cbrigante2
Cubs 20??
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join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL | Add another one...
Another application to add to my "do not bother with" list. |
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woody7
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join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA
1 edit | hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
They suc$
you would think that what Lavasoft went through they would get it......
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furlonium
Computer Over? Virus equals Very Yes?
join:2002-05-08
Bethlehem, PA | I use this program, and I like it, and I'd rather not have to uninstall it because they make some stupid decision like Lavasoft did. |
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exocet_cm
In memory of dadkins
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join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
clubs:  
 ·Cox HSI
·Suddenlink
 ·Cingular Wireless
 ·AT&T Southeast
·Charter Pipeline
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Wow, I had respect for ad-aware...then lost it.
I had respect for pest patrol...now lost it.
I have respect for Spybot S&D...better not loose it.
It only takes ONE time to smear your name. Give yourself a bad rap and you will have to try twofold to get your respect back.
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TheMetrix
R.T.F.M. - P.E.B.K.A.C
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join:2002-06-15
Utica, MI
clubs:
·WOW Internet and C..
| reply to cbrigante2
Re: Add another one...
There is only two products I use for removing adware/spyware from computers I get in, Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware.
Everytime I've tried using Pest Patrol it doesn't work worth a damn so I just uninstall it too. Why waste my time with a product that doesn't do what it advertises.
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guitarzan
Premium
join:2004-05-04
Skytop, PA
·epix
| You Gotta Be Kidding Me
Is it the lure of easy money.? That these companies are dropping Spyware/Walware/Adware/Shitware/Fcuk up my computer/
With foreign junk I DON'T want on my O/S in the first place.?
I have Computer Associates as a fire wall and Anti Virus.Is it recommended to drop CA like a rag knowing this info.?
TIA Guitarzan |
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Voyager2K2
join:2001-10-04
Wayne, PA
 ·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | Too Bad
Another one bites the dust.
MS AntiSpy has to dectect this prime piece of crapware so who cares?
EDIT:
CA is no Mom and Pop operation.
I wonder why they flipped so easily?
I am interested to see what happens to their stock price when the market opens today. |
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BetYourAzzBucko
 from:
dadkins 
| Death to All SCUMWARE Pimps !
The only good Spammer/Spyware/Hacker PIMP is a DEAD ONE! Any Anti-SCUMWARE company who would compromise their product due to threats of litigation from the criminals, doesn't deserve to sell or distribute their USELESS product. The day some SCUMBAG criminal gets to tell me what SPYWARE/SCUMWARE they can download to my PC without my permission is they day they DIE ! |
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cbrigante2
Cubs 20??
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join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL | reply to cbrigante2
Re: Add another one...
I'm more of a Spy Sweeper guy myself. I used to like AdAware, but even before the questions of Claria, I found Spy Sweeper solving more issues with my pcs than AdAware was. |
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lgkahn
Premium
join:2005-02-15
Londonderry, NH | bps remover
I use bullet proof software spyware and adware remover
and it is great.. it also has frequent updates |
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cbrigante2
Cubs 20??
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join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL
1 edit | reply to BetYourAzzBucko
Re: Death to All SCUMWARE Pimps !
Ok....no more coffee for you!:o |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
3 edits | Removal link now works; but CA still stinks
quote:
While Pest Patrol is on Claria hiatus, they've failed to offer users any sort of removal tool, instead - as Eric Howes notes - offering a dead link to removal instructions.
This link to manual removal of Claria software at CA's web site now works:
»www3.ca.com/content/default.aspx?CID=67999
But I still think CA's process for removal of Claria from the database stinks. The process removes the detection as soon as an appeal is lodged. What it should do is remove the detection only after the investigation is over, not before it starts. Stinking lawyers.
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Windoze non-user
@cox.net | reply to lgkahn
Re: bps remover
I use Linux and dont get any of that troublesome crap on my PC. I'll never look back after leaving MS. Like a divorce that went well, I'm loving it. It's nice to not even worry about petty crap like spyware. |
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JPCass
join:2001-01-23
Denver, CO
| Should there be more options?
A lot of the controversy, and the difficulty the detection companies have with these companies putting out the invasive software, is the lumping together of the most abusive of it - uninstallable, reporting to remote servers, etc. - from the more moderate adware. While it's close to equally objectionable to most of us technical users, there may in fact be a real distinction to be made.
Would it help clarify these controversies, for the detection companies to break software into different categories? They might be able to deal with the adware vendors more easily, by having criterial for downgrading applications that were uninstallable and better behaved, rather than having no choice between dropping the application completely from detection or else getting into an ugly fight. Users could then make choices as to what level of software removal they wanted. Or would that just muddy the waters, and complicate the fight against mal/ad - ware? |
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Voyager2K2
join:2001-10-04
Wayne, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to BetYourAzzBucko
Re: Death to All SCUMWARE Pimps !
said by BetYourAzzBucko:
The only good Spammer/Spyware/Hacker PIMP is a DEAD ONE! Any Anti-SCUMWARE company who would compromise their product due to threats of litigation from the criminals, doesn't deserve to sell or distribute their USELESS product. The day some SCUMBAG criminal gets to tell me what SPYWARE/SCUMWARE they can download to my PC without my permission is they day they DIE !
Forget to take your meds today Taylor01?  |
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI | Here's my favorite...
antivirus, antispyware, antitrojan, anticrapware.
Just a simple/quick reboot and ALL the crap is gone.
»www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp |
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Slidetbone
Mazin Go
Premium
join:2002-11-10
Land O Lakes, FL | reply to cbrigante2
Re: Add another one...
Another app bites the dust.
Lavasoft made themselves look vulnerable and now, Pest Patrol wusses out.
No thanks. Once a company balks at the very thing they are offering protection against, they lose credibility in my book. |
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notbuyingit
@rr.com
| It will hurt them in the long run
We have 2,000 corporate licenses and one of the primary reasons we purchased antyspyware was to get rid of the gator program and the smileys. Our lawyer is going over the SLA agreement right now to determine whether or not they violated it by pulling this major piece of crapware from their detection engine.
I understand that CA may be threatened by these money hungry pigs but soon they will start to realize that letting down your customers, especially large businesses will have legal and financial consequences as well. |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
Premium
join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
| Whores...the lot of 'em
That's fine. They can whore themselves out to Claria just as Lavasucks did with WhenU.
And their reputations will be gone 4-ever. When they come boo hooing back they'll get the middle finger from the users they screwed over.
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anonpornman
@dsl.net
| reply to cbrigante2
Re: Add another one...
I've recommended to all of my customers to identify the programs they are using.. If these programs happen to be removing the Adware /spaware definitions i've told my clients to contact the Company and request a refund as their product is not working as stated..
This is going to be a field day with the states attorney generals.. Wait they have no time for this they are trying to keep brain dead people alive. |
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