Microsoft buying Gator....Gator malware not blocked now

Post by **R00k** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:39 pm

ROFL
Not much else to say:
http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,1 ... 360,00.asp

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:40 pm

just use ad-aware pro...

Post by **Don Carlos** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:41 pm

Arse :/

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:41 pm

adware pro is not even close to being a good ad-removal program anymore.

Post by **KingManULTRA** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:41 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote:adware pro is not even close to being a good ad-removal program anymore.

Whyz?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:43 pm

oh boy

According to the results published by Howes, four different builds of the Windows AntiSpyware beta detected the Claria products, but the default recommendation was "ignore."

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:44 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote:adware pro is not even close to being a good ad-removal program anymore.

wow...it works flawless for me...

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:44 pm

There are a few far better pay programs out there, if you are going to waste your money on pay ad removal programs, you should buy one that is good. Ad-aware works, just not as well as most pay or even free programs.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:47 pm

i never said i bought it...but it works better then any program i have used...and it works on the fly so i never have to mess with it...

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:48 pm

no doubt it works, just not as well as other apps.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:49 pm

how does it work less better? i can go 3 months and run any other programs and they won't find anything...its gets everything all the time...thats as good as it gets and its invisible...

Post by **dzjepp** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:49 pm

Only n00bs get spyware...

fuck u...

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:50 pm

dzjepp wrote:Only n00bs get spyware...

I'm gay...

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:50 pm

u spelt no0bs wrong...

Post by **dzjepp** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:52 pm

u spelled spelt wrong...

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:53 pm

Freakaloin wrote:u spelt no0bs wrong...

I like my n00bs like I like my b00bs, big and stupid

Post by **R00k** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:02 pm

I like my women like I like my coffee..... Ground up and in the freezer.

Post by **Underpants?** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:09 pm

:lol:

edit: am I the only person who doesn't use antispyware anymore? Well, I guess if you're going to have massive casual inter-sex you should always wear an e-condom... mostly, I think antispyware and antivirus software is a band-aid approach to a continuously evolving problem.
periodically check your registry, view the objects cached in the temp settings and shut the fuck up, wankers.

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:21 pm

R00k wrote:I like my women like I like my coffee..... Ground up and in the freezer.

:icon30:

Post by **Tormentius** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:37 pm

I run MS Antispyware and Spybot every month or so. Its easy enough to check anything MS finds rather than go simply on their default recommendation.

Post by **dzjepp** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:39 pm

Underpants? wrote::lol:

edit: am I the only person who doesn't use antispyware anymore? Well, I guess if you're going to have massive casual inter-sex you should always wear an e-condom... mostly, I think antispyware and antivirus software is a band-aid approach to a continuously evolving problem.
periodically check your registry, view the objects cached in the temp settings and shut the fuck up, wankers.

Yeah, I'm gonna go digging deep into the million+ registry tree manually and look for stuff...

Or I can fire up one of the antispyware tools once a month and see if anything new is infected... which usually is not.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:45 pm

Tormentius wrote:I run MS Antispyware and Spybot every month or so. Its easy enough to check anything MS finds rather than go simply on their default recommendation.

so you're not bothered by this?

According to the results published by Howes, four different builds of the Windows AntiSpyware beta detected the Claria products, but the default recommendation was "ignore."

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:48 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Tormentius wrote:I run MS Antispyware and Spybot every month or so. Its easy enough to check anything MS finds rather than go simply on their default recommendation.
so you're not bothered by this?

According to the results published by Howes, four different builds of the Windows AntiSpyware beta detected the Claria products, but the default recommendation was "ignore."

well if you are dumb enough to get infected with claria and even dumber still not to change ignore to delete then you really shouldn't care about this change at all...

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:50 pm

Giraffe }{unter wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Tormentius wrote:I run MS Antispyware and Spybot every month or so. Its easy enough to check anything MS finds rather than go simply on their default recommendation.
so you're not bothered by this?

According to the results published by Howes, four different builds of the Windows AntiSpyware beta detected the Claria products, but the default recommendation was "ignore."
well if you are dumb enough to get infected with claria and even dumber still not to change ignore to delete then you really shouldn't care about this change at all...

i'm directing it more towards why MS would do that, not if a user is dumb enough to be infected.

nice try.

Post by **Tormentius** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 6:52 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
so you're not bothered by this?

According to the results published by Howes, four different builds of the Windows AntiSpyware beta detected the Claria products, but the default recommendation was "ignore."

Oh dont get me wrong, I'm quite bothered by it. If MS doesn't change the underlying code that makes Gator scumware then they'll lose the consumer and enterprise market before they've even released the final software version. This market is the same as the antivirus market, IMO and is built completely on trust. If consumers or corporations can't trust MS to correctly identify spyware then they'll fail in this venture.