taar
join:2000-11-21 | AOL's trust system is really a joke
Did these fools pay AOL to be listed as a trustworthy enterprise?? |
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Spazmoto
Dark Flow
join:2003-08-22 | yes |
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zoom314
Superman
Premium
join:2001-04-30
Yermo, CA
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said by taar  :Did these fools pay AOL to be listed as a trustworthy enterprise?? Sure, AOL wants to make Money. Do You really wonder why It's so hard to get away from their evil clutches?  
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»mysite.verizon.net/zoom314/ |
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peggypwr1
join:2003-10-06
Fremont, CA | reply to taar
I emailed the Company Drect Revenue and told them to at least give us a warning and let the user choose whether they want it on their system.
I think everybody should do the same. |
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DiscardedVet
Premium
join:2005-04-06
Sturgis, SD
| Um, they are sending cease and desist "warnings" to companies that say their (Direct) crapware is crapware (in other words, threats).
Letters from the public to Direct stating ANY requests/demands/whatever is only going to get a chuckle followed by the delete button. Crapware companies' only involvment with the web user is via infecting the web user.
DV |
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ABISux
@swbell.ne
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Something I encourage everybody to do:
»www.oag.state.ny.us/online_forms···tion.jsp
Thank You for submitting your complaint to the New York State Office of the Attorney General. The following information has been submitted:
Form submitted on Tue Jun 14 06:01:07 2005
Personal Information:
[omitted]
Where did you hear about us?
online
URL: www.abetterinternet.com
Complaint:
A Better Internet / Direct Revenue / ABI Network is maliciously installing Adware / SpyWare on millions of PCs. Removal is virtually impossible without running their own removal tool, which I could not do when my PC was infected because "mypctuneup.com" was a broken link. Even when mypctuneup.com can be reached, it installs additional software without authorization. All told, this "business" has cost me approx. 12 hours of labor cleaning our computers. They use a miriad of websites to covertly infect PCs. Their software morphs with dynamically renaming executables, Registry hooks, etc.
Submitted: 06/14/2005
You will be receiving an email from us shortly.
Your comments will be reviewed by the Internet Bureau staff and kept on file for future reference. In the event that this type of issue develops into a pattern, your efforts may help us in aiding other affected individuals.
Internet Bureau Main Page
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Dear Consumer:
Thank you for your submission to the New York State Attorney General's Internet Bureau. On behalf of Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, I want to thank you for taking the time to alert us to this matter. Your assistance is vital to our efforts to serve the people of the State of New York.
We have added your submission to our files. It is through complaints such as yours that we learn of patterns of fraud and illegality. If you have any questions about this matter, please call us at (212) 416-8433. For other consumer-related matters, please call our consumer hotline at (800) 771-7755.
Thank you for contacting us. |
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