Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 12:47:12 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Frank Shute <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Spyware on FreeBSD!? Message-ID: <20050208124210.Y59681@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <20050208181532.GA8508@peach.veggie.com> References: <20050208181532.GA8508@peach.veggie.com>
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On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Frank Shute wrote: > > Bad news, looks like my machine has been infected with some Spyware. > > I noticed that on surfing to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ or anything > under that domain, I was getting some outgoing activity and Firefox > was after a URL (as shown by the status bar) somewhere under the > domain: > > http://bbcnewscouk.112.2o7.net/ > > A quick Google on 2o7.net confirmed my worst fears: spyware! Uh, no. 2o7.net is owned by Omniture, a web analytics company, and is used explicitly by the sites you are visiting. Nothing to do with 2o7.net is actually installed on your computer. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon(at)wolves.k12.mo.us FreeBSD: The fastest, most open, and most stable OS on the planet - Available for IA32, IA64, AMD64, PC98, Alpha, and UltraSPARC architectures - PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and S/390 under development - http://www.freebsd.org Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?
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