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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks
Maybe we need to define spyware.
I would define spyware, in part, as something that is installed without the surfers consent.
Is Zango spyware? Users consent to installing it. It seems fairly above board.
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DaddyHalbucks - the perfect example is that my husband doesn't download anything. He basically does his work and reads GFY & News links. Somehow, somewhere he got one of them and I put in over 3 hours removing every goddamn file it kept reinstalling.
His computer was not only slowed down to a crawl, but with any page he opened, the popups were neverending.
No consent, no *ok*, nothing. Now - my thought is this. There are 3 possibilities:
1) One version is the one they pay webmasters .40 to take over their surfers computers
2) Version 2 the put out on P2P networks and viral sites *unbeknownst* to the end user who just blew 1k buying a computer to have it taken over by scumware
3) Version 3 which just came to mind - is one that actually goes dormant for awhile tricking the surfer into believing that he actually cleaned it - after a few months - they turn the damn things on again.
I suggest you try getting infected with it and not cleaning it. See if it takes over one of your computers and if it skews your trust 'online'.