Spyware Beware

I am still reeling from the shock of seeing my spyware scan turn up a positive result, informing me that my computer is infected with TrueActive Monitor - a remote keystroke logger and Cool! Remote Control - a remote control tool.

Two more malignant pieces of spyware I find it hard to imagine. Who had planted them on me? Why? I had my suspicions, and the conclusions I came to did nothing to set my mind at ease. I yanked out the plug on my modem and retreiving the log of infected files e-mailed my anti spyware suppliers - Sunbelt Software.

With impeccable efficiency they were back to me within a couple of hours. They had checked it out, the results log I sent had been CHECKED OUT BY THEIR RESEARCH LAB, and, false alarm, a recent update was causing me to turn a false positive result.

Crisis over, my mind at rest, more or less. And more importantly my faith in good service has been restored. Shit happens from time to time, and much better a false alarm than having stuff slip through the net. Sunbelt were honest about what had happened, they were thorough, and they were quick. It may have been a false alarm but I shall certainly be keeping a tighter rein on daily spyware scanning in future.