xfilesgurly
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I used Ad Aware on my (month-old) laptop and all if found were two cookies (doubleclick and valueclick - from the IMDB I think), but I've just tried it on my desktop (this has been online since January 1999) and along with 11 cookies, it found:
Started registry scan
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CometCursor key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\comet\
CometCursor key:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs\C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMET.DLL
Started extended registry scan
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Registry scan result:
Suspicious keys found :2
Already today I deleted VomitCursor
)) from Add/Remove Programs (Didn't actually remember it was on my PC... I think it came with Real Player, I thought I knew better than to download it especially...), so is it safe to delete the registry keys?
Would they still have been spying on me even from behind a firewall?
Thanks.
Grrr there should be rules!!!
Started registry scan
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CometCursor key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\comet\
CometCursor key:Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs\C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMET.DLL
Started extended registry scan
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Registry scan result:
Suspicious keys found :2
Already today I deleted VomitCursor
Would they still have been spying on me even from behind a firewall?
Thanks.
Grrr there should be rules!!!