Marque opened this issue on Nov 27, 2004 ยท 17 posts
Aeneas posted Sat, 27 November 2004 at 1:27 PM
Nope, not for money, but one of the pests of spyware. It does not install itself from a zip (freebie) butwhen downloading a webpage. No virus scanner will trace it. You need AdAware or Spybot Search|Destroy to find and destroy it. What it does is install itself in the background of your puter and register your surfing habits. You understand this kind of digital tick can get very fat and eat up many system's resources. It may well be that this is a Tripod thing, but I find that Marque did very well to warn about this and I find that, because many people are not aware of spyware and what it does, diviner should be warned hat happens on this site, and the site should be removed from freestuff. Spyware is as bad as viruses. This does not answer though why the domain where he should be reachable seems to be non-existent. (I would have warned him personally, but decided first to check his "real" site: consultant.com )
I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now I'll be mad. (Rumi)