google spyware???

[eddie spagetti]

While using Google last night I picked up two spywares- Cnat, a
program and nrxbho.exe which I found in Windows. I sure as heck did
not install anything nor agree to anything either. They just installed
themselves . Pest Patrol picked it up and I deleted them. Has anyone
else seen these or suspect Google of using spyware?

[default]

Google doesn't seem to add any programs to one's computer. Likely as
not, you just used some M$ vulnerable-ware to pick it up from a site
you visited after Google located it for you. Any reason why you'd
suspect Google itself?



On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 17:59:21 -0700, eddie spagetti
<yoeddie7@hotmail.com> wrote:

>While using Google last night I picked up two spywares- Cnat, a
>program and nrxbho.exe which I found in Windows. I sure as heck did
>not install anything nor agree to anything either. They just installed
>themselves . Pest Patrol picked it up and I deleted them. Has anyone
>else seen these or suspect Google of using spyware?



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On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 17:59:21 -0700, eddie spagetti
<yoeddie7@hotmail.com> wrote:

>While using Google last night I picked up two spywares- Cnat, a
>program and nrxbho.exe which I found in Windows. I sure as heck did
>not install anything nor agree to anything either. They just installed
>themselves . Pest Patrol picked it up and I deleted them. Has anyone
>else seen these or suspect Google of using spyware?

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[Jay T. Blocksom]

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 17:59:21 -0700, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, eddie spagetti
<yoeddie7@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> While using Google last night I picked up two spywares- Cnat, a
> program and nrxbho.exe which I found in Windows. I sure as heck did
> not install anything nor agree to anything either. They just installed
> themselves . Pest Patrol picked it up and I deleted them. Has anyone
> else seen these or suspect Google of using spyware?

Well, notwithstanding that some folks (<http://www.google-watch.org/>) have
some major "issues" with Google, I rather doubt it was Google themselves who
were resposible for the drive-by downloads. But regardless, the ONLY way
anything like that could have happened is if your system is woefully
misconfigured to start with. *That* is the issue you should be addressing.

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Jay T. Blocksom
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