ad-aware from lavasoft is a parasite!!!!

G

Gerry O

Becareful, I read today that ad-aware from lavasoft can cause pop-ups
to appear and they apparently lay the blame on some spyware program,
sounds fishy to me. I would un-install ad-aware if I were you, until
they resolve their issues, no point in having your computer affected
with a parasite.

Gerry
IBM PC Specialist
 
C

Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)

You read where? Back up what you say! Some school kid write it?
 
W

Wesley Vogel

Gerry;
Where did you read this? You have included nothing in your post but your opinion. Where is your
evidence? Are you quoting anything or anybody? If so, who or what?
Ad-aware doesn't even run unless you start it. How's it going to do anything?
 
D

dev

Gerry O said:
Be careful, I read today that ad-aware from lavasoft can cause pop-ups
to appear and they apparently lay the blame on some spyware program,
sounds fishy to me. I would uninstall ad-aware if I were you, until
they resolve their issues, no point in having your computer affected
with a parasite.

Gerry
IBM PC Specialist
Click to expand...

Specifically WHERE did you read this?

General information: (e-mail address removed)
Sales: (e-mail address removed)
 
R

Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers

Please post a credible source. Adaware has helped uncounted numbers of
users. If there is an issue with using it, then this should be made public
as many people trust it to help clean their system. If there is not an
issue, then you should retract the allegation.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
R

RJK

You have to careful what you read, people who write can get the wrong end of
the stick. I've sorted out several PC'c in the past that were upset by
their owners innocently following bad advice printed in PC magazines.

Adaware by Lavasoft is simply a VERY useful part of that "multi-layered"
approach to internet security, that we all have to spend so much time
maintaining.

Wouldn't it be lovely if was possible to somehow round up all the writers of
viruses / malware / scumware etc. and put them in the middle of a football
stadium, packed with an audience of ordinary PC users who've lost time and
money at the hands of those writers !

regards, Richard
 
J

Jim Macklin

It always works just fine. I use the free version and have
for several years, using 6.181 now. I also run SpyBot.

| Please post a credible source. Adaware has helped
uncounted numbers of
| users. If there is an issue with using it, then this
should be made public
| as many people trust it to help clean their system. If
there is not an
| issue, then you should retract the allegation.
|
| --
| Best of Luck,
|
| Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
| Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
|
| Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
|
|
|
| | > Becareful, I read today that ad-aware from lavasoft can
cause pop-ups
| > to appear and they apparently lay the blame on some
spyware program,
| > sounds fishy to me. I would un-install ad-aware if I
were you, until
| > they resolve their issues, no point in having your
computer affected
| > with a parasite.
| >
| > Gerry
| > IBM PC Specialist
|
|
 
R

RJK

Perhaps there is an ulterior motive in "Gerry o" 's post ! If his advice
was followed it would of course reduce ones internet armoury !

regards, Richard
 
B

Bruce Chambers

Greetings --

Please provide some sort of documentation to substantiate your
claim. It sounds more like you've been listening to one of the
spyware authors than to a reputable source. FYI, neither Spybot
Search & Destroy, nor any other security monitoring utility I've tried
identify Ad-Aware as malware.

Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
 
G

Gerry O

Yeah that sounds very intelligent. Lets do that. How do we round them
up though? Lavasoft's people are in Sweden.

Word of warning, I read today that ad-aware from lavasoft can cause
pop-ups
to appear and they apparently lay the blame on some spyware program,
sounds fishy to me. I would un-install ad-aware if I were you, until
they resolve their issues.

Gerry
IBM PC Specialist
 
G

Gary Edstrom

Can you quote some reference for your statement?

I have been using the paid version of ad-aware with ad-watch for some
time now and have NOT had ANY problems with it.

There are a couple of things that I wished worked differently, but that
is beside the point. It has done an EXCELLENT job of blocking add sites
and locating ad-ware & spy-ware on my system.

Gary
 
O

Opinicus

Gerry O said:
Becareful, I read today that ad-aware from lavasoft can cause pop-ups
Click to expand...

You read everything you believe?

(Metathesis intentional)

(OK, it's not really metathesis but I can't think of the right word at the
moment.)
 
T

TheCrewser

If you are a IBM PC Specialist, why do you have to call a technician
to come in and fix your problems? A specialist should have the
necessary technical expertise to install Windows, at the very least.

Stay in business, though...I make a lot of money coming in and
cleaning up YOUR messes. And I will smile all the way to the bank as
I take every one of you clients away from you!

IBM PC Specialist my AS*. Go get some real certifications and then
tell me you are a professional.

GLCrews,MCP, A+, N+, S+, CCNA, CNA
 
?

=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Sti=A9ky?=

This guy posted earlier that it crashed his computer so he now has a grudge.
Click to expand...
He's been spreading his opinion on various newsgroups where he declares
LavaSoft's Ad Aware to be spyware. He definitely has his own agenda (do
a Google Group search for "(e-mail address removed)" to see what I mean).

Unfortunately, many people are going to believe his crap without doing
their own research. Next he'll be spouting that ZoneAlarm and BlackIce
are Trojans and that we should shut them down.

I'd PLONK Gerry O but he's too funny to stop reading...
 
K

kim

Gerry said:
Becareful, I read today that ad-aware from lavasoft can cause pop-ups
to appear and they apparently lay the blame on some spyware program,
sounds fishy to me. I would un-install ad-aware if I were you, until
they resolve their issues, no point in having your computer affected
with a parasite.

Gerry
IBM PC Specialist
Click to expand...
 
J

Jim Macklin

He wrote it, then read it and now he is citing himself as an
authority who needs somebody else to fix his computer.


| Gerry O wrote:
| > Becareful, I read today that ad-aware from lavasoft can
cause pop-ups
| > to appear and they apparently lay the blame on some
spyware program,
| > sounds fishy to me. I would un-install ad-aware if I
were you, until
| > they resolve their issues, no point in having your
computer affected
| > with a parasite.
| >
| > Gerry
| > IBM PC Specialist
|
|
|
 

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