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StormTree · High Card Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 3

when i installled fulltilt i also reacived spyware, avenuea and doubleclick
and the previous clean email account that i submitted is now receiving spam
my question is if full tilt sells what little personal information that they get why should they be trusted with more detailed or finacial information?

GripHoldOn · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject:

I've never heard of its happening to anyone else, all types of malware can come with just something as simple as a visit to the wrong website... It's possible that the malware appearing on your system coincided with your downloading FullTilt.

AlexScottUK · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:27 pm Post subject:

You didn't get those things from Full Tilt. Most likely, you got them simply by browsing dodgy sites on the web.

Anyway, you can get rid of everything unwanted by using two programs:

Windows Defender, from http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Ad Aware, from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

There are other spyware programs, but those two are my favourites, and both are free.

StormTree · High Card Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 3

well they came from the excutable i check before and after i installed it for spyware, it may be a false postive but it defitnly comes from the install program
still havent answered why i started reciving spam mail on a clean account after regestring
im not trying to cause a stink i enjoy and appreciate the services offered by full tilt
but if you guys sell personal information just say so

junkbutton · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:04 pm Post subject: Re: fulltilt and spyware

AlexScottUK · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:40 pm Post subject:

They may be an offshore site, but they still have a reputation to uphold. There's no way they'd sell your personal data or introduce spyware to your computer.

StormTree, what is being detected in the Full Tilt executable? Quite often, a malicious program will embed itself in something you download to disguise itself. I know, because we've had emails about stuff like this at Stars, and they always turn out to be some virus that appends itself to another program.

smokindog · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject:

I didn't start getting any additional SPAM when I signed up / installed.

No spyware issues, etc...

If there really was something like this going on, I'm sure we'd have heard lots about it in the forum.

I think something else must be in the mix....

StormTree · High Card Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 3

like i said im not trying to cause i a stink it just that i dont blindly do things i ask questions first
and before i made a financial comitment i wanted to clear up some things i was unsure of thats all
selling information about peoples spending or surfing habits is a well known practice that is used by many "reputable" organzations
i used spybotsearch and destroy for my spyware run it before and after you install like i said it may be false positve,
i do apprecite the people that tried to help answer my questions
thank you
the way i understand it its ok because somone says so
well i gess that has to be good enough because i didnt recieve any gaurantee of otherwise Very Happy

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