notbob wrote:

> On 2004-08-20, sf > wrote:
>
>
>>It turns out tgshell.exe is basically spyware guised as
>>"Comcast Support"......
>
>
> You should never have installed ANY Comcast software. It's totally
> unnecessary to connect to the internet or get support from Comcast.
>
> BTW, just to put a burr under your saddle, you should be aware that
> Zonealarm is not exactly untainted. Besides issues with ClientMan, early
> versions also contained a dormant, though as far as I know, never used data
> collection engine. Newer versions may be ok. But, I've never trusted it
> and would never run it.
>
> nb

I run Zone Alarm Integrity Desktop (ZLID) because it's a requirement
of my employeer of I want to access the companys' intranet from home.
I need to because I frequently work from home. :-)
I've never seen any spyware or "bogus" processes running on my
machine, at least due to them.

I strongly recommend running SpyBot Search and Destroy AND Adaware
about once a week. It's amazing how fast you can get this crap.

Spybot doesn't seem to update their search patterns too often but
Adaware seems to have a new update about every day so always check for
updates prior to running it.

Spybot download: http://www.tucows.com/preview/310138.html
Adaware download: http://tinyurl.com/6kpzj

On top of that I also run NAV and a hardware firewall in my wireless
router with a custom SSID and 128bit WEP encryption. I feel *somewhat*
safe. ;-)



--
Steve

Love may be blind but marriage is a real eye-opener.