I bought this program a few weeks back primarily because of my paranoia of spyware, and the fact that this program was supposed to search your hard drive for it. I have used it with some success, but I found that the "pop up blocker" seems to interfere with Ebay's opening pages, ect. When ever I run the search for spyware, none has been found, so I guess I'm ok there. On Jan 31, 2005, at 1:10 PM, Rob Kersting wrote:
> Well, I figured, what the heck, and installed it. > > It really doesn't have much that couldn't be done with Applescripts, > with the possible exception of finding the spyware (if any). But since > the spyware button is disabled in the trial version, we'll never know > how that works unless we fork over the $$. > > I'm sure there are other utilities that do the same thing, possibly as > shareware or freeware. Firefox blocks popups very, very well, so that > function of IC is unnecessary. > > I once used Aladdin (Allume's) preference cleaner, it trashed a number > of preferences for apps I regularly used and caused a great deal of > damage. It's difficult to think that a company can safely create a > utility like this that fits every profile imaginable. > > If I were to use it, I would use it with a great deal of caution. > > rob > > Carl Wimmer wrote: > >> George: >> >> I am not familiar with IC 2.0, but am with 1.1 which effectively only >> works well with Internet Explorer and Mozilla browsers. I assume you >> are using OS X, so remember the base OS is very stable and not so >> easy to contaminate. >> >> If you use Safari or Firefox as your browser, they are capable of >> blocking pop-ups ads. You can manually remove your history cache, >> browser cache, and determine your cookie policy yourself. If you use >> one or even two browsers, this takes little time, but you must >> schedule it or remember to. >> >> If you fear spyware and use Internet Explorer, it may be worthwhile >> and you get the other utilities with it. >> >> Finally, if you are using a company/university machine, your system >> administrator should be consulted re: policy and may have to install >> it for you depending on your user privileges. >> >> Carl Wimmer >> >> On Jan 30, 2005, at 4:55 PM, George H. Yankey wrote: >> >>> Allume Systems is pushing the program " Internet Cleanup 2.0 " Is >>> this a program I should have in my utilities folder ? >>> >>> Thanks, George Yankey >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
