[RBASE-L] - Re: Off Topic: AdAware

[KarenTellef]

This mining software is hidden inside other software (mostly freeware or shareware) such as screen savers, etc., which you download and agree to install in your computer, what they do not tell you is that “data mining” software is also installed in your computer without your permission, again, in my opinion it constitutes fraud.


Thanks to EVERYONE for the talk so far.  I will be forwarding the relevant clips to my
client.  Especially the ones about downloading screen saver programs.  Everytime I went
there she was showing off the latest screen saver she had downloaded!  Parrots, ocean tides,
anything to make her think she was on vacation!  Well -- welcome home!!

She was also excited that she had downloaded an executable that showed the date in the
taskbar.  I thought that the text displayed looked real cheesy and unprofessional.  Bet that
was a problem to, you think?

Karen