Gator spyware

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How does Gator Corp get away with secretly installing spyware on people's
computer? This is TWICE now I had to get rid of this from my parent's
computer. It's like a legal way companies can make and send viruses to
people who aren't very computer saavy.

My new enemy: http://www.gator.com
Mission Statement: To make money by installing viruses on people's computer.
Contact: We don't have a public phone number.
 
Their is no law that says SpyWare is illegal. It's also not considered a
virus. I'm not saying that it's a good application, but their are no laws
about.
 
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How does Gator Corp get away with secretly installing spyware on people's
computer? This is TWICE now I had to get rid of this from my parent's
computer. It's like a legal way companies can make and send viruses to
people who aren't very computer saavy.
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Get Spybot Search & Destroy from security.kolla.de. Use the Immunise
feature .. and then train parents to run/update it on a regular basis
(it's =easy=, even parents can be trained to run it).
 
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| >How does Gator Corp get away with secretly installing
spyware on people's
| >computer? This is TWICE now I had to get rid of this from
my parent's
| >computer. It's like a legal way companies can make and
send viruses to
| >people who aren't very computer saavy.
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| Get Spybot Search & Destroy from security.kolla.de. Use
the Immunise
| feature .. and then train parents to run/update it on a
regular basis
| (it's =easy=, even parents can be trained to run it).
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Greetings --

Gator doesn't install anything secretly. They tell exactly what
they're going to do in the EULA to which that you agreed (apparently
without reading and/or understanding) before downloading and
installing their "product." Gator, and other companies of their ilk,
have great success depending upon the intellectual laziness of the
average consumer.

Bruce Chambers

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Max said:
How does Gator Corp get away with secretly installing spyware on
people's computer? This is TWICE now I had to get rid of this from my
parent's computer. It's like a legal way companies can make and send
viruses to people who aren't very computer saavy.

My new enemy: http://www.gator.com
Mission Statement: To make money by installing viruses on people's
computer. Contact: We don't have a public phone number.
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What crapware is it that people are installing to get ride-along
software like Gator? I hear about this spyware crap all the time, and I
never, ever have to deal with it myself, even though I am constantly
installing new software.
 
I bet you do have spyware on your system and don't know it. Download SPYBOT
and run it against your computer.
 
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I have Spybot and Ad-aware, not to mention several other utilities. And
nope; no spyware on my systems. I've never even detected spyware with
any of those utilities, since I avoid the crap in the first place. I
simply don't install crapware, and I know how to configure my browser.
 
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Bee said:
The question is: how do you know the software is a rot before you
install and use it? If you only limit yourself to big names, then
you do not have much choice, and your computer experience will also
be severely restricted. If you don't meet and talk to people, and
close all doors and windows, sure, you don't get conned or swindled.
But, what sort of a life is that? As in all aspects of life in
general, I think the better approach is to be sensible and be
cautious -- don't ask me what precisely they are -- at all times when
one is connected to the WWW.

On average, I catch, with ZoneAlarm switched on continuously, using
Spybot and Ad-aware, about 10 Unidentified Filing Objects a day.
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I don't limit myself to big names by any stretch of the imagination. I
have a ton of third-party, small-name software. What I do is go to
reputable software sites like WebAttack, I read reviews, and I use
common sense.

I did a fresh install of WinXP this past January. Since then, I have
installed (and sometimes also removed) almost 400 software titles. This
is no exaggeration. And not *once* did I have to remove spyware. And
no, I didn't have it and fail to detect it. Yes, I'm sure. No BHOs, no
pop-up crap, no mysterious modules running in the background. Nothing.
(Well, you could count things like RealOne Player as spyware, but I
installed that knowingly, and minimized its intrusiveness.)

I use ZAP as well, and despite having almost 200 folders under my Start
Menu (which is representative of how much software I currently have
installed), I *never* get an outbound connection attempt that surprises
me. Never. As in... ever.
 
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