Other sites with info about Scumware

[VPJunkie]

Scumware.com - http://www.scumware.com/wm1.html

Thiefware.com - http://www.thiefware.com/

StopScum.com - http://www.stopscum.com/

eProfitNews.com - Offers definitions, detection, alternatives, and other resources of information about scumware http://eprofitnews.com/spyware-scumware.shtml

Optimum Online - Are You Running a Server Without Even Knowing It? http://www.optonline.net/Home/Articl...%3Dreg,00.html

[Dominique]

Here is a list of unsolicited commercial software. You can test for these things at http://www.and.doxdesk.com

7FaSSt
AccessPlugin
ACXInstall
AdBreak
AdultLinks
Aornum
ASpam
BargainBuddy
BDE
BrowserToolbar
Bulla
CashToolbar
ClickTheButton
CnsMin
CometCursor
Comload
CommonName
CrackedEarth
Cytron
DailyWinner
DialerOffline
DownloadReceiver
DownloadWare
eXactSearch
ezCyberSearch
FavoriteMan
FlashTrack
FreeScratchAndWin
Gratisware
HotBar
HuntBar
IEAccess
IEPlugin
IGetNet
ILookup
InetSpeak
IPInsight
lop
MarketScore
MasterDialer
Meridian
MoneyTree
MySearch
NetPal
Network Essentials
NewDotNet
NewtonKnows
NowBox
Onflow
OnlineDialer
PerMedia
RapidBlaster
SaveNow
SearchAndBrowse
Searchex
SearchExplorer
SearchitBar
SearchSquire
SideStep
StarDialer
StripPlayer
SubSearch
SuperBar
TinyBar
TopText
Transponder
UCmore
Wazam
webHancer
WurldMedia
XDialer
XDiver
Xupiter

[Dominique]

Smart Tags = Squiggly
Get Microsoft Smart Tags off of your Web site! Smart Tags are squiggly lines that appear under a specific word or phrase on a Web site. These intrusive tags come as part of Microsoft Internet Explorer and very casually send traffic off your site. The following tag is one way to prevent this from happening:

META NAME="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" CONTENT="TRUE"

Unfortunately, you must add this line of code to every page on your Web site. Tell your friends and your colleagues to sign the online petition from the United States Affiliate Manger Coalition to boycott Smart Tags:

No More Smart Tags
http://www.affiliatemanager.net/petition.htm

How to Protect Your Site from Smart Tag Visitor Poaching
http://www.smart-tag-visitor-theft.com/

[VPJunkie]

That's a cool list there, Dom - Thanks!!

[croupier]

MS smarttags are not a problem because you can stop them with a simple meta tag. Real scum tries it's best not to be detected and stopped.

[Spearmaster]

I've always had that tag since the scumware issues started. But I thought Microsoft eventually didn't implement smart tags? Or did they just delay the implementation?

[Dominique]

It's in Windows 2000 office I hear.

[Pam712]

A good list of spyware which includes a full description, properties and dangerlevel of most types of spyware is available at
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_list_full.php