Verizon Hidding "Noptify" in their welcome cd's

[nyvocals]

I recently and against my better judgment viewed my new welcome cd from verizon only to have it install a tracking program on my computer (Noptify.Exe) by James Tower Co. It seems to be trying to phone home, zgate.com but ZoneAlarm blocked its exit.
The ad ware is installed without the user’s knowledge or consent then hides once installed. The EXE resides as a hidden file in C/windows/docsandsettings/local/temp and 1 in prefetch. It can be deleted after killing the running process. This little monster isn't seen by Spybot or Ad aware and McAfee VS did nothing.

Thought you all should know, If you get Verizon Wireless skip the CD and opt for the online manuals. Cheers!

[rctempire]

Thanks for the help but i dunno who verizon is it aint in the uk

[Sephiroth]

From the info i have found about it on security sites only tracks useage of the welcome cd and nothing else. So there is really nothing to worry about.

You must be using an old cd too since they have stopped using it.

[Malicious Intent]

but i dunno who verizon is

Have you been living under a rock? Type "verizon" into the news search.

[blady]

Thanks for the help but i dunno who verizon is it aint in the uk

verison is the new name of bell atlantic telephone.

there was a time a hundred years ago when one phone company ran all the phones. it was called "bell telephone". that was a monopoly. so, the government in the US made bell break up into smaller companies, and one of them is named verizon- a perfectly stupid name.

[nyvocals]

Found this on the net. It's Not Melissa but I don't want anything on my computer that tracks browser activity. and as far as being an old disc, my service started the 5th o Jan. 04'. Must still be going through the old stock, Yeah Right!
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=655

[Sephiroth]

there was a time a hundred years ago when one phone company ran all the phones. it was called "bell telephone". that was a monopoly. so, the government in the US made bell break up into smaller companies, and one of them is named verizon- a perfectly stupid name.

No it was called AT&T and was split up into the "Baby Bells" Which is where they all came from.

The name verizon came after a merger between GTE and some other company i forget.

[Sephiroth]

Found this on the net. It's Not Melissa but I don't want anything on my computer that tracks browser activity. and as far as being an old disc, my service started the 5th o Jan. 04'. Must still be going through the old stock, Yeah Right!
http://www.spywareguide.com/product_show.php?id=655

Well that site is wrong because it only tracks whats on the CD and NOT browser activity. Thats coming from that program's site. And also explains why none of the spyware removal tools detect it.

[isus]

verizon sucks.

sorry, there's nothing else to say here.

[Sephiroth]

verizon sucks.

sorry, there's nothing else to say here.

They are better than the Cable ISPs, which have bandwidth limits, newsgroups limits, and around here at least the speed isnt as consistent as dsl.

I have verison DSL when im not in school and it has been pretty good.

[ATLien]

I recently and against my better judgment viewed my new welcome cd from verizon only to have it install a tracking program on my computer (Noptify.Exe) by James Tower Co. It seems to be trying to phone home, zgate.com but ZoneAlarm blocked its exit.
The ad ware is installed without the user’s knowledge or consent then hides once installed. The EXE resides as a hidden file in C/windows/docsandsettings/local/temp and 1 in prefetch. It can be deleted after killing the running process. This little monster isn't seen by Spybot or Ad aware and McAfee VS did nothing.

Thought you all should know, If you get Verizon Wireless skip the CD and opt for the online manuals. Cheers!

I tend to kept my prefetch cleaned out anyways, saves a liitle time if you don't use certain programs, for a while.

Go looking out, thought.

[Nothingface5384]

i have verizonand its a good service...even their cell phone service is decent..only think i think i deleted frm my verizon installation was ipinsight lol

[rctempire]

Ive heard of verizon before but it aint a uk company so broad dont get all ratty with me. verizon seems like NTL to me from what ur saying. A crap company getting crapper and also in debt

[Gunzz]

which is better .. T or Verizon?

[nasrules]

Ive heard of verizon before but it aint a uk company so broad dont get all ratty with me. verizon seems like NTL to me from what ur saying. A crap company getting crapper and also in debt

You've probably heard of Verizon through their loss of a court case against the RIAA forcing them to release the names of a number of subscribers.

Personally, I think NTL are pretty good - it seems a bit hit-and-mis. I get good speeds for a good price with a good phone and TV package. The only thing that sucks about NTL is the Interactive services on digital TV. Having said that, services provided by broadcasters (eg. BBCi) seem pretty good.