New Software- IdleMiner

[idleminer]

Any software running while you have party poker running could steal your password. It is good practice to scan anything that you download to make sure it is safe.

[muxplust]

scan with what ... please advise

[idleminer]

Basically you could use any anti-virus software comercially available. Also if someone is tech-savy enough they can verify that nothing is being sent from the software onto the internet with a packet sniffer.

[muxplust]

What/Where do you get a packet sniffer? part of an anti-virus package?

[AngryEgyptian]

Edit: I know nothing

[idleminer]

Well honestly if you aren't tech savy you're going to have a hard time with a packet sniffer, not only getting it working but also interpreting the results.

If you'd like to give it a try I'd suggest installing ethereal which is a free program you can get at http://www.ethereal.com/

You'll probably have to install the winpcap driver but it is also bundled with the application.

Good luck and please if you do get it working, let everyone else in the thread know that we're not stealing anything [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Dazarath]

If someone could check up on the legitimacy of the program, it would be really helpful. I, for one, would like to test the program, as it sounds really useful, but I'm also kind of paranoid about using programs from unknowns.

[muxplust]

I second, Dazarath :-)

[stoxtrader]

I have it and have used it. I like it a lot and know the person who wrote it and can confirm the legitimacy 100%.

[jukofyork]

<font color="red">Scanning stuff with a virus checker does NOT detect new, novel or hand-crafted threats!</font>

To be safe: Block it with your firewall (to stop any outbound connections), use ProcessGuard (to make sure it can't inject anything into another trusted app) and preferably use a user area with limited permissions (to make sure the installer doesn't hide something in the depths of the Windows OS).

Even if you were to disassemble it and check out all the imports, you cannot be 100% sure that it doesn't have something hidden in a packed area of the exe without spending hours and hours on it (unless its an incredibly simple app, which this isn't by the look of it).

Juk [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

PS: Not that I think there is anything wrong with this app btw, just when they said about scanning it with a virus killer... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]