[ale] Seeking ways to getting around spyware on Windows

[Cliff Free]

Ahh... I heard from my "WONDERFUL" IT department, who have us now using $py
$weeper. I'd be inclined to believe you over them, though, as they've been
partially wrong about these kinds of things in the past. Thanks for the
info.

On 10/12/05, joh6nn <joh6nn at hotpop.com> wrote:
>
> 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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