>Anybody what's available for the Mac? (Jim Holliman)
Macs won't have the same level of problem so you don't need things like AdAware. You hear the pundits saying that its because there's just not enough systems out there for people to worry about messing with them but that's not really true. Its the architecture of Windows, the "Gates Vision Thing" that's the problem. Windows assumes that external vendors should be able to -- in fact have the right to -- take over the operation of your system. (A traditional model is that no external agent has any rights on the system at all unless explicitly given them by the system's owner.)
If Microsoft changed their philosophy then all these problems could be fixed. Unfortunately this mindset is now expanding into "Digital Rights Management". This isn't what it seems to be (content protection for legitimate copyright holders) but rather a sea change in how your computer's used where users effectively rent use from providers who control what runs on the system and how you use it. This is seen as a major profit center by numerous companies so the problem's likely to get a lot worse before it gets better.
(DRM is more pervasive than computers, BTW. Its not been more intrusive because of consumer reaction (negative) which might derail it before it gets pervasive -- there's still too much legacy kit around, older analog televisions and radios, that sort of thing.)
Martin Usher
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