AudioGalaxy virus

[TankGirl]

Originally posted by napho
Now we find out there's a file called vx2.dll that spies in an insidious way. It even knows what you put on forms(like credit card info).

http://www.wired.com/news/technology...,49960,00.html

The case of VX2 is a good example how uncontrolled things can become if you allow (knowingly or unknowingly) any spyware in your computer. It is scandalous how both AudioGalaxy and OnFlow deny knowing anything about VX2 even if it was installed with their software and somebody paid money to have it installed. How do you like the idea of having your private and confidental information - not only surfing history but perhaps even your passwords - to a third party that nobody seems to know anything about:

The only contact information available on the company is a Hotmail address and a post office box in Las Vegas, Nevada. The address belongs to a company that specializes in setting up corporate shelters. E-mail to the Hotmail address went unanswered.

It is bad enough that big commercial vendors like Microsoft push out products with numerous security holes in them... if you want things not to get any worse than that zero tolerance with spyware is the only way to go.

- tg