are all advertising results placed in the white area where the search results normally appear.  If I press page two, or next, I get what looks like the normal first page of Google.  Thereafter, everything looks the same as it has since Google started placing sponsored links on the page.

I've installed the Google ad-blocker, but it doesn't help.  Has Google changed the first page it sends?  If not, I would guess they'd be interested to know about this latest development.

I'm seriously considering detaching my computer from my cable modem when I'm not online.

Your thoughts?

Bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michael Meltzer 
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list 
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Zestyfind


try http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
download the freeware version adware, may sure to update it to 12/2003 file version, I think it should cover zesty.
If that does not work you need to do some custom work on the registry, you seem to have gotten it early in it life cycle, the cures
are just coming out.

MJM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Zestyfind


Thanks, Michael,

I've been running spybot software all day, and tracked down most of it, but Zestyfind keeps loading up new stuff, and coming out of
nowhere.  It's got more than 9 lives.

It's still in my computer--it came up while I was typing this.  You've got to give grudging credit to the people who dreamed this
one up, but it sure is annoying.

Bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michael Meltzer
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Zestyfind


what is Zestyfind? bath soap?

why do i think:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download

you what spybot 1.2, make sure to run the online update before cleaning.
BTW it is free.

MJM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
To: "R22 List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 12:24 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Zestyfind




Is anyone else having trouble with Zestyfind?

How do you get rid of it?

Bill Effros
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