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| From | Road Angel <samsmith@colorado.edu> |
| Subject | Re: spying on the spies |
| Date | Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:36:21 -0600 |
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I'm sure some of these other tools work pretty well, but I've never seen
anything better than Spybot Search & Destroy. It's incredibly simple to
use, too...
http://security.kolla.de/
Hersh Forman wrote:
>I'm aware of ad aware:
>
>http://www.lavasoftusa.com
>
>But who knows what it installed? I find this a very
>sneaky thing to do.
>
>PS: I wrote the e-mail below in a hurray without
>proofreading it. I just noticed I used the words
>"sort of" three times! D'oh!
>
>--- Jocelyn Geboy <smussyolay@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>~~~~ad aware is an awesome program for getting rid
>>of
>>all sorts of data miners/spyware/cookies that you
>>might not even REALIZE are on your computer. to my
>>knowledge, it's a free program?? adaware.com?
>>
>>you run it every week or so (or as often as you feel
>>necessary), and it tells you what data miners are
>>there, and then you delete them. lovely.
>>
>>jocelyn
>>
>> --- Hersh Forman <hiforman@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>This happened to me when I loaded the Radiohead CD
>>>into my computer. I did click "yes" and it
>>>installed
>>>some sort of player that started playing the CD.
>>>
>>>
>>I
>>
>>
>>>wish I hadn't done this if it's some sort of
>>>spyware.
>>>
>>>If indeed this is some sort of monitoring device,
>>>does
>>>anyone know how to uninstall it?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>PS: Exact Audio Copy ripped it without problem.
>>>Same
>>>for the new CD by "The Music".
>>>
>>>--- Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mando Diao's BRING 'EM IN (out next month on
>>>>
>>>>
>>Mute)
>>
>>
>>>>has a new
>>>>copy-protection device that I hadn't seen
>>>>
>>>>
>>before.
>>
>>
>>>>When I put the disc in
>>>>my computer, a screen comes up that says that my
>>>>computer must "update"
>>>>some files before the record can be listened to.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>In
>>>
>>>
>>>>other words, they want
>>>>to install a data miner on my hard drive to
>>>>
>>>>
>>>monitor
>>>
>>>
>>>>what I do with their
>>>>CD. Monitor this, Mute: your disc is now in my
>>>>wastebasket, and the print
>>>>review you solicited by sending me the disc in
>>>>
>>>>
>>the
>>
>>
>>>>first place is entirely
>>>>about this new device of yours (which crashed my
>>>>computer the first several
>>>>times I tried to listen to it) and the fact that
>>>>making me feel like a
>>>>criminal while I'm basically DOING YOU A FAVOR
>>>>
>>>>
>>by
>>
>>
>>>>drumming up some advance
>>>>press for your new baby band is not the way to
>>>>endear me to you, no matter
>>>>how much I agree philosophically with your
>>>>
>>>>
>>>aversion
>>>
>>>
>>>>to copyrtight theft.
>>>>
>>>>S
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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