Re: SETISpy problem ?

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"rcm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I am running SETISpy 3.2.0 with SETIDriver 1.6.3.5 and the client 3.3
> version of SETI under Windows 98 SE on a PIII 733 system with 256M RAM.
> Been running this way for a year or more.  I check my stats page at SETI
> using the hyperlink in SETISpy User Stats display page.  I saw this
morning
> that the page is messed up and am wondering if I got a virus or spyware on
> my PC.  IT displays fu for my userid instead of rcm711 and has the wrong
> registered date.
>
> User: fu             Country: Canada
> Registered: 12/01/03  Results Returned: 2748
> etcetera
>
> Should read
>
> User: rcm711    Country: Canada
> Registered:
>
> Also the stats like CPU dedication, Result interval looks very strange.
But
> my totals look fine.  Also if I click on the userid fu, it pops up my
stats
> correctly from SETI.
>
> Because of userid fu seems like a nice virus like hack (short for f..k
you),
> it makes me nervous that I have been compromised somehow.  I am also
hanging
> or crashing every couple of days for the past two weeks.  Maybe my OS is
> finally corrupted somehow, I checked it out with Norton Systemworks and no
> problems.
>
> I have Norton anti-virus, SpyBot and Adaware.  All were recently run last
> week as my PC has been acting strange in the last week.  I have also done
> online virus scans at Symantec and Trend Micro and found nothing.  I check
> the active tasks running and nothing unusual is running.  I also checked
> msconfig to see if any strange things are running on start-up and again
> nothing unusual.
>
> Is the fu a coincidence?  Is anyone else running SETISpy and getting
strange
> results?  Anyone tell me how SETISpy works and gets that info from?  I
> checked SETISpy.ini file and no fu in it.  Anything to do with the recent
> SETI server problems???
>
> I am about to run all my spyware and virus checkers and online checkers to
> see if anything is wrong.  But it will take me all day to run these
checks.
> Anyone know of this problem or am I the "lucky" one to get this?
>
>