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| jamesn Senior Member  Cambridge, MA 750 Posts 1/04 |  Posted - Feb 16 2005 : 4:04AMlavasoft's been caught removing products from their detection lists(notably whenU) in exchange for payment from spyware companies. [Link] |
| oatmeal Meat Popsicle Seeking Beauty 1738 Posts 8/04 | Posted - Feb 16 2005 : 7:19AM [Link] |
| Funkola Member 72 Posts 1/05 | Posted - Feb 16 2005 : 7:48AM [Link] |
Bill  All-Star Member 5334 Posts 6/00 | Posted - Feb 16 2005 : 8:21AM [Link] |
| jamesn Senior Member Cambridge, MA 750 Posts 1/04 | Posted - Feb 16 2005 : 9:58AM [Link] |
| maquiavelli Member 90 Posts 4/05 | Posted - Jun 3 2005 : 3:55AM [Link] |
| Harry Joystick Member 740 Posts 8/02 | Posted - Jun 3 2005 : 9:54AM [Link] |
| GaySatyr Senior Member Half dirty ol' man; half horny ol' goat! 1684 Posts 10/00 | Posted - Jun 4 2005 : 12:12PM In a compromise, some of the anti-spyware companies have agreed to de-list specific adware if it agrees to supply a complete uninstaller with its install. In addition, the anti-spyware companies are including the uninstallers on their download pages. For example, Lavasoft has de-listed "WhenU" but the uninstaller for WhenU is included on Lavasoft's website. Most of the better anti-spyware programs -- Lavasoft's Ad-aware and Kolla's Spybot Search & Destroy, for example -- are from small companies with very limited resources. By comparison, the spyware companies are relatively rich with revenue streams generated by their advertising clients. As distasteful as I find the current compromise, I don't see much of an alternative. ~ GaySatyr (ABB) [Link] |
| maquiavelli Member 90 Posts 4/05 | Posted - Jun 5 2005 : 2:42AM [Link] |
| Hurrab Member Denmark, EU 256 Posts 3/03 | Posted - Jun 5 2005 : 9:14AM [Link] |
| Tommi Rose Fan Member 161 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Jun 8 2005 : 9:32PM but what i really want is a class A firewall, anti spy and AV bundled with windows, if microsoft really cares about its users security. I think they have enough money to every American ten times, they should just that and trust me it will increase their credibility and confidence in its customers. [Link] |
| Dingus New Member Masachusetts 4 Posts 6/05 | Posted - Jun 9 2005 : 10:20PM [Link] |
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