Conkshell
join:2004-12-22
Butler, NJ
|  Ebates Moe Money Maker
»www.spywareguide.com/product_sho···?id=1028
I found it on my System Configuration as part of my start up, and i was wondering if anyone has anyway to sucessfully remove it from my comp.
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Conkshell
join:2004-12-22
Butler, NJ | Thank you very much!:) | |
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CalamityJane
Premium,VIP,MVM
join:2002-08-27
Eustis, FL
| Re: Ebates Moe Money Maker You're welcome  . Once removed in Add/Remove program, you might want to subsequently check your Program Files folder just to make sure and delete the ebates folder (if found) usually located here if you are using C: as your hard drive:
C:\Program Files\Ebates_MoeMoneyMaker (delete the folder and it's contents, if found)
Also see our Prevention FAQ here for tips on how to avoid unwanted adware/spyware programs from installing on your computer.
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Mele20
Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI | Ebates is NOT spyware! I had it and I loved it. It saved me money when I bought this computer a year ago. If you don't want it then uninstall it but do not say it is spyware. | |
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| bobince
join:2002-04-19
DE
| Re: Ebates Moe Money Maker Mele20, there are many possible definitions of spyware. eBates does not match mine, because it I haven't seen it leak trackable information.
However, it does definitely match 'parasite', or 'unsolicited commercial software'. *You* may have installed it deliberately, but there are millions that *didn't*, of which Conkshell is just the latest.
The TopMoxie (eBates) software is installed not just by warning-free bundles with other applications, but also by exploitation of IE security holes. See also »www.benedelman.org/news/121504-1.html .
This is not acceptable by anyone's standards. | |
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| | Mele20
Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
| Re: Ebates Moe Money Maker This is still the fault of the user. If the user had Firefox this wouldn't happen. It is NOT spyware. You can decline the download. You do have to be able to read though in order to decline it. Most everything people call spyware is gotten because they use IE. It is the users fault. DON'T USE IE! It is that simple.
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join:2002-04-19
DE
| Re: Ebates Moe Money Maker I'm as much of a fan of Firefox as the next guy, but this reasoning is completely absurd, and shared only by CoolWebSearch themselves [some of whose exploits install eBates].
Their excuse on their 'help pages' is invariably "it's not my fault if Microsoft leaves holes in their browsers", which is about as convincing as "it's not my fault I robbed your house, your back door lock can be picked".
Exploitation of browser security holes is ILLEGAL. eBates are indirectly paying their affiliates for committing illegal acts. You CANNOT 'decline' a download that happens automatically due to security holes. Plus of course there is software that bundles TopMoxie without any notice whatsoever, let alone the opportunity to 'decline' it.
Non-IE browsers are not magically immune to security holes. CoolWebSearch have also used a Sun Java VM flaw in the past, which would happily work on Firefox, for example. Would the user be at fault then? | |
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God Bless The U.S. Military
join:2001-03-04
Franklinville, NY
| said by Mele20  :This is still the fault of the user. If the user had Firefox this wouldn't happen. LMAO:D
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markwp2001
Spreadhead
Premium
join:2002-05-25
Long Beach, MS
| Re: Ebates Moe Money Maker said by Hickerx2 : said by Mele20 :This is still the fault of the user. If the user had Firefox this wouldn't happen. LMAO:D Too much Hawaiian kind bud, perhaps? 
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TheJoker
Premium,VIP,MVM
join:2001-04-26
Alexandria, VA
| said by Mele20 :Ebates is NOT spyware! I had it and I loved it. It saved me money when I bought this computer a year ago. If you don't want it then uninstall it but do not say it is spyware. Not spyware to you then, but possibly malware/spyware to others as according to the description it can be "installed without any notice or consent whatsoever". If you install it purposely, its not malware to you, but when it installs for some others without any notice or consent, that's malware to them, as they have uninvited internet enabled software and have to spend time removing it.
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Buddel
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Premium
join:2004-03-06
EU | IE seems to be responsible for everything. | |
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Buddel
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Premium
join:2004-03-06
EU
1 edit | bobince, I absolutely agree with you. BTW, when I said that IE seems to be responsible for everything, I actually intended this to be a tongue-in-cheek remark. | |
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join:2002-04-19
DE | Re: Ebates Moe Money Maker Buddel_: yep. I was frothing at Mele rather than you. | |
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