24-10-2003 12:14									#31
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what would be nice is to see the online community do some vigilante justice and start DNSing Gator's website.

	24-10-2003 12:46									#32
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	24-10-2003 12:49									#33
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

quote: Originally posted by Shi Huangdi what would be nice is to see the online community do some vigilante justice and start DNSing Gator's website.

You mean DoS

	24-10-2003 13:16									#34
	Increase Your PM Length

This is a big 'whatever' on the frontlines: spyware, SPAM, and pop-ups/unders are all crap to the average shmoe. I suggest we call it all 'Crapware' and be done with it.

	24-10-2003 13:31									#35
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I thought America fights the war on terrorism?

Why doesn't Gator get bombed?

Or the RIAA?

Or Bill Gates?

	24-10-2003 16:49									#36
	Inflate your Upload Space

bill gates isn't a terrorist.
the riaa owns a lot of congresspeople.

now gator, on the other hand...

	24-10-2003 17:02									#37
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WIn XP has a system restore feature which let's you restore the registry to a previous date and/or time. On one occation I installed a share ware program which installed gator (and no the bastards didn't declare they were installing spyware) and I successfully removed it from my registry using Win XP's system restore feature.

	24-10-2003 17:37									#38
	Suffering from ads?

quote: They will simply invent a new term to describe Gator and adaware, etc will then label it as such.

Sure, but it is a first step to "legalise" it.

	24-10-2003 18:24									#39
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger You mean DoS

	24-10-2003 18:38									#40
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As long as the spybot/adaware software can still detect the stuff and stop it doing its evil games, then i wont mind if they have to call it 'really helpfull advice pop up software' - most people will know what it does, and that its bad.

Just a thought but if you use something like partition magic to keep a clean install image of your pc, when you reimage it you do lose all the spyware stuff dont you?

Its a shame we cant sue companies like gator for putting stuff on our computers that can cause crashes etc.

	30-10-2003 17:13									#41
	Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

http://www.gator.com/

is now

http://www.claria.com/

they're trying to distance themselves from the spyware they sell. dirty rotten scumbags.

	30-10-2003 20:12									#42
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Heh. From that site:

quote: GAIN Publishing® - GAIN Publishing distributes a variety of popular software applications and owns and operates the GAIN Network, the world’s largest in-context behavioral advertising network. The GAIN Network helps keep many popular software applications and websites free in exchange for displaying online advertising based on your online surfing behavior. The following four products are produced and distributed by GAIN Publishing.

That's one way of putting it, I suppose......

	02-11-2003 09:39									#43
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quote: behavioral advertising

How to get people steamed, fast

	02-11-2003 09:41									#44
	Tired of ads?

Oh, and before anyone else does it....

Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware. Claria is spyware.

	02-11-2003 09:47									#45
	Increase Your PM Length

tass.

they're website is nicer this time around.

still, even after you can it, sell it as art, and then have someone gold-plate it... it's still ****.

	02-11-2003 10:26									#46
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hi ,

héhéh , the EU has a new guideline from today , ......

no more spam , no more unwanted emails , ......


have a nice day

	08-11-2003 03:52									#47
	Put an end to popups!

Anybody else seen the Napster ads lately? Are we cool to download with impunity again, or are FBI helis going to land on my lawn once I get that latest Britney Spears/Metallica/Madonna joint?

	08-11-2003 04:56									#48
	Get a bigger avatar today!

The last time I encountered gator I wasn't offered the option of refusing it. I tried to make it go away, but it refused and downloaded itself anyway. I don't see how that differs from spyware.

	08-11-2003 06:31									#49
	Increase the size of your Attachments

quote: Originally posted by st_swithin Anybody else seen the Napster ads lately? Are we cool to download with impunity again, or are FBI helis going to land on my lawn once I get that latest Britney Spears/Metallica/Madonna joint?

No, Napster is now firmly the cheap, slutty b*tch of the Recording Industry. I forget which companies are participating, but only the songs they want to give are available...for a nominal fee...

	08-11-2003 06:36									#50
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

quote: Originally posted by Dr Strangelove The last time I encountered gator I wasn't offered the option of refusing it. I tried to make it go away, but it refused and downloaded itself anyway. I don't see how that differs from spyware.

I'm assuming it came in the form of a popup: If you're faced with that kind of situation, ctrl-alt-delete should give you the Task Manager (assuming you use Win98 or XP). "End Process" any instances of IEXPLORE.EXE should get it to knock that sh*t off for that session, otherwise reboot the computer.

I haven't been faced with Gator, that I recall, but I've been attacked by similar disruptive pushes from things trying to install themselves and refusing to take "F*CK OFF!!!" for an answer.

	08-11-2003 20:54									#51
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quote: Originally posted by DRoseDARs I'm assuming it came in the form of a popup: If you're faced with that kind of situation, ctrl-alt-delete should give you the Task Manager (assuming you use Win98 or XP). "End Process" any instances of IEXPLORE.EXE should get it to knock that sh*t off for that session, otherwise reboot the computer.

He should be able to find the download process and zap it.