Few things I've always wondered, so I'm just gonna list 'em.
1.) Where did these things come from? I just remember reading about them in a PC magazine while waiting in the waiting room for an appointment
2.) I know these can be used to monitor keystrokes and hopefully get credits card number ETC... But why all the popups? Is that really subtle if you want to get someone's personal information??
3.) Why are the popups all the same? Viagra/Dating/Mortage Loans/Spyware Removal Software/Get rich quick schemes. I just want to know who the hell would make popups like that, only thing I can think of is praying that the user clicks on the link and then gets infected even further.
4.) Has anyone actually bought viagra/got a mortage loan/won 50$ gift certificate ETC...
Reason these questions came to me is I'm busy fixing my brother's computer and am just looking at all the reg keys and cookies and trackers and just wondering why on gods name were these "created"??
1.) Where did these things come from? I just remember reading about them in a PC magazine while waiting in the waiting room for an appointment
2.) I know these can be used to monitor keystrokes and hopefully get credits card number ETC... But why all the popups? Is that really subtle if you want to get someone's personal information??
3.) Why are the popups all the same? Viagra/Dating/Mortage Loans/Spyware Removal Software/Get rich quick schemes. I just want to know who the hell would make popups like that, only thing I can think of is praying that the user clicks on the link and then gets infected even further.
4.) Has anyone actually bought viagra/got a mortage loan/won 50$ gift certificate ETC...
Reason these questions came to me is I'm busy fixing my brother's computer and am just looking at all the reg keys and cookies and trackers and just wondering why on gods name were these "created"??