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'Spyware or Adware' Debate
Aluria decision prompts heated criticism
As we mentioned last week, "anti-spyware" company Aluria has lost all legitimacy to many by dubbing WhenU - one of the web's more prodigious irritant-ware creators - as "Spyware SAFE Certified" under a new agreement. In essence the company went from hunting down WhenU products one day, to a marketing relationship that pretends WhenU is internet friendly the next. This ongoing discussion in our Security forum is worth a read, as is this Eweek article about the decision.
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MikeStammer
No prison can hold me
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Fortville, IN

MikeStammer

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Who knows latin?

How do you say 'surfer beware'?

As with most things in life, one has to research things on their own and not trust the word of companies who are and will do/say anything to make a profit. Who the heck is Aluria anyways?

Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02

Karl Bode

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Re: Who knows latin?

They create spyware detection software, for AOL and others.

Except now, it doesn't detect WhenU.

E_V
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join:2000-09-29
Mexico

E_V to MikeStammer

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to MikeStammer
Read the article
>proclaims that Aluria (the company that makes AOL's iffy spwyare detection software)

MikeStammer
No prison can hold me
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join:2002-12-26
Fortville, IN

MikeStammer

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Re: Who knows latin?

said by E_V:

Read the article
>proclaims that Aluria (the company that makes AOL's iffy spwyare detection software)
it was more of a question of, does anyone care about them vs. not knowing what they did!

Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02

Karl Bode

News Guy

Re: Who knows latin?

If they're providing spyware scanning service for AOL's millions of members, why wouldn't you care that they're doing an incomplete job?

MikeStammer
No prison can hold me
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join:2002-12-26
Fortville, IN

MikeStammer

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Re: Who knows latin?

said by Karl Bode:

If they're providing spyware scanning service for AOL's millions of members, why wouldn't you care that they're doing an incomplete job?
Because its AOL?!

Karl Bode
News Guy
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Karl Bode

News Guy

Re: Who knows latin?

Yes, ok, but the money they make off of those AOL users keeps ad/spyware companies in business so they can irritate the rest of us.....

Ivybridge_I7
Cyber-Crime Researcher OpSec
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join:2004-06-09
Daytona Beach, FL

Ivybridge_I7

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Who are these spyware cat-and-mouse hijackers?

A spyware mystery: Who are those hijackers?
By Anick Jesdanun The Associated Press
Tuesday, November 2, 2004
CoolWebSearch and Its programmers have managed to reset Web browsers so that searches get rerouted to the Cool Web Search engine. And any time antispyware engineers find a way to stop the hijacking, a new variant pops up, sneakier than its predecessor. There are now dozens.
»www.iht.com/articles/200 ··· are.html

Musicscom
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join:2004-08-24
Washington, DC

Musicscom

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Re: Who are these spyware cat-and-mouse hijackers?

Who do you think is at the root of all of this but Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Steve Case?

Who else hides behind others?

Hangthe fuggers
@taylor01.mi.comcast.

Hangthe fuggers

Anon

Hang the FUC*ERS !!!

Hang everyone of those scumbag Spyware/Adware Spammers by their balls with barbed wire or give me 15 minutes in a locked room with them...

wolfox
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join:2002-11-27
Dunnellon, FL

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Re: Hang the FUC*ERS !!!

Right next to the Pro-RIAA trolls no doubt...

lupinia
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join:2004-08-24
Harrisonburg, VA

lupinia

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Re: Hang the FUC*ERS !!!

Damn he's relentless, reminds me of a local idiot who spends all day spamming CB ch. 19 with nothing but stupid sound clips.

Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY

Transmaster

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Re: Hang the FUC*ERS !!!

said by lupinia:

Damn he's relentless, reminds me of a local idiot who spends all day spamming CB ch. 19 with nothing but stupid sound clips.
Yes; and not even as interesting as the "Homo Sapien Lot lizardea" known as "Thunder Thights" at the Sapp Brother's truck Stop. who is heard on Channel 19 saying "I'm go'in to whok yo world":D

Glaice
Brutal Video Vault
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North Babylon, NY

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to Hangthe fuggers
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Glaice

Glaice

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Solution

Boycott WhenU and Aluria's half-assed spyware product and spread the word on how they (WhenU) try and be the good guy when obviously they are spyware underneith this "good guy" mask.

dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ

dvd536

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Re: Solution

WhenU is easy to get rid of. [i did it manually], but the eXact spyware is impossible to get rid of and no anti-spyware is detecting them yet. deleting them and they just come back. nls.exe, and their upload/download .exes also come back if you try to get rid of them. why isn't anyone detecting them yet. i believe they're part of the navisearch spyware.