[ale] Seeking ways to getting around spyware on Windows

[joh6nn]

can you show me where you heard that?  my understanding was slightly
different: that they were threatened with a few lawsuits, and found it
wiser to cave and remove companies, than to fight it out.  though i'll
freely admit that my information is based on hear-say; i'd be interested
in seeing something concrete.

i think that regardless of the situation, the job that AdAware does is
good enough to keep the app on the list, especially in light of the fact
that no single app catches all mal-ware.

Cliff Free wrote:

> Stay away from AdAware.  They've been removed from several independent
> lists ranking the spy ware scanners because they've accepted money
> from certain parties to NOT remove their spy ware apps.  The M$
> solution seems to work pretty well, and was bought from another
> company, so until they start hacking at it, I wouldn't worry about M$
> coding and design practices (for those who care).
>
> On 10/11/05, *Geoffrey* <esoteric at 3times25.net
> <mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net>> wrote:
>
>     Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
>     > On Tuesday 11 October 2005 05:27 pm, joh6nn wrote:
>     > | Spybot and AdAware have both been mentioned, as has the Norton
>     Suite.
>     > | i'm an advocate for Spybot and AdAware, but against all things
>     Norton; i
>     > | have never had a good experience with any Norton product.
>     >
>     > I would suggest anyone wanting to use a Norton product read the
>     > EULA _very_ carefully. The last one I read was utterly unacceptable.
>
>     Since we are talking about Windows, most folks have already sold
>     their
>     soul to the devil after accepting the Windows EULA.  I do agree
>     that you
>     should read every EULA you encounter.  You will find them entertaining
>     and informative.
>
>     >
>     > Sean
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
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