1 posted on
06/25/2005 8:42:55 PM PDT by
restornu
To: restornu
Yahoo toolbar is constantly trying to sneak itself onto my computer. If you download other programs, you often have a box checked by default saying that you also want to install the Yahoo toolbar. It's a real pain, because it can easily get in under the radar screen.
I haven't seen Google do anything like that.
2 posted on
06/25/2005 8:53:13 PM PDT by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: restornu
...Eric Goldman, a cyber law professor at Marquette University.Wonder if he got his degree online?
To: restornu
For any company that gets its spyware/adware onto my computer, I won't do business with them for a stick of gum. And I'll send their corporate office a letter telling them so.
4 posted on
06/25/2005 8:59:18 PM PDT by
Excuse_My_Bellicosity
("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)
To: restornu
These brain dead marketers obviously subscribe to the adage that any attention is better than none so I suspect we'll see more and more of these off-putting marketing tactics.
I guess they must work, like telemarketers, but not on me or, for that matter, anyone I know. So the question remains - Who are the idiots these tactics are directed to?
5 posted on
06/25/2005 9:02:43 PM PDT by
drt1
To: restornu; All
I use Firefox. Click the link and give it a try.
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Browser Wars, take two
various FR links | 12-22-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1306815/posts
...and let your compiler of links drop out of Lurk & Link mode for comment and advice:
Keep your OS updated & patched.
Run a hardware firewall-- with today's LAN's, it's easy. You need a hardware firewall.
7 posted on
06/26/2005 1:38:41 AM PDT by
backhoe
(-30-)
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