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| reply to weatherbugja
Re: yes, WeatherBug is NOT SPYWARE Hey, as the OP, I thought I'd jump back in.
Weatherbug used to, or maybe still does, pop up those activeX 'do you want to install this great software! click yes!' popups that gator also uses. I hate those with a passion as they can be accidentally clicked if they happen to appear over a link you were going to click. it's also misleading as it's the same thing flash player uses to install itself, but weatherbug is not required for the website. It's guilt by association.
That turned me off to weatherbug.
Weatherbug also slowed a friend's computer quite noticably. Granted, it was an older version than now, but I've already lost faith.
When I originally posted, I assumed that AIM had you install weatherbug automatically without prompting, but it doesn't ,which is a step forward. What it doesn't make clear is that Weatherbug will deliver advertising to your computer. If you tell AOL to make that explicitly clear on the install page (NOT buried in a EULA), and they do it, I will remove my 'ugh' from the topic title.
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