ALERT! CoolWebSearch = identity theft

[Crazy Cooter]

Just because I know how common this intrusion is:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20050808/tc_zd/157623

Pretty much everyone I know has been hit by this stupid thing at one time or another.  Maybe this is a good reminder to do a security check and update all your computers.  Then go change your passwords.

[quarterback]

So which is the real CWShredder 2.15  The one that's 457kb or the one that's 481kb?   

The one that's available from Version Tracker or softpedia.com or intermute.com or majorgeeks.com or....

[Crazy Cooter]

lol.  Beats me.  It's getting difficult nowadays to tell if what you're downloading will do what it says... or exactly the opposite.  Especially how XP itself is always doing stuff, 90% of the population has no idea what is happening.

I'm surprised there isn't more of this.  Especially around Tax time.  A quick upload of the saved pdf file from your tax software = fish in a barrel.  Cripes, I bet a nice trojan could be written that could pop up an error message that said "upload error:  Please locate your saved tax return and press continue" the morning of the 16th.  People would freak out and upload it to a thieves server themselves.  With our laws, the guy would probably get off because the users uploaded it themselves.