Spyware or Virus or Not to Worry

My ISP changed my news server to Giganews. Since then, I've been
prompted to enter my user ID then password. I do it once, then I'm
prompted again, as if it didn't work the first time. When I visit
groups I've been at, I'm not prompted but new groups I've visited since
the inception of Giganews prompt me. I don't think it's a big deal and
is normal but I'm bothered by what I found in start/run/msconfig/startup.

I found this item checked: c:\windows\temp\eacdownload\raven_def -k. I
haven't found much on the web anywhere about this but have seen a
reference to spyware. Does anybody know what this is?

Dave Skipper

It's part of EAnthology software and it it comes with spyware. Uninstall the
EAnthology stuff, and it should go away, but also scan your system with
Spybot ot Adaware.


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"Dave Skipper" <> wrote in message
news:VsOdnQ3FyOI-UNXdRVn-...
> My ISP changed my news server to Giganews. Since then, I've been
> prompted to enter my user ID then password. I do it once, then I'm
> prompted again, as if it didn't work the first time. When I visit
> groups I've been at, I'm not prompted but new groups I've visited since
> the inception of Giganews prompt me. I don't think it's a big deal and
> is normal but I'm bothered by what I found in start/run/msconfig/startup.
>
> I found this item checked: c:\windows\temp\eacdownload\raven_def -k. I
> haven't found much on the web anywhere about this but have seen a
> reference to spyware. Does anybody know what this is?
>

Dave Skipper <> wrote in news:VsOdnQ3FyOI-UNXdRVn-
:

> I don't think it's a big deal and
> is normal

It's a flaw in how Mozilla handles newsgroups. Since you appear to be
using a Mozilla build from June 2003 (20030624, to be exact), you may want
to remove Mozilla and install Mozilla FireFox (a dedicated web browser,
built off of Mozilla) and Mozilla Thunderbird (which is a dedicated
mail/news client based off of Mozilla). Both are far better than the
Mozilla application suite is.

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On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 13:53:08 -0500, Dave Skipper
<> wrote:

>My ISP changed my news server to Giganews. Since then, I've been
>prompted to enter my user ID then password. I do it once, then I'm
>prompted again, as if it didn't work the first time. When I visit
>groups I've been at, I'm not prompted but new groups I've visited since
>the inception of Giganews prompt me. I don't think it's a big deal and
>is normal but I'm bothered by what I found in start/run/msconfig/startup.

What news reader are you usin'?

>I found this item checked: c:\windows\temp\eacdownload\raven_def -k. I
>haven't found much on the web anywhere about this but have seen a
>reference to spyware. Does anybody know what this is?

Spyware. Download and install Ad-Aware.


Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

Trent© <> wrote in
news::

> What news reader are you usin'?
>

He has this in his headers:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

Is that a hint?

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DeMoN LaG wrote:

>Dave Skipper <> wrote in news:VsOdnQ3FyOI-UNXdRVn-
>:
>
>
>
>> I don't think it's a big deal and
>>is normal
>>
>>
>
>It's a flaw in how Mozilla handles newsgroups. Since you appear to be
>using a Mozilla build from June 2003 (20030624, to be exact), you may want
>to remove Mozilla and install Mozilla FireFox (a dedicated web browser,
>built off of Mozilla) and Mozilla Thunderbird (which is a dedicated
>mail/news client based off of Mozilla). Both are far better than the
>Mozilla application suite is.
>
>
>
Thanks for the advice.

On 06 Mar 2004 05:29:11 GMT, DeMoN LaG <n@a> wrote:

>Trent© <> wrote in
>news: :
>
>> What news reader are you usin'?
>>
>
>He has this in his headers:
>User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
>
>Is that a hint?

Hint? Sure.

But then I'd hafta ask...

Are you now posting from the machine that yer talkin' about?


Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!