"the Internet, a development that promises social control"

[Paul Mackin]

On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 18:00, Steve Maas wrote:
> I wasn't aware of Spybot but there's a useful program called Ad-aware at:
> http://www.lavasoft.nu/
> The basic version is free. Even with a firewall, Ad-aware found some 
> data-miners on my computer...of course, some may wonder if the program 
> implants its own while deleting competitors....


In other words, there ain't no free lunch.


P.


> 
> Steve Maas
> 
> ----------------
> s~Z wrote;
> I was noticing some weird little icons popping up periodically on my
> vidscreen and began doing research about virus infections and the like and
> ended up downloading "Spybot: Search and Destroy" only to discover that
> almost 300 spyware files had been installed on my computer. Even with as
> much blocking power as I have been able to find, a half dozen or so of the
> buggers sneak through every day.
> 
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