Spyware that makes small children cry

[ViRaL1]

From Download.com

My little three-year-old daughter loves to visit her personal screensaver, Disney's Sleeping Beauty. She sighs every time it opens, which is lovely and calming to see.

Then, one day, it happened.

We sat down as usual, started the computer, clicked her user account, and it opened to a tremendously explicit adult pop-up. I was so caught off guard I shrieked, and my daughter yelled, too! She kept asking, "Mommy, who is that?" and "What's wrong?"

I'm not sure how it happened, but somehow a pornographic advertisement had hijacked Internet Explorer's default page. I can honestly admit I don't surf such sites nor open unknown e-mail, although it's possible another user could have opened a message or a link to a porn site by mistake. It also could have been one of those sneaky pop-ups that reverse the Yes and No buttons, so you're really installing something even if you think you've opted out.

I got rid of it by manually scanning the registry until I finally found the sucker. During that period, I had to restart, reset my home page, and empty the Recycle Bin many, many times. It took more than a week and countless hours of my time.

Talk about moments you'll never forget. That's a horror story from my house, for sure.

--Claire
New York, U.S.A

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Please, think of the children.

[Zisguy1]

LoL... I'm sad for the little girl whose own mother scared her to death!

Please, think of the poor parents (who terrify their children over seeing a nzked human body)... what happened when her daughter was born without clothing, did she have the doctor arrested for CP trafficking?

[Capmaster]

Money-whoring slime :P

[flaninacupboard]

another user may have "accidentally" clicked on a porn link............

yeah. right.

[pyrate83]

Please, think of the chickens.

Thats sad.

[ViRaL1]

Chicken porn...mmm mmm. Finger lickin good.

[pyrate83]

Chicken porn...mmm mmm. Finger lickin good.

I'm not the only one that likes to mess with peoples quotes. 8)

[otpw1]

Never let your divorced hoorneey brother use your computer unsupervised.
Nuff said.

[ViRaL1]

Time for a new keyboard and mouse?

[pyrate83]

Never let your divorced hoorneey brother use your computer unsupervised.
Nuff said.

What's he talking about...who's horney? Is it you viral?

[ViRaL1]

Not that I know of. But I've been accused of worse.

[pyrate83]

Not that I know of. But I've been accused of worse.

That's the worst when you don't realize it.