Nice. Spyware "disguised" as anti-spyware.

[Fausto]

This charming item popped up on a recent page I visited.

Where's the red button marked "Send all purveyors of spyware to a slow, painful death by fire ants." when you need one? :disgust:

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
This charming item popped up on a recent page I visited.

Where's the red button marked "Send all purveyors of spyware to a slow, painful death by fire ants." when you need one? :disgust:

Isn't that button the 'start' button in Adaware?

 

[Ameesh]

i think adaware is the most clever spyware

 

[zCypher]

Originally posted by: Ameesh
i think adaware is the most clever spyware

I haven't heard anything about that. So either it isn't spyware, or people are slow on figuring it out. 😛

What about Spybot?

 

[ElFenix]

go to reallyrics.com and see how many things it asks to install

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I'm getting nothing off Reallyrics. Mind you, my HOSTS file nerfs pretty much everything of that nature. 😛

- M4H

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I'm getting nothing off Reallyrics. Mind you, my HOSTS file nerfs pretty much everything of that nature. 😛

- M4H

i had no clue how bad it was until one day i used IE to go there

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I'm getting nothing off Reallyrics. Mind you, my HOSTS file nerfs pretty much everything of that nature. 😛

- M4H

i had no clue how bad it was until one day i used IE to go there

IE6SP1, WinXP Pro. Modified HOSTS file and router config.

/shrugs

- M4H

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
This charming item popped up on a recent page I visited.

Where's the red button marked "Send all purveyors of spyware to a slow, painful death by fire ants." when you need one? :disgust:

why do you call it spyware?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: Fausto1
This charming item popped up on a recent page I visited.

Where's the red button marked "Send all purveyors of spyware to a slow, painful death by fire ants." when you need one? :disgust:

why do you call it spyware?

some of it tracks your surfing habits using a program resident on your computer and then serves targeted advertising to you