RoN DEMO MAYBE SPYWARE!

[mike9993]

I recently tried to download the RoN demo from the Microsoft website. 25MB into the download ZoneAlarm jammed my internet access because it had detected a program trying to disable security and broadcast my details to several web addresses.

I would like to know where I can get a demo of the game that does not include a Worm.

I would advise anyone else who has downloaded the demo to run a good virus scan program as quickly as possible.

[Alex]

huh? i've had no problems at all, and I use zonealarm too.

[DarthVeda]

Yeah I was wondering where my damned Fizzer worm came from when that was the only thing I had downloaded that day!

[Solver]

Uhmm, it can't do anything before you download and install it, so if you get a message during a download, it's not RoN.

Besides, Fizzer is damn easy to get other ways...

[GodSpawn]

Yup, what Solver said is irrefutable. Some spyware MUST have been running before you began the download.

[Solver]

Speaking of which, I would recommend to go to www.lavasoft.de and get Ad-Aware to get read of any and all spyware.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Alexnm
huh? i've had no problems at all, and I use zonealarm too.

Same here...not a problem at all.

[Leonidas]

Spybot is one of the best spyware detection products on the market.

It works, it's FREE, and is highly recommended (I personally use it):

http://security.kolla.de/

[Alex]

if you want to get rid of spyware, get Spybot, as Leonidas suggested, because Ad-aware is not being updated anymore, AFAIK.

[GodSpawn]

Actually, Adaware IS now being updated again. Version 6 came out recently. See http://www.lavasoft.de

[Demerzel]

Originally posted by Alexnm
if you want to get rid of spyware, get Spybot, as Leonidas suggested, because Ad-aware is not being updated anymore, AFAIK.

the old AdAware isnt being updated but they released v6 a month or two back and that's working great. best effects are achieved by having both spybot & adaware and using them in combination.

[Leonidas]

Originally posted by Demerzel
best effects are achieved by having both spybot & adaware and using them in combination.

It's a Combined Arms Operation against that pesky spyware

[Alex]

I'm glad that I put that "AFAIK" up there... it shows that I'm not omniscient.

[MahoTsukai]

Re: RoN DEMO MAYBE SPYWARE!

Originally posted by mike9993
I recently tried to download the RoN demo from the Microsoft website. 25MB into the download ZoneAlarm jammed my internet access because it had detected a program trying to disable security and broadcast my details to several web addresses.

I would like to know where I can get a demo of the game that does not include a Worm.

I would advise anyone else who has downloaded the demo to run a good virus scan program as quickly as possible.

puff puff good stuff eh ?