CW Shredder ?

Anybody else having trouble trying to get updates?
About 24 hour now I have been getting "Server Unavailable"..

--
Burt
The Old Alaskan
MVP's listed on TECKPAGE
http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog
http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog/teckpage.htm

Mike
Fri Jul 30 13:59:20 CDT 2004

Which server? As of one minute ago both
(http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) allow me to download
the latest version of CWShredder.

Also please note that CWShredder is no longer being updated.
--
Mike Maltby
mcmaltby@hotmail.com


Burt <smokydog@damnthespamalaska.net> wrote:

> Anybody else having trouble trying to get updates?
> About 24 hour now I have been getting "Server Unavailable"..

Burt
Fri Jul 30 14:20:17 CDT 2004

Mike,
I had just downloaded a fresh copy from merlyn site last night.
You say that it no longer updates, so you mean that we just go
download a new one frequently?
--
Burt
The Old Alaskan
MVP's listed on TECKPAGE
http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog
http://www.cvinternet.net/~smokydog/teckpage.htm

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:uFhkTdmdEHA.212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Which server? As of one minute ago both
> (http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip or
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip) allow me to
download
> the latest version of CWShredder.
>
> Also please note that CWShredder is no longer being updated.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>
>
> Burt <smokydog@damnthespamalaska.net> wrote:
>
> > Anybody else having trouble trying to get updates?
> > About 24 hour now I have been getting "Server Unavailable"..
>

Mike
Fri Jul 30 14:38:16 CDT 2004

No, what I said was "CWShredder is no longer being updated". This means that
it is not being updated due to Merijn starting a new course at university and
no longer having the time to update this tool.

For more details see section beginning "June 28 2004" at
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html and also this article from The
Register dated 29 June http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/29/cws_shredder/
--
Mike Maltby
mcmaltby@hotmail.com


Burt <smokydog@damnthespamalaska.net> wrote:

> I had just downloaded a fresh copy from merlyn site last night.
> You say that it no longer updates, so you mean that we just go
> download a new one frequently?

Burt
Fri Jul 30 14:46:24 CDT 2004

Mike,
Thanx... Too bad he is going to be gone awhile.... Good little program..
Burt

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:ucJzDzmdEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> No, what I said was "CWShredder is no longer being updated". This means
that
> it is not being updated due to Merijn starting a new course at university
and
> no longer having the time to update this tool.
>
> For more details see section beginning "June 28 2004" at
> http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html and also this article from
The
> Register dated 29 June
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/29/cws_shredder/
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>
>
> Burt <smokydog@damnthespamalaska.net> wrote:
>
> > I had just downloaded a fresh copy from merlyn site last night.
> > You say that it no longer updates, so you mean that we just go
> > download a new one frequently?
>

Mike
Fri Jul 30 15:40:06 CDT 2004

Burt,

I agree. A most unfortunate turn of events. Like many others I feel
"something needs to be done" about the scum that are causing all of these
problems with their parasites. The problem isn't so much in this case that
the software has "holes" in it but rather the unscrupulous commercial
exploitation of functions built in to say Internet Explorer. These functions
are there so as to allow the legitimate customisation by third party vendors
such as the ability to add plug-ins used by the likes of Adobe (for example
Acrobat) and SpyBot S&D.
--
Mike Maltby
mcmaltby@hotmail.com


Burt <smokydog@damnthespamalaska.net> wrote:

> Thanx... Too bad he is going to be gone awhile.... Good little
> program.. Burt

Burt
Fri Jul 30 18:04:31 CDT 2004

Mike,
Yes, it is very unfortunate that these scum writers are
still running rampant.. I am not one who wants more gov't
interventions, but on the WWW I think it is going to come
that we HAVE to have a daddy cop onboard. It would be
almost impossible to determine the amount of man hours
that goes into fighting this stuff and the downtime of so
many computers worldwide. I think they should have some
very stiff sentences for the perpetrators of this. The sick
part to me is that they don't get any recognition for their
works as for their names... It isn't like they got a badge for
writing the worst of spams and viruses and their name in lights
so to speak... They just sit in the shadows. What a waste of
time... Seems like they could use the same knowledge to do
something decent for mankind instead... Oh wow, I better get
off the soap box for now..

On another note, I suppose I should have made a NEW post
in the XP group, but I will drop it on you here anyway...
My buddy up the road a few miles started a couple weeks ago
having VERY slow downloads from the net.. I went up to his
place last night and took a look thru the registry (run-runonce etc)
and also looked in msconfig and couldn't find anything that looked
out of place.. I notice ALL web pages are VERY slow to load, but
almost impossible to get a VS update for dat files and also, it took
45 minutes to get an Ad Aware 6 ref file d/led and installed..
As for the computer speed, it is quite fast on everything else..
I guess I better say it is a two year old Dell 8200 with plenty of
ram etc. running XP Home. Haven't been able to get Windows Updates
for the past two weeks... They just won't d/l.. They start to but you
can leave it for hours and they never finish... I am going to go up
again this eve with HiJack This and run it and send Tom the info
and see if he finds anything.. I have run CWShredder, Ad Aware 6
and Spybot S&D.. All of them updated and found nothing of any
real consequence... I am almost sure it must be a worm or something.
Do you have anymore ideas? It is running on dial up and I have one
puter here at my place on the same server and am not having any probs.
I also have DSL which I couldn't live without anymore.... They got me
hooked for sure with the 512/294 package..
Anyway, thanx again for your help on all of the above and the help
you have given me in the past years..
Burt

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
news:uiYMnVndEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Burt,
>
> I agree. A most unfortunate turn of events. Like many others I feel
> "something needs to be done" about the scum that are causing all of these
> problems with their parasites. The problem isn't so much in this case
that
> the software has "holes" in it but rather the unscrupulous commercial
> exploitation of functions built in to say Internet Explorer. These
functions
> are there so as to allow the legitimate customisation by third party
vendors
> such as the ability to add plug-ins used by the likes of Adobe (for
example
> Acrobat) and SpyBot S&D.
> --
> Mike Maltby
> mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>
>
> Burt <smokydog@damnthespamalaska.net> wrote:
>
> > Thanx... Too bad he is going to be gone awhile.... Good little
> > program.. Burt
>

Piccolo
Sun Aug 01 16:24:12 CDT 2004


>-----Original Message-----
>Mike,
> Yes, it is very unfortunate that these scum writers
are
>still running rampant.. I am not one who wants more gov't
>interventions, but on the WWW I think it is going to come
>that we HAVE to have a daddy cop onboard. It would be
>almost impossible to determine the amount of man hours
>that goes into fighting this stuff and the downtime of so
>many computers worldwide. I think they should have some
>very stiff sentences for the perpetrators of this. The
sick
>part to me is that they don't get any recognition for
their
>works as for their names... It isn't like they got a
badge for
>writing the worst of spams and viruses and their name in
lights
>so to speak... They just sit in the shadows. What a
waste of
>time... Seems like they could use the same knowledge to do
>something decent for mankind instead... Oh wow, I better
get
>off the soap box for now..
>
>On another note, I suppose I should have made a NEW post
>in the XP group, but I will drop it on you here anyway...
>My buddy up the road a few miles started a couple weeks
ago
>having VERY slow downloads from the net.. I went up to
his
>place last night and took a look thru the registry (run-
runonce etc)
>and also looked in msconfig and couldn't find anything
that looked
>out of place.. I notice ALL web pages are VERY slow to
load, but
>almost impossible to get a VS update for dat files and
also, it took
>45 minutes to get an Ad Aware 6 ref file d/led and
installed..
>As for the computer speed, it is quite fast on everything
else..
>I guess I better say it is a two year old Dell 8200 with
plenty of
>ram etc. running XP Home. Haven't been able to get
Windows Updates
>for the past two weeks... They just won't d/l.. They
start to but you
>can leave it for hours and they never finish... I am
going to go up
>again this eve with HiJack This and run it and send Tom
the info
>and see if he finds anything.. I have run CWShredder, Ad
Aware 6
>and Spybot S&D.. All of them updated and found nothing
of any
>real consequence... I am almost sure it must be a worm
or something.
>Do you have anymore ideas? It is running on dial up and
I have one
>puter here at my place on the same server and am not
having any probs.
>I also have DSL which I couldn't live without anymore....
They got me
>hooked for sure with the 512/294 package..
>Anyway, thanx again for your help on all of the above and
the help
>you have given me in the past years..
>Burt
>
>"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
>news:uiYMnVndEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Burt,
>>
>> I agree. A most unfortunate turn of events. Like many
others I feel
>> "something needs to be done" about the scum that are
causing all of these
>> problems with their parasites. The problem isn't so
much in this case
>that
>> the software has "holes" in it but rather the
unscrupulous commercial
>> exploitation of functions built in to say Internet
Explorer. These
>functions
>> are there so as to allow the legitimate customisation
by third party
>vendors
>> such as the ability to add plug-ins used by the likes
of Adobe (for
>example
>> Acrobat) and SpyBot S&D.
>> --
>> Mike Maltby
>> mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>>
>>
>> Burt <smokydog@damnthespamalaska.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Thanx... Too bad he is going to be gone awhile....
Good little
>> > program.. Burt
>>

Mike

Would you know the numer of the last update??I have
V.1.52.0 and of course was negligent in updating, but now
its too late.

>Piccolo

Mike
Sun Aug 01 16:44:20 CDT 2004

Piccolo,

You should still be able to download the last released version from
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip). This is version
1.59.1.

Please Note that the version available from
(http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip is older being version
1.56.2.

Regards,
--
Mike Maltby
mcmaltby@hotmail.com


Piccolo <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Would you know the numer of the last update??I have
> V.1.52.0 and of course was negligent in updating, but now
> its too late.

Piccolo
Mon Aug 02 10:10:43 CDT 2004


>-----Original Message-----
>Piccolo,
>
>You should still be able to download the last released
version from
>http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/cwshredder.zip).
This is version
>1.59.1.
>
>Please Note that the version available from
>(http://www.zerosrealm.com/downloads/CWShredder.zip is
older being version
>1.56.2.
>
>Regards,
>--
>Mike Maltby
>mcmaltby@hotmail.com
>
>
>Piccolo <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> Would you know the numer of the last update??I have
>> V.1.52.0 and of course was negligent in updating, but
now
>> its too late.
>

Mike:
Thanks for ur info. Succeeded after several trials.
regards
>