dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
| Well, DUH!
When COAST (Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors) starts letting crapware companies BUY their way in to a group of anti-crapware companies... time to get the hell out! It's bad enough that some of these vendors of s*** have bought their way out of detection from the individual companies... now they are getting on the inside? Pass!
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No Firefox here, move along! |
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DarkSorcerer
Premium
join:2004-06-15
Belleview, FL
| Of Course, Everyone's Gonna Flame me for this but hey.....
Kinda how special interest buys into Politics.....
I see a direct correlation... Does anyone else?
Municipal Broadband, Corporation buy persuasion
Anti - Spyware Companies, Being Persuased
World Goverments, Being "Corporate Sponsered"
Ah America Land of the free....
(What am I getting for Free Again? j/k) |
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prinler
join:2005-01-12
Shandon, CA | almost like the US funding 9/11 |
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hpguru
Curb Your Dogma
Premium
join:2002-04-12 | reply to dadkins
COAST or TOAST?  |
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Thaler
Premium
join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
|  Good Move Webroot!
Now I can trust your products again! I'm surprized though that they didn't pack up & bail out the day COAST signed up 180solutions. My guess is that they tried to hang around, fix the problem from within, and found irreconsiliable differences with the other members. Moh well, their loss.
What actual Spyware-removal programs do they still have signed up under COAST now, 1? 0? Aluria doesn't count here...anything that lists WhenU as "Spyware Safe" is just another spyware peddler, IMHO.
On a side note, something interesting in the articles listed above. They go into details about how WeatherBug is spyware. Many people have felt that they've cleaned up their act, but I personally feel that any crapware vendor can't be trusted - period. Nice to have some evidence to back up my gut feelings on this one.  |
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Thaler
Premium
join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA | reply to prinler
Re: Well, DUH!
Who said we didn't? |
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ripoff
join:2002-01-27
canada | reply to Thaler
Re: Good Move Webroot!
I agree, good move Webroot. Nice to see there is still some ethics left in a few boardrooms.
I for one will be again renewing my subscription to Spy Sweeper. |
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TJ19971
Blues fan with a camera
Premium
join:2003-10-11
Sioux Falls, SD
1 edit | Absolutely. It is about time they showed some ethics. Hopefully this will become a trend. |
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Tier2
@sbc.com
| reply to ripoff
Re: Good Move Webroot!
why its crap ... u need to get spybot search and destroy.
Beleive me i work for dsl company and customer always have spyware issues. I have them download spybot and it fixes everything.... unless its already too late and ur winsock is ruined ... i hate fixing winsocks |
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Jeesh
@attbi.com | Who cares?
Who cares about this ? Man put some material on this site...... |
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Jeesh
@attbi.com | reply to Tier2
Re: Good Move Webroot!
I agree, the freebies are the best spyware preventers available. I can't believe anyone pays for that, they leave alot of stuff behind, and spybot and adaware are the 2 best by far. |
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Dude
What Happens When I Do This
Premium
join:2000-11-20
Chicago, IL
clubs:   | 1 company with
1 company with some balls |
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hensepens
join:2001-08-02
2131 XA
| reply to Jeesh
Re: Good Move Webroot!
Well, I have a Webroot licence. And although I agree Adaware is a good spyware remover, Spyware goes further.
It has shields to prevent Spyware getting on you PC in the first place.
For me that's worth paying for.
But to react on the topic starter. Good move of Webroot. Ad/Spyware companies have no place in COAST. |
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ltship
join:2002-08-11
Sturgeon Bay, WI
| reply to Thaler
Actually, this is the 2nd major spyware removal player to leave COAST - Lavasoft did it in Dec 2003.. take a look at COAST's membership list, no real big names there. BBR has a better support listing and membership following (as an example).
Spybot S&D is just one of the "trusted" removal programs available for free, but a good techie uses more than 1 tool in his arsenal / tool kit to get the job done. |
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jc100
join:2002-04-10
| Spyware Sucks
I truly wonder, why we can sue the tobacco company for billions, because it kills people... Yet they knew the risk.. Yet, we cant sue the spyware companies for millions or billions, when the risks are less evident, but it is still destroying our sense of life. While not killing us, this shit damages property at huge costs, IE personal computers... Wish some state would hammer these fucks with a few class actions, not that the money would benefit the normal people.... but least maybe get rid of these guys. Im so sick of removing this crap, ive finally avoided many places and careful to click no to those popups. Still, some backdoor ya regardless, and i think they should be forced to pay for the time of removal and the damage.. But hey Im not a politician and Im not on the take from soft money, so i guess this rational opinion means squat once you move up the food chain to bribery. |
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FROSTY
Premium,MVM
join:2000-08-10
Pinson, AL
clubs:
1 edit | reply to Jeesh
Re: Good Move Webroot!
WRONG Tier2 and Jeesh!
Last time I checked, SpySweeper detects over 2x as much spyware as Spybot. |
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some guy
@milwwi.ameritech | if you count all the cookies and false positives maybe |
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Thaler
Premium
join:2004-02-02
Encino, CA
| reply to hensepens
Actually, I use IE-Spyad for ad/spy/crapware prevention...and it does a remarkably good job too, without interfering with the user at all. Even old definitions (several months and going) still hold at bay most of the crapware install attempts out there. |
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Jeesh
@attbi.com | reply to some guy
Of course, most just look at the numbers and say "look how many it found!!".... without realizing that most are cookies and not spyware programs. Many don't have any idea there is a difference.
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