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Spyware, Malware, & Trojans

So I have just spend the last 6 hours learning how to get the SmitFraud.c Trojan off my PC. Yeah it took that long, mostly because whenever I opened my browser (firefox 2.0.0.3) I would get pop ups via IE browser. That is pretty hardcore.

So I did some more searching /pop ups galore slowing me down/ and found SpyHunter.exe and it said it would kill the SmitFraud. c Trojan. Well I downloaded it, installed it, and ran it. It showed me all the problems this frigging bug dropped in my PC. 14 different Registry changes, 8 .dll files and like 100+ known spyware apps. Fuck me!

I click the remove button and the BUY ME-Full Version button pops up for SpyHunter. and they wanted $30 – UGH! It never said anything about paying for it. Then I knew this must not be legit. Most fixes are from the concerned open source community.So I look up SpyHunter and find out they are working with SmitFraud.c in some way.

Great I just dumped more crap in my PC via a claim that they were the fix 🙁

So I hit the Spybot Search & Destroy forums (it was that program that couldn’t fix this Trojan

Speed Test

Just wanted to share a tool I find useful when I feel my internet connection is laggy, or I’m testing a client’s machine who has installed a accelerator/booster service from their ISP, like peoplePC, or Earthnet, etc.

Keeping Logs and Stats

This is just a quick post to give praise for a tool that I have been using for 3 years now and it really is a sweet freebie to find out there in the world of FREE stats and long term logs.

-Link Popularity Check

-Keyword Verification

-Search Engine Saturation

These links look just like the thousands of other tools that are offered on the web. The reason I like these tools is they keep a running log from the first day I used one of the tools on a URL. How cool is that!

I have moved hosted and changed IP addys several times (finding a good host when you first start out causes a bunch of headaches) and these tool just keep a running total of all the URLs I have entered. It’s nice to look at months and years of link popularity. I have planned months of links strategies & campaigns and I can check back and see how they have done.

Also helps to see what the SERPs are doing out there, and over time. Google and Yahoo stats are, for obvious reasons, Candy for this Webmaster.

So, Next time you buy a site, Reg’ed a name, or start a link/keywords campaign maybe you should drop by MarketLeap and just add the URL. It keeps the records for you 😉

I tried to add an Image to this post, but I have yet to figure that out! haha. I will sooner or later. Hopefully it won’t take me as long as it took me to start my Blog…….