| Author | Message | Time |
|---|---|---|
| iago | Microsoft is planning to buy Claria Corporation, which created the spyware that everybody loves: Gator. It's going to help them compete with Google and Yahoo for ad revenues. Microsoft has also started calling Gator "moderate" and recommending that you ignore it. This is very shady. I don't like it at all. More information: http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/340 The pre-article thing: [quote]I don't get mad too easily, but there's one thing guaranteed to really get me steaming, and that's when someone is lying to me. Right now I'm feeling lied to, and while I could be wrong, I don't think I am. Worse, I don't think I'm the only one who's the victim here. I think virtually all of you are having your chains yanked as well.[/quote] | July 13, 2005, 4:58 PM |
| Myndfyr | More and more I'm wanting *nix to work with my hardware.... | July 13, 2005, 5:07 PM |
| R.a.B.B.i.T | More and more I'm wanting *nix to not nuke my HD when I install it. | July 13, 2005, 5:17 PM |
| nslay | [quote author=iago link=topic=12203.msg120522#msg120522 date=1121273924] Microsoft is planning to buy Claria Corporation, which created the spyware that everybody loves: Gator. It's going to help them compete with Google and Yahoo for ad revenues. Microsoft has also started calling Gator "moderate" and recommending that you ignore it. This is very shady. I don't like it at all. More information: http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/340 The pre-article thing: [quote]I don't get mad too easily, but there's one thing guaranteed to really get me steaming, and that's when someone is lying to me. Right now I'm feeling lied to, and while I could be wrong, I don't think I am. Worse, I don't think I'm the only one who's the victim here. I think virtually all of you are having your chains yanked as well.[/quote] [/quote] Time to move to Apple, [size=6pt]Linux[/size] or Unix everybody :o If you like Apple but you don't want to buy the costly hardware to run it...have no fear, Darwin is here, [url]http://www.opendarwin.org/[/url]. Darwin is the BSD Unix variant that made OS X what it is. Or, if you're worried about hardware compatibility. FreeBSD is probably one of the most hardware compatible Unix flavors available today. [url]http://www.freebsd.org/[/url]. I'm such an ass aren't I? :) | July 13, 2005, 5:30 PM |
| iago | I was just thinking of how funny it would be if Windows came pre-packaged with Spyware. Ads going across the background and stuff. That would be hilarious. | July 13, 2005, 5:33 PM |
| nslay | [quote author=iago link=topic=12203.msg120530#msg120530 date=1121276031] I was just thinking of how funny it would be if Windows came pre-packaged with Spyware. Ads going across the background and stuff. That would be hilarious. [/quote] Microsoft would use its monopoly over the market to measure usage statistics of its OS and programs that run therein. Much like they already do with Windows Media Player, but worse. This is one reason why I went to Unix. This is the perfect time to show this because Microsoft is now being portrayed as a dictatorship. [move][size=16pt]Unix - Live Free Or Die[/size][/move] You can actually get their license plate here (I know its a little pricey for a license plate) | July 13, 2005, 5:55 PM |
| iago | [quote author=nslay link=topic=12203.msg120534#msg120534 date=1121277328] You can actually get their license plate here (I know its a little pricey for a license plate) [/quote] Eww, supporting Open Group! :-P | July 13, 2005, 6:09 PM |
| nslay | [quote author=iago link=topic=12203.msg120535#msg120535 date=1121278160] [quote author=nslay link=topic=12203.msg120534#msg120534 date=1121277328] You can actually get their license plate here (I know its a little pricey for a license plate) [/quote] Eww, supporting Open Group! :-P [/quote] It's not Open Group I'm intending to support, it's Unix :-P Fine :'( Buy these boxer shorts [img]http://www.freebsdmall.com/images/bp/bsdboxer.gif[/img] [url]http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/bsdboxer?id=TS9It9Bd&mv_pc=68[/url] | July 13, 2005, 6:13 PM |
| UserLoser. | [quote author=iago link=topic=12203.msg120530#msg120530 date=1121276031] I was just thinking of how funny it would be if Windows came pre-packaged with Spyware. Ads going across the background and stuff. That would be hilarious. [/quote] We'll find out when Longhorn comes next year =P | July 13, 2005, 6:14 PM |
| Arta | This was lies btw. They're now both saying that they've decided not to go ahead. It's unclear who pulled out first :) [quote] You're fired! No, I quit! [/quote] muahaha | July 13, 2005, 6:23 PM |
| iago | [quote author=Arta[vL] link=topic=12203.msg120541#msg120541 date=1121279001] This was lies btw. They're now both saying that they've decided not to go ahead. It's unclear who pulled out first :) [/quote] Haha nice, I guess Microsoft saw the bad publicity. But the fact that they'd consider teaming up with Spyware sucks | July 13, 2005, 6:46 PM |
| nslay | [quote author=iago link=topic=12203.msg120547#msg120547 date=1121280386] [quote author=Arta[vL] link=topic=12203.msg120541#msg120541 date=1121279001] This was lies btw. They're now both saying that they've decided not to go ahead. It's unclear who pulled out first :) [/quote] Haha nice, I guess Microsoft saw the bad publicity. But the fact that they'd consider teaming up with Spyware sucks [/quote] Let's grow some giant tarantulas | July 13, 2005, 7:02 PM |
| Mangix | lol heres something interesting. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/claria_letter.mspx | July 13, 2005, 7:34 PM |
| Intangir | [quote author=iago link=topic=12203.msg120530#msg120530 date=1121276031] I was just thinking of how funny it would be if Windows came pre-packaged with Spyware. Ads going across the background and stuff. That would be hilarious. [/quote] it does install windows 2k or XP fresh then scan for spyware, some kind of alexa spyware is preinstalled thats how www.alexa.com gets its stats | July 13, 2005, 8:44 PM |
| nslay | [quote author=Intangir link=topic=12203.msg120580#msg120580 date=1121287448] [quote author=iago link=topic=12203.msg120530#msg120530 date=1121276031] I was just thinking of how funny it would be if Windows came pre-packaged with Spyware. Ads going across the background and stuff. That would be hilarious. [/quote] it does install windows 2k or XP fresh then scan for spyware, some kind of alexa spyware is preinstalled thats how www.alexa.com gets its stats [/quote] Where can I look to manually remove it (I manually remove spyware lots). I'd rather not install a fresh copy. | July 14, 2005, 1:16 AM |
| Newby | [quote author=Intangir link=topic=12203.msg120580#msg120580 date=1121287448] [quote author=iago link=topic=12203.msg120530#msg120530 date=1121276031] I was just thinking of how funny it would be if Windows came pre-packaged with Spyware. Ads going across the background and stuff. That would be hilarious. [/quote] it does install windows 2k or XP fresh then scan for spyware, some kind of alexa spyware is preinstalled thats how www.alexa.com gets its stats [/quote] I was going to comment, but you got to it first! | July 14, 2005, 2:17 AM |