Author: Tina Long
Date: 20:00:24 03/25/00
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On March 25, 2000 at 03:08:10, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >On March 24, 2000 at 22:35:07, Tina Long wrote: > >>On March 24, 2000 at 20:38:57, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >> >>>On March 24, 2000 at 20:18:03, Tina Long wrote: >>> >>>>A company creates a thing called Spyware; >>> >>>But somebody outside of the company calls it "spyware," and admittedly not for a >>>very good reason. >>> >>>>It collects data about me from my computer & sends it back to them; >>>>They say "trust us, we won't use the information" >>> >>>No, where did you see this? >>> >>>-Tom >> >>You can support it and justify it and endorse it as much as you like. You can >>even call its dangers' a hoax. > >Come on. At no point did I support it, justify it, or endorse it. Ok, you said to worry about it is a Hoax. My impression is that you are being too blarzay (phonetic sp!) about this invasion of our Personal Computers. I don't want my computing information given to someone who sneaks in and steals it. If they can sneak in like that, what else can they do to my computer? > >>But I'm glad I found out about it, and I'm glad I got a tool to eradicate it >>from my computer. >> >>You know what I want in my computer? Stuff I intentionally put there myself. > >Maybe you should go through your \Windows directory and delete all the files >that you didn't explicitly ask to be installed. Good luck getting your computer >to work after that. I Asked the Windows CD Rom to put there what it deemed necessary. It might even have given me a choice (typical, custom,....). I asked other programs to install what they needed to run, & they put stuff in my directories & in my register. I asked them to do it, I wasn't explicit about what or where, I clicked on an Install button, read a disclaimer, & clicked next. > >I think it can be argued that you installed this "spyware," albeit >inadvertently. Agreed. I installed Freeware programs that added this "stuff" to my computer. I could have installed a Freeware program that added a nasty virus to my computer. I would not have liked that either. >Maybe you should format your hard drive and install DOS 3.1. That >will probably end your Internet security concerns. And it'll get rid of all >those awful cookies. Now you are resorting to being silly and mean. I'm trying to handle my Internet security concerns with McAfee Guard Dog, and also the Utility (I foget OptOut?) you pointed me to. Your original post said to me "don't panic, read this". I read This, I downloaded their utility, I used it to clean my computer of an uninvited "stuff". And I thanked You. Thanks, Tina Long > >-Tom
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