A Revolution is the Solution
This is all automatic correct. The adware gives no overt sign that it is downloading these files at all?
I would assume that he could moniter how much he is downloading through his connection status but say it starts happening to one of us, how would we stop it? Delete the exe or wait for the download and uninstall?
cmon... the .NET download is barely about 23MB.
how massive a blow is 100 mb used space today? get real
i just used a hosts file from here to keep the scum peddlers out, works a treat for me
The size of the download doesn't matter, what matters is someone forcing their way into your PC without your consent. This amounts to digital rape.
This article is horrible.
1) .NET is a 23mb download - hardly a threat to anyone's bandwidth limits. Installed it's ~65mb, in a world where it's nearly impossible to find and buy a hard drive smaller than 20 *gigabytes*. (Where'd you get that 100mb number?)
2) The Eric Howes link leads to a big resource page full of ... other links. Maybe you could link directly to whatever the heck you're wanking about?
3) After re-reading the article I finally realized that all the Eric Howe stuff is a red herring, almost completely irrelevant to your issue. You saw your bandwidth spike, reviewed your proxy logs and found nothing (indicating either you didn't read them properly or your users are bypassing the proxy), performed a few desultory network scans, then finally tracked the issue down to *users voluntarily downloading* this Broadcastpc.tv thing. It then downloaded the .NET framework if it wasn't already installed on the user systems. Uh oh, push the panic button and rant abo
More lameness - you chop comments at 1000 chars *without warning* until it's already too late. Jeez, get a clue ...
Guess I won't bother to try reconstructing the rest of the post which your site sent into the bit bucket, but I do ask: how is this security related? So some users downloaded dumb stuff, wasted some bandwidth and a tiny amount of disk space. If you don't know how to lock down your network and your machines properly, you'll always be whining about this.
So, does this nasty get in through all web browsers and not just IE?
wow, i don't believe i'm reading these responces. Since when is it ok to use someone's "paid for" bytes without permission? or do you think it's ok for someone to use your computer without your permission. Windows has created a very large group of people who don't look before they click. There should be some kind of opt-out option.
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