Hell, people would install open source spyware even! I run IE (at least the backend), and I never get spyware. Or consult a friend to become aware, etc, but don’t ditch anti-spyware software by default. So please when you know some anti-spyware program which itself is bogus, doesn’t do what it claims to do, sends private info, then please tell the internet about it with nuance so the internet knows which program they can and which program they can’t use. If i still needed that you were not gonna change that, dear Ari Schwartz.Īnyway, sad that a) posts this article and it makes me wonder why they do that (Bob already posted a possibility) b) people are gonna believe earlier mentioned person’s FUD. AdWare “steals” my privacy too, then please show me how it does! Please, proof! I apply innocent until proven for a program which deletes software types it has investigated as “spyware”. Makes me wonder what ARI SCHWARTZ his interest is by saying that?Ĭause when i still used Microsoft Windows and LavaSoft AdWare, it helped me for certain. But just claiming they all are like ARI SCHWARTZ and the headline do, is plain “guilty by association”. It could be possible some companies and/or software which claim to remove spyware are actually harmful too, and if such is found out i’d hope such information would become public. And, disbenefits the company which wanted to earn money because of his/her privacy (which is linked again to ie. Now, if that company delivers some program for free, which removes spyware, it benefits the user’s privacy. Free (beer) isn’t good or bad by default. Basically he claims humanity is bad, or something.Ī company can very well do like “provide X for free (beer) which gives good service” and “provide Y for money which gives more service” where X or Y can be software, consultancy, and a lot more. HAHAHA don’t make me laugh, what a plain fallacy a-la Reichstag. “You would think that an antispyware company would hold itself up to the highest standards.”” ””If people feel as though their privacy has been violated by a company that claims to be protecting them, that clearly is an unfair and deceptive practice,” said Ari Schwartz, an associate director of Washington-based CDT. They have begun writing disclaimers, including this one for Kazaa: “Third-party applications bundled with this download may record your surfing habits, deliver advertising, collect private information, or modify your system settings.” But 322 million people have downloaded it anyway… The irony is that CNET actively distributes Spyware on it’s download site, then writes “news” about why spyware is harmful. The eGames products commonly seen at WalMart are an example of this. The second problem is that spyware can sometimes be found on commercial software bought at retail stores. NoNags, OnlyFreeware, Freeware Home, and Son of Spy Freeware are examples of honest download sites where users can safely download hundreds, or thousands, of free software titles. The article should also mention that high-quality download sites do NOT distribute spyware. That’s unfair to the hundreds of freeware authors and open source groups that create original, high-quality, no-cost software. First, it left the impression that people shouldn’t trust free software. LavaSoft, the makers of Ad-Aware used to have a small utility named “AdSearch” that would tell you if the program you were about to install was known spyware. The programs “Spybot Search and Destroy” and “AdAware” are excellent, reliable methods of dealing with the problem.
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