martymas Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 hi all for what its worth \take a read of this article beware yap browser Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDoors Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Holy ... ? Translations from Russian:"System messages with any possible content. They are very good to alert the user about some possible threat (virus for example, and it’s very good for advertisement). It’s possible to implement it in a form of “Blue Screen of Deathâ€. Please think about it and implement anything that is possible." Oh yeah, good idea, use the BSOD for ads?!?"…Change Security level to… Low (good for installing toolbars, dialers)." Another good idea, change your Internet Security settings without your perm. then install dialers, etc."will be able to select what functionality he wants. For instance if somebody doesn’t really want to completely kill user’s machines may choose only one function – replace 404 error messages, home pages and search page or to install our mini-browser only or desktop icons only or all the above" Gee, ain't they nice? End users don't HAVE to have their machines killed, just hijacked. I already have a deep-seated distrust of any RU domain or content, this ain't helpin'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Wow! Thanks, Marty. You should also post this in the Malware Section, this deserves to be posted in every section, in fact!Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JSKY Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Thanks for the heads up on this one. Never heard of it yet, glad I know to keep away from now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted April 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 yes i agree liz perhaps one of the mods will do that for me it needs to be highlightedmarty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 yapsearch is also affiliated with CoolWebSearch. Stay away from the website and the browser; some more looking into it shows it will also bring dialers and trojans onto your computer.Marty, I'll move this to Malware as requested. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Thank you, Matt Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted April 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 yapsearch is also affiliated with CoolWebSearch. Stay away from the website and the browser; some more looking into it shows it will also bring dialers and trojans onto your computer.Marty, I'll move this to Malware as requested.thanks mattmarty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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