sivran
Long Live The Suite
Premium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
clubs: | All I can do is laugh.
Finally something being done about rogue anti-spyware apps, but all I can do is laugh. L-O-Fking-L.
first? |
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loserhead
3 Billion Chinese People Can Be Wrong
join:2004-01-01
Ellijay, GA | noob problem
it's like all you have to do is "say" that you will help someone's pc and they will blindly agree to whatever EULA you put in front of them.
m glad that the govt is doing something about this.
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aaronfitz
Premium
join:2004-03-06
Cedar Rapids, IA | reply to sivran
Re: All I can do is laugh.
Why is everyone going on this "first post" thing? |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs: | ask Steve  about "first post moron" |
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sharksfan3
Premium
join:2004-02-16
Poughkeepsie, NY
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| reply to aaronfitz
said by aaronfitz :
Why is everyone going on this "first post" thing?
not sure
first the worst
second the best
third the nerd
grade school memories... |
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bmn
? ? ?
Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus
| reply to aaronfitz
It seems to have migrated here from Slashdot and how it got to Slashdot, I'm not certain exactly.
If fact, there once was a Userfriendly (www.userfriendly.org) that illustrated how some people sat waiting for a new news posting in order to be first to post a comment. Truth be told, I've met people who had done this and brag about it. Let's just say they aren't exactly "normal", if there is such a thing.
More info on the "first post" thing:
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_post
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Victory Not Vengeance
Viva La Fee' Verte! |
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PhoenixAZ
Joshua
Premium
join:2004-01-04
Phoenix, AZ | eacceleration Stop Sign
Is also one of those bogus spyware removers. |
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Doctor Olds
I Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.
Premium,VIP
join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30
clubs: | Put that AH known as Sanford Wallace in Prison.
He can tell Bubba his story while looking for the dropped soap. OUCH!! LOL |
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newview
Ex .. Ex .. Exactly
Premium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
| Sanford Wallace was . . .
a spamming scumbag criminal when he had Cyber Promotions.
He hasn't changed one bit. I hope they throw his ass in jail for his theft, fraud, vandalism, trespass, and racketeering.
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The Rules of Spam | Maryland's Newest Anti-Spam Law
Where are we going? And what's with the hand basket? |
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Pony99CA
join:2004-09-05
Hollister, CA
| Charging Users
It's bad enough that the moron deceived people with fraudulent software, but he also charged them for it. You'd think to get wider distribution, he would have offered it for free, but I suppose that also might have gotten him caught sooner.
I recommend changing his name from Spamford to Spamfraud. |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs: | Well
ya know what they say, if you can't trick them the old way try a new trick...
I guess charging them for the software was the trick.. |
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HangTheScumbag
|  Hang the SCUMBAG by his BALLS !!!
This SCUMBAG doesn't learn so it's time to "educate" him by hanging him by his BALLS with barbed wire!!! THAT should be a clear message he and other SCUM sucking Pigs like him that write Spyware will understand.
Hang em High !!! |
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BonezX
Basement Dweller
Premium
join:2004-04-13
Canada | ^ this is why i do not belive in the human race lasting long |
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BonezX
Basement Dweller
Premium
join:2004-04-13
Canada
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Re: Sanford Wallace was . . .
they should go after them for illegally using someone elses intellectual material ie: the code and systems used to scan
and when they click the magic Agree button the user has just given away any protection they had in the first place.
now i do not agree with spyware/adware and there are already mediums that are used to advertise products, one of them is T.V. then there's radio.
the thing with adware is that the product that the person or company is trying to sell my be illegal in the country in question which would make the entire idea of using the ad's in the first place useless.
leave ads as banners, do not add cookies, and don't mess with activex, should be the ground rules for internet advertising. |
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keith2468
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-03
Winnipeg, MB | List of more defective security software
List of more defective security software.
»www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_ant···products |
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DSun101
To Tired To Make Sense
join:2001-03-23
Boonton, NJ | reply to HangTheScumbag
Re: Hang the SCUMBAG by his BALLS !!!
Wait a sec, im acually agreeing with taylor01 here..oh jeez.. |
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keith2468
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-03
Winnipeg, MB
| reply to PhoenixAZ
Re: eacceleration Stop Sign
It is now listed as reformed, although not yet particularly effective.
»www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_ant···products
»www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_ant···#ss_note |
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bmn
? ? ?
Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus
| Next target...
www.winpopupguard.com
These guys advertise blocking popups and such all while infecting systems and advertising via, guess what ?... Pop-ups, especially when you search for Spyware or Adware.
And even more interesting are several forums posts around the internet from people who tried it out and found it contained Spyware.
They've also got a "partner" site called winantivirus.com.
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Victory Not Vengeance
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Levi Aho
@rnktel.ne
| reply to aaronfitz
Re: First Post BS
Well, you see ... Once apon a time slashdot was cool. And then slashdot got infested with n00bs and trolls and B1FF types. When these morons took over, stuff like the first post thing was part of what they did. So now, while slashdot is no longer cool (the fora at least), it still a reputation of cool, so newbies think acting like that is cool. And of course the B1FFs and trolls that ruined slashdot are looking for virgin web to rape. |
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Levi Aho
@rnktel.ne
| reply to loserhead
Re: noob problem
Sure, the fact that they bought spyware removeal tools from a popup ad indicated their inexperiance, but the isn't solely a newbie problem. You see, the ads to sell the faulty spyware removal tools are created by adware. If you read the Yahoo article they link too, you'd know that this first round of adware was drive by installed from some banner ads. My mother's Windows box is currently infected by this sort of software. (It's some adware that advertises all sorts of things. Sometimes it advertises anti spyware software.) I consider myself a hacker (not a cracker BTW), but I've had a hard time with this particular one. Don't know if it's related to this guy's activities or not.
Oh, and just in case you got your hopes up, this dosn't mean the government is taking spy/ad/malware seriously. This is a *civil* suit filed by the FTC. If they where serious, the FBI CyberCrime Division would get off it's collective behind and file some *criminal* charges. But no, they're off hunting teenagers with some craking skills and/or copyright violators or something. (BTW, I didn't say pirates because equating copyright violation with piracy is slander of the hightest order.) |
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