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st7860

join:2004-05-13
San Francisco, CA
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Ad-aware used to detect New.net but not anymore because ad-aware says they are innocent now.
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wuy3

join:2004-08-04
North Haven, CT
ya they won

We'll never get rid of advertising. They pushed as much of it as we could stomach on TV and now they'll find the breaking point for the net. Sonner or later we'll be required to have adware installed just to get online, mark my words.

petecellar

join:2002-10-15
Philadelphia, PA

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said by st7860 See Profile :

Ad-aware used to detect New.net but not anymore because ad-aware says they are innocent now.
That's very depressing that you can no longer trust any removal apps. It's bad enough when your app misses stuff due to a new trojan or some programming error, but toknow that they've been paid off the list. sucks. Capitalism gone awry IMO.

st7860

join:2004-05-13
San Francisco, CA

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said by st7860 See Profile :

Ad-aware used to detect New.net but not anymore because ad-aware says they are innocent now.
Well, SPYBOT is still independant and removes the stuff that ad-aware no longer removes.
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Scuba2

join:2004-01-13
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Maybe it is time to take a different approach.

Maybe it is time to take a different approach.

Instead of marketing the anti adware and anti spyware software as they do I think it should be marketed as a performance enhancement utility. I should be able to remove any software off my PC as I see fit. The anti adware and anti spyware vendors won’t list the villains as adware or spyware. They would just be providing a utility to remove ( crap ) software.


juicelee
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I don't think there's a program out there that covers 100% of spyware anyway. I run a combo of spybot and adaware.


novaflare
The Dragon Was Here
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join:2002-01-24
Barberton, OH

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said by wuy3 See Profile :

We'll never get rid of advertising. They pushed as much of it as we could stomach on TV and now they'll find the breaking point for the net. Sonner or later we'll be required to have adware installed just to get online, mark my words.
Tolate aol has done that for years juno has always been that way netzero again advert banner or no net. Netzero and juno essentially dont allow you to play any full screen game. This covers up their banner and its a instant disconnect for you. Corse you can always find the netzero banner program and end task on it and avoid that.
Ad sponsered pay internet has been around for a very long time. Ive never seen so many adverts as i do on aol when i work on such a system. On log in you have half a dozen windows with adverts.
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dvd536
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said by st7860 See Profile :

Ad-aware used to detect New.net but not anymore because ad-aware says they are innocent now.
In my book, anything that modifies your stack is NOT INNOCENT.
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