Been tested for viruses / adware / spyware?
In the process of calculating these statistics for Habr, I found that at least 950 Habra-people (~ 2.5% of all readers of Habr, if we assume that the distribution is even) in the system lives Adware-pest called AdCentriaIM . It leaves a trace in the user-agent of the browser, which allowed it to be detected. A full description of how to get rid is written here . The vast majority of those who are sick are Windows / Firefox.
This is what a typical user-agent looks like: I don’t know if I’m doing the right thing by writing this topic, but I just somehow can’t just sit back, how else can I get this to people?
Upd. Thanks to zencd for the link to the resource, where you can look at your user-agent
Upd2. And here is a verification picture-script from v_k
Upd3. those who have found this creature - please unsubscribe in the comments, if it’s not difficult for you. The understanding that everything is not in vain is very pleasant. Thanks :)
Upd4. I decided that in each of my topics I would insert a hidden test for this creature.
This is what a typical user-agent looks like: I don’t know if I’m doing the right thing by writing this topic, but I just somehow can’t just sit back, how else can I get this to people?
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; ru; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 AdCentriaIM/1.7 Firefox/2.0.0.13Upd. Thanks to zencd for the link to the resource, where you can look at your user-agent
Upd2. And here is a verification picture-script from v_k
Upd3. those who have found this creature - please unsubscribe in the comments, if it’s not difficult for you. The understanding that everything is not in vain is very pleasant. Thanks :)
Upd4. I decided that in each of my topics I would insert a hidden test for this creature.