John, I saw this review and thought that you might find it helpful. I have not tried the Internet Cleanup 5.0, so I cannot speak first hand on it. Best regards, John H.
derekc says: Tue Aug 12 11:17:24 PDT 2008 Re: Review: Internet Cleanup 5.0 I bought Internet Cleanup 5.0 early on after its release as I liked some of the features. It potentially could fill a void for Mac users on the Internet regarding net security. What it did I liked. But it is clearly a work in progress and is Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time. I found some annoying bugs, even more than those mentioned above. I also found that it missed the boat on the one big feature it should have nailed down: Identification and control of Tracking Cookies. (They are deposited into your browser and follow you around to other sites that know how to access this particular cookie. The idea is to collect data about your browsing behavior from site to site. The information is supposedly used by marketing humans so they can better target you with ads for things you'd be interested in buying. What really goes on is the question). The biggest problem with Internet Cleanup 5.0 is that is uses .kext files, a number of them, which it deposits into your system. This is a big fat no-no according to Apple. If .kext files are not perfectly programmed, you end up with that old horror from old Mac OS days where you have to test which system extension is messing up your machine. That is indeed the case with Internet Cleanup, where I found one particular .kext file was conflicting with some standard Mac OS X system calls. I ended up turning in my serial number and getting my money back. Allume were extremely nice about the entire process. But I've been waiting for several months now for them to update Internet Cleanup to fix the offending bugs and hopefully soup up their cookie control system. But nothing has happened! It's like the guy who coded the program fell off the planet and Allume have no idea how to fix any bugs. That's a big shame. I would NEVER recommend this program to anyone at this point. Maybe if they fix it. But I wouldn't count on it. On 8/13/08 7:54 AM, "Profile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just read the Consumer report on virus protection, spyware problems etc. > etc. They never cover the Mac well but they did mention that a vulnerability > to the Mac is spyware, that the Mac users are blase and unconcerned when in > fact Safari has no built in protection for spyware. > > So today I get an email from Smithmicro for their Internet Cleanup 5 software > that seemingly does one thing, looks for spyware. > > Is this a good program, anyone use it, what do you recommend to handle this > problem other than > > Many thanks. > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
_______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
