jarablue
Always be true to yourself
join:2001-06-11
Worcester, MA | LOL
Pack of thieves turning in on themselves. First post bootaylicious. |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
| Duh...
What did they think was going to happen? You lie with dogs you get fleas.
Good riddance...and let others be on notice; you whore yourself (Lavasucks, PP)...people will notice.
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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1 edit |  Coast was always a joke and now just a dead duck
»www.coast-info.org/NOTICE: C.O.A.S.T. has ceased operations, and this website will
be taken down permanently on April 15, 2005.
The site hasn't given any reason for the collapse.
Here is a link to the story at Cnet:
»news.com.com/Anti-spyware+group+···717.html
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mrchris
We don't miss you Bush
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join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY | reply to jarablue
Re: LOL
About time, they were losing credibility after spy/adware companies were joining anyways!
Please no 'first post' BS, kthx. |
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
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join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX | reply to oliphant
Re: Duh...
I like the analogy a GRC newsgroups regular gave a few
weeks ago when it was revealed that 180 Solutions had
joined:
"When you introduce enough foxes into a hen house, it
stops being a hen house. It has now become a fox den." |
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hambone6666
Sigmarick Said Arse
join:2001-02-13
Stamford, CT
clubs:   | hehe
C.aved
O.ver
A.dding
S.pyware
T.rash
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Gundam_Toon
join:2004-09-03
Noblesville, IN | Good one |
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GreggE
Thinking - Thinking
Premium
join:2003-06-01
Mid Tenn
| Now for the rest
Any other "Anti-Spyware" companies want to defend companies of known spyware products? Maybe between the Adaware debacle and this, these legit spyware removal companies will stay legit and do what they set out to do in the first place...help the consumer. |
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Grail Knight
Who Dares Wins
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join:2003-05-31
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| No surprise there.
These types probably eat their dead.
It is kind of sad though as they were easier to keep account of when they were in a cluster.
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holymama31
@bellsouth.net
| I tried to make an organization that was based on ethics and integrity to help curb spyware development.
My goal was to "certify" spyware-free developers and their software to promote "good" software development standards.
My goal was never to profit from this.
I tried doing this, and you may be wondering what happened.
Well, it's hard for an unknown "guy" to develop a website and make it big overnight.
Now, if a "Spyware researcher" (NO NAMES WINK WINK) were to do this, the program would gain national media attention.
I believe COAST had a good "idea," but the idea was fueled in the wrong direction by the spyware giants.
I tried putting my idea into motion but I couldn't garner the support of the "big-3" (NO NAMES WINK WINK)
so it died.........
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holymama311
@bellsouth.net
| BTW, I should mention,
I am in no way affiliated with COAST.
I tried to start my idea when COAST crashed.
"CASA - Coalition Against Spyware Advancement"
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Doctor Four
My other vehicle is a TARDIS
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join:2000-09-05
Dallas, TX | reply to hambone6666
Re: hehe
Or another one:
Consortium Of Adware Scumware Trackware...
That's one someone posted in the security forum when
180 Solutions was admitted into COAST. |
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Rogue Wolf
Is Kind Of A Big Deal In Yemen
join:2003-08-12
Troy, NY | Hmmm....
Could this have been what the spyware companies wanted all along?
Infiltrate, corrupt, destroy from within... victory? |
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Fatal Vector
@aol.com |
You think? This strategy is old as the hills. Infilterate and conquer. |
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Grail Knight
Who Dares Wins
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join:2003-05-31
·Verizon Online DSL
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Re: No surprise there.
I think COAST set themselves up for a fall by not realizing that once they let the Spyware Vendors into into their midst they would use their huge financial resources to sway the votes. No diff. then the government Special Interest Groups who claim they are working for the people, but are really only working for their own profit.
I think your idea could take off if you got the word out and
you could prove CASA's legitimacy holymama31. You would be amazed what backing is available once you prove your organization is there to help and has iron clad contracts with anyone that would be part of your group not allowing it to stray from it's mission.
If money is made available after that so be it. One can not fight the Spyware Vendors without cash. I personally would like to see MS throw their financial weight behind a group be it yours if it takes off or any Anti-Spyware, Anti-Adware. I think you would see some real progress then in fighting these losers that prey on users and their machines.
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zoom314
Superman
Premium
join:2001-04-30
Yermo, CA
1 edit | reply to Fatal Vector
Re: Hmmm....
said by Fatal Vector:
You think? This strategy is old as the hills. Infiltrate and conquer.
Actually It's called Divide and Conquer, As that is what one would do to an enemy or an opponent.
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damox
Premium
join:2002-01-07
Olympia, WA | It's my guess . . .
It's my guess that the demise of COAST was 180Solutions' plan all along. |
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RealDrazula
@fiserv.com
| A new standards committee needed
The goals of the original members of COAST was standardization and awareness. Certification of products was never the original intension. And that runs completely counter to the original goals.
Hopefully a new organization can be formed to move standards and education forward. |
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2kmaro
Think
Premium,ExMod 1 BC
join:2000-07-11
ColossalCave
clubs:
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Re: No surprise there.
said by Grail Knight  :These types probably eat their dead. More likely they eat their newborn.
It's amazing what $$$ combined with the mindset of a serial killer can accomplish --- total destruction of anything even approaching "a good thing".
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holyhell
@bellsouth.net | reply to RealDrazula
Re: A new standards committee needed
standards and education?
nah |
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