If you use the internet, you NEED to read this!
If you use the internet, you NEED to read this!
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Recently when having a problem with my ADSL connection, a tech mentioned this software to me. It is called "ad-aware".
What it does is search your computer for all those little programs that websites and installed components install into your computer that send your information to companys. I know for a fact that if you have ever installed bearshare (and even if you have un-installed it) you have these components installed in your computer. Ad-Aware found something like 40 of them on mine... they are everywhere on the internet. It will also find back-door programs like trojan horses. If you use the internet, your information is probably not secure. Get ad-aware, its free as can be and only takes a few minutes to run! You will thank me!
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
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http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Recently when having a problem with my ADSL connection, a tech mentioned this software to me. It is called "ad-aware".
What it does is search your computer for all those little programs that websites and installed components install into your computer that send your information to companys. I know for a fact that if you have ever installed bearshare (and even if you have un-installed it) you have these components installed in your computer. Ad-Aware found something like 40 of them on mine... they are everywhere on the internet. It will also find back-door programs like trojan horses. If you use the internet, your information is probably not secure. Get ad-aware, its free as can be and only takes a few minutes to run! You will thank me!
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
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Aim: damageXcase
lovely ... 111
thanks muchly
suxors having a teen aged kid who thinks this computer is HERS .. she changes settings, etc ... pisses me off royally :P sits home on the computer while im at work.. then bugs me to get off the computer so she can use it when im mudding ... GRRR
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Ambar -= Beloved Matron =- Crimson Coalition
thanks muchly
suxors having a teen aged kid who thinks this computer is HERS .. she changes settings, etc ... pisses me off royally :P sits home on the computer while im at work.. then bugs me to get off the computer so she can use it when im mudding ... GRRR
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Ambar -= Beloved Matron =- Crimson Coalition
One note to everyone... If you use a Microsoft OS, and upgrade to the newest edition of their media player... Read the End User License Agreement (EULA) carefully... It now states they can install and remove software at will from your machine if they deem it shouldn't be there.
I think this is an attempt to stop pirated MP3's, but I am not taking my chances til it's been analyzed by some truly uber programming geeks.
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Malacar - omg ymir!
I think this is an attempt to stop pirated MP3's, but I am not taking my chances til it's been analyzed by some truly uber programming geeks.
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Malacar - omg ymir!
I doubt it refers to mp3's. Especially if they use the word "software" in that license, since mp3's aren't. Most likely it's so they can uninstall pirated versions of their own software, and install things like adware.
Dammit, if MS keeps doing crap like this Apple might just stand a chance...
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Every problem in the universe can be solved by finding the right long-haired prettyboy and beating the crap out of him.
Dammit, if MS keeps doing crap like this Apple might just stand a chance...
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Every problem in the universe can be solved by finding the right long-haired prettyboy and beating the crap out of him.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by rylan:
I hate m$ media player.. it takes over all your files like mp3s and stuff. Same with evil realplayer.. I won't allow that on my computer</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
how do you play all that pr0n then?
(rylan has 70gb of pr0n on his laptop..thats just a fraction fo what he has at home!)
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I hate m$ media player.. it takes over all your files like mp3s and stuff. Same with evil realplayer.. I won't allow that on my computer</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
how do you play all that pr0n then?
(rylan has 70gb of pr0n on his laptop..thats just a fraction fo what he has at home!)
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If I am not mistaken, one of the reasons for MS's declaration of independence in their new eua, was because a lot of people got their hands on some MS products that were not meant to be so easily available. I was told they were going to be soon running an update that would take care of the offending serial number users. i hope its not the free corporate release that was pirated from Dell of XP pro :P
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-Daz "<^> (*¿*) <^>" Proudwolf
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-Daz "<^> (*¿*) <^>" Proudwolf
The latest thing form Microshaft is Palladium, a nasty project they have been working on. Still sketchy on the full details, but it would be a partnership between them and AMD and Intel to basically give control of computer and what is installed and what software is used and licensed to them. I assume you can find out about it on several web sites, I found it on slashdot.org. Correct me if I am wrong, or someone please explain it a bit better.
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Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
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Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
More than likely that his horseshit.. i really doubt microsoft wants to be broken up because of completely monopolistic techniques like not allowing the competition to have software on your computer... now maybe its designed to help prevent software piracy.. which im getting more for.. i used to be a big time pirate but now ive decided that i really should be giving these companies money for things that they spent all this time and money to make for me...
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Grungar:
<B>I used to be a pirate, until the peg leg and eyepatch went out of fashion and I came down with a bad case of scurvy. Arr. Those were the days.
- Grungar "Don't make me keel-haul you" Forgefire</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
See, a real pirate like Touk doesn't let a little thing like scurvy stop him.
<B>I used to be a pirate, until the peg leg and eyepatch went out of fashion and I came down with a bad case of scurvy. Arr. Those were the days.
- Grungar "Don't make me keel-haul you" Forgefire</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
See, a real pirate like Touk doesn't let a little thing like scurvy stop him.
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I was actually just an undercover ninja, infiltrating a band of pirates to find out who their ring leader, er cap'n, was. Turned out that Cap'n Crunch was in league with the Soggies all the time just so he could collect on the insurance money. Arr, what a world we live in.
- Grungar "Walk the plank, matey" Forgefire
- Grungar "Walk the plank, matey" Forgefire
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Malacar:
<B>One note to everyone... If you use a Microsoft OS, and upgrade to the newest edition of their media player... Read the End User License Agreement (EULA) carefully... It now states they can install and remove software at will from your machine if they deem it shouldn't be there.
I think this is an attempt to stop pirated MP3's, but I am not taking my chances til it's been analyzed by some truly uber programming geeks.
</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
This was originally aimed at ending pirated copies of MS office and utilities, not mp3's. However, it could be put to use for either, or neither. As I understand it, legally speaking, that statement is more like a yawning gap than a loophole.
I'm sure Corth and Erevan will know more.
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Touk says 'know you not I am Touk, slayer of stupid giants?'
<B>One note to everyone... If you use a Microsoft OS, and upgrade to the newest edition of their media player... Read the End User License Agreement (EULA) carefully... It now states they can install and remove software at will from your machine if they deem it shouldn't be there.
I think this is an attempt to stop pirated MP3's, but I am not taking my chances til it's been analyzed by some truly uber programming geeks.
</B></font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
This was originally aimed at ending pirated copies of MS office and utilities, not mp3's. However, it could be put to use for either, or neither. As I understand it, legally speaking, that statement is more like a yawning gap than a loophole.
I'm sure Corth and Erevan will know more.
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Touk says 'know you not I am Touk, slayer of stupid giants?'
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ooo... had ad-aware for awhile. I guess that's my bad for never telling you all heh. I zapped 20 something my first time around. Just be aware of all those helper programs, especially gator and gain. I never dl those programs onto my computer, and somehow they got on. Not only that, there is a program that the ad-aware can't find that keeps on installing spyware on my computer every time i use it. GAIN/gator says that if i can't tell them which one of thier products is on my computer, then they can't tell me how to delete it. Of course, if i never installed one knowingly, how could i know? I tried uninstalling it, didn't work (with add/remove programs or the programs own uninstaller), tried deleting the folders manually, and still a no go. They are archives, not read only or as such. In conclusion...
GAIN/GATOR SUCKS! Ad-aware rulz!
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"Incoming force missles have the right of way!"
Dalen the super paly.
Aram the novice paly.
GAIN/GATOR SUCKS! Ad-aware rulz!
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"Incoming force missles have the right of way!"
Dalen the super paly.
Aram the novice paly.
Finally got the motivation to get off my lazy ass and find more info on palladium, a new security protocol proposed and patented by Microsoft.
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2873149,00.html
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Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2873149,00.html
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Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
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