SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
| Digital Wallets... feh
We're not talking about major inconveniences regarding manually typing this information when you buy. If you are worried about the security of a digital wallet just don't use it. Digital wallets are for the most part a tiny luxury for the average consumer. |
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SMCinAZ
Premium
join:2000-11-29
Glendale, AZ
clubs: | Gator Is Worse Than A Trojan or Virus
Worst piece of trash software ever concocted. |
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Digital
As-Salamu Alaykum
Premium
join:2000-07-24
Mentor, OH | said by smcinsjc:
Worst piece of trash software ever concocted.
I couldn't agree more. |
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Mashiki
Balking The Enemy's Plans
join:2002-02-04
Woodstock, ON
 ·Bright House
·Rogers Hi-Speed
| Yes...
I have a wallet too...and in it I put all my needed information. Mostly into my back pocket, but...with the lack of security that they use for the digitial wallets and such, mostly either being a 64 or 128bit cypher it only takes 5-6 computers in a beowolf cluster to break it into itty peices and pull the information apart. But regardless this is spam ware nothing else. |
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Daishi7
Premium
join:2002-02-24
clubs:  | Thank you Symantec!
thank you, thank you. |
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mags2
Agent Provocateur
join:2001-07-19
SoCal | Gator Companion
...preying on neophyte netizens *everywhere* |
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Majestik
World Traveler
Premium
join:2001-05-11
Tulsa, OK
clubs: |  reply to SMCinAZ
Re: Gator Is Worse Than A Trojan or Virus
Indeed. |
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Rally1
join:2000-06-12
Irvine, CA
 ·AT&T U-Verse
|  when i see it i cry
It hurts me when I see someone else’s computer, with that horrid little green and orange gator down in the taskbar.
If ask the person what it is, the common answer is "I have no idea". About 2 mins later I have taken it off their computer (until they are suckered into installing it again!)
That gator and the purple gorilla are my least fav. animals.
The number of stupid little icons on your taskbar is inversely proportional to your computer knowledge! |
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CatholicJedi
join:2001-09-28
Mesa, AZ | I agree with that. Also, system-tray efficient people are generally more knowledgable about computers than those who let programs go where they want, when they want.
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"May you live all the days of your life." |
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Eatmeingreek
Gentard
join:2001-06-29
San Francisco, CA
| It's a pig, too
I was helping a client who complained his computer started up too slowly. He had willingly installed Gator (he's a fairly sophisticated user.) So I turn on a few columns on the Windows Task Manager to see what was causing the disk to grind so heavily on logon. That damn gator thing was doing 500,000 disk reads on startup! The poor little laptop it was installed on just couldn't take it.
Avoid that stuff like the plague.
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What the hell are we supposed to use, man? Harsh language? - Private Frost, from the movie Aliens |
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CatholicJedi
join:2001-09-28
Mesa, AZ | Avoid it first, and if necessary, take ad-aware and nuke it.
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"May you live all the days of your life." |
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Techie2000
In Vertigo
Premium
join:2001-12-05
clubs: |  Need a Gator like program that's better?
I use KeyWallet from »www.keywallet.com/ and love it. It's skinnable, and freeware. No ads or spyware. |
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SeminoleRob
join:2001-12-19
Panama City, FL | reply to Rally1
Re: when i see it i cry
The Gator and that Comet Cursor are the worst. |
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Hiroshima
join:2002-03-08
Longview, TX
| Worse than a trojan...
I have gone to sites where that window has popped up, clicked NO and 10 minutes later i'll notice that alligator icon in my system tray. It's incredibly annoying and we should organize a group of people to bring a law suite against that company and bleed them dry of all their money. We could claim it gives us arthritus in our hands/fingers because we have to delete the so many times.
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starfighter
join:2000-12-11
Valencia, CA | reply to Techie2000
Re: Need a Gator like program that's better?
If you are so lazy that a wallet appeals to you, use the auto-complete function built into Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0. |
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Techie2000
In Vertigo
Premium
join:2001-12-05
clubs:
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It's not so much because of laziness, its because I always use different usernames and passwords for stuff, and i use it for the password Generator. AutoComplete won't do that for me...
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My Website|Gamer's eNigma |
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xdeadhead
220, 221, Whatever It Takes.
Premium
join:2000-11-08
Mechanicsburg, PA | reply to Rally1
Re: when i see it i cry
LMAO. couldnt be more true. tray icons and inverse proprtion.....im still LMAO...thats great! |
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mags2
Agent Provocateur
join:2001-07-19
SoCal
| Ad-Aware 5.62 kills spyware dead
Gator, Comet and Cydoor, etc. For those of you who have
"no idea" what those cutesy little icons are in the task bar, or are generally clueless pc users with an internet connection, click on »www.lavasoftUSA.com Download. Install. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
[text was edited by author 2002-03-08 19:53:57] |
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Nsane_iceman
Workaholic
Premium
join:2001-02-26
North Richland Hills, TX
clubs:
| School's computers
Hehehe all my teachers computer at school have the Comet Cursor or gator on them...
I just laugh and fix thier computers..
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XP Pro rocks for SETI and UD!!
[text was edited by author 2002-03-08 21:33:36] |
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SigEp1995
join:2000-11-17
Alumni Hall
| At the university where I work, our system administrator denied us permission to get into the Control Panel,which is smart...sometimes. It sucks when dumb students download stupid programs such as the ones mentioned and you can't uninstall them without going into the Control Panel since the uninstall files are not listed or have been removed in the folders. Hacking the registry only makes them not appear on the taskbar, but they're still there. At least if it's out of sight, it's out of mind and they wouldn't know nor care. |
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