- Ad-aware from lavasoft, may have spyware!
- Posted by Gerry O on December 27th, 2003
I have used ad-aware from lavasoft.com for awhile on my computer now
but have recently noticed that it causes my computer to lockup, even
when I'm not running it. It also causes me to get an error in IE that
shuts IE down. I also read a post, where someone said that it acts
like spyware itself because it reads your drive and sends the
information back to the swedish guy that makes the software and that
he doesn't have a swedish domain (.se) but only a german domain (.de)
because he's doing some fishy stuff with users computers. I tend to
not trust companies outside the US because that's where all the
trojans, viruses, and other bad stuff come from. Has anyone else had
simillar problems.
Gerry
- Posted by Lou Rehberger on December 27th, 2003
"Gerry O" <dysart@eircom.net> wrote in message
news:aac5cb9d.0312271624.6e5c60a@posting.google.co m...
No, I have not experienced any problems whatsoever with ad-aware!
Lou
- Posted by Sietse Fliege on December 27th, 2003
Gerry O wrote:
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| TROLLS |
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- Posted by hyenapower on December 28th, 2003
nada
"Sietse Fliege" <change_.invalid_to_.nl@sf.slownet.invalid> wrote in message
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- Posted by donutbandit on December 28th, 2003
dysart@eircom.net (Gerry O) wrote in
news:aac5cb9d.0312271624.6e5c60a@posting.google.co m:
Far more likely that you have a virus causing your computer to lock up.
If you were using a firewall, you wouldn't have to worry about this or any
other program sending information out.
- Posted by Ben Cooper on December 28th, 2003
Sietse Fliege wrote:
Don't take this the wrong way, but you have a nice ascii.
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- Posted by Sietse Fliege on December 28th, 2003
Ben Cooper wrote:
How could I possibly take it the wrong way? 
Anyway, the nice ascii I nicked.
But then, you could expect that from someone from outside the USA. ;-)
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Cheers,
Sietse Fliege
- Posted by Ben Cooper on December 28th, 2003
Sietse Fliege wrote:
Oh no! And I saved it to my hard drive without first running
a virus scan!
Damn you, you evil foreigners!
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- Posted by Allen on December 28th, 2003
Per news:bslcgq$h2h$3@news.snowcrest.net, donutbandit <none@none.com>
noted:
If you want to get precise, it's probably a virus of the flavor "Inept
User" causing the consistent system discomfort.
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for beauty;
And the sheer ugliness of it all
will surely be lost on them.
- Posted by Sietse Fliege on December 28th, 2003
Ben Cooper wrote:
<snip>
I'm sure you heard it before, but you have a nice smile yourself.
LOL
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Cheers,
Sietse Fliege
- Posted by techie on December 28th, 2003
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:24:39 -0600, Gerry O wrote:
Sounds like it encountered a piece of adware that's rigged to blow the
system up if any of its components is removed - and then make it look
like ad-aware's fault. Wouldn't be the first time ad-aware encountered
this kind of problem.
Actually most adware and trojans originate from the US. They may be
inserted onto the Internet from other countries to avoid prosecution
under US laws but the money to develop and use them ultimately comes
from American marketing and data-mining companies.
Nope, but then I don't run Windows. However, I've used ad-aware and
spybot to fix a lot of my friends' Windows systems and they've been real
life-savers.
- Posted by Keenan P. on December 28th, 2003
In article <I2qHb.674537$Tr4.1691989@attbi_s03>,
pizzalover27nospamallowed@yahoo.com says...
Canada.
POKO
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- Posted by Gerry O on December 28th, 2003
techie <nospam@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.12.28.03.55.16.297513.679@nospam.co m.invalid>...
Yeah sounds weird how you would blame spyware, when it didn't detect
any. I know that ad-aware caused it. Also I just read that LAvasoft
was thrown out of COAST (Consortium of Anti-Spyware Technology
Vendors) because they have issues of actually being spyware
themselves.
Gerry
- Posted by LMA on December 28th, 2003
I've been using Ad Aware for quite awhile now, along with Spybot S&D and I
have experienced NO problems whatsoever, if fact, have really worked and
been great.........getting rid of all that crap will prolong my hard drive
life somewhat, I believe....
I know that there's a message at startup on my Spy that says if Ad Aware is
set to scan archives, it can/may declare some of the Spybot files "spyware"
but these can be ignored....and this has never happened
Great programs both, no computer owner should be without either or both
LMA
- Posted by KeithS on December 28th, 2003
"Gerry O" <dysart@eircom.net> wrote in message
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Source, please?
I tend to not trust
Source, please?
Source, please?
KeithS
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- Posted by Mister Charlie on December 28th, 2003
"Gerry O" <dysart@eircom.net> wrote in message
news:aac5cb9d.0312272217.54b1e677@posting.google.c om...
Then please provide proof. I have used adaware for years and it has
indeed been a lifesaver, and I have encountered no problems from it
whatsoever.
It sounds like nothing more than sour grapes to me. Or a rumor-monger.
- Posted by sumairp on December 28th, 2003
On 27 Dec 2003 16:24:39 -0800, dysart@eircom.net (Gerry O) wrote:
I have never had a problem with Ad-Aware.
As additional security, I do not use IE because it is a pitiful
example of programming, known the world over for it's security flaws.
I always double-check American software for spyware, because that is
where most trojans, viruses, and other bad stuff come from.
Cheers,
- Posted by Chuck Mattsen on December 28th, 2003
On 28 Dec 2003 11:38:21 +0800
Aaron <remove1spammer.20.greentack@spamgourmet.com> wrote:
Aaron> This one appears to be a half truth.
Aaron>
Aaron> http://www.coast-info.org/lavaresign.htm
What's half-truthful about it? I don't see anything there backing up
the assertion that they were "thrown out," as it talks about them
accepting Lavasoft's *resignation* and really doesn't give any hard
facts about the situation.
Unless someone can read between the lines for me.
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- Posted by Phil Rowley on December 28th, 2003
As "Sumairp" wrote, it's a bit rich to see complaints regarding trojans,
viruses etc coming from the USA.
The original poster seems to have forgotten that there is at least one
American virus creator currently languishing in jail as a guest of the
American Government. He also neglects to mention that the vast majority of
spyware originates from his country and that this is the source of the a
great proportion of the spam from which e-mail users throughout the world
suffer. It is estimated that 80% of the spam received in the European Union
originates from 17 operators in the state of Florida, which has no effective
state law to deal with the situation.
I have heard nothing whatever from any reputable source which supports the
allegations made about Ad-Aware. I, for one, would never be without it.
Phil
- Posted by KeithS on December 28th, 2003
"Aaron" <remove1spammer.20.greentack@spamgourmet.com> wrote in
message news:Xns945FBD91412DFunknown23@203.116.1.193
Not even a half truth, just a resignation, their reasons given in
http://lavasoft.element5.com/news/press/
KeithS
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