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2002-05-22 13:41Richard BarnettHi -- I've downloaded Audiogalaxy, but have been slightly put off using it by the privacy

From:: Richard Barnett <richard.barnett@pobox.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Wed, 22 May 2002 23:41:45 +1000
Subject:: [idm] Audiogalaxy and online privacy

Hi -- I've downloaded Audiogalaxy, but have been slightly put off using it by the privacy statement in the installer: I don't mind watching (or ignoring) ads, but if it's installing multimedia plugins and somehow monitoring my surfing outside AG then that's a different matter! Of course, I realise that the statement may mention a wider range of privacy-related behaviours than are actually implemented by the adware in AG. So, how intrusive are the ads & related stuff in AG? Does it uninstall properly? Am I fretting unnecessarily? Thanks -- Richard --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2002-05-22 13:54Shawnuse this to get rid of nasty gator and other spyware :) http://www.lavasoft.nu/ ----- Orig

From:: Shawn <luckyluke102@hotmail.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 23 May 2002 01:54:41 +1200
Subject:: Re: [idm] Audiogalaxy and online privacy

use this to get rid of nasty gator and other spyware :) http://www.lavasoft.nu/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Barnett" <richard.barnett@pobox.com> To: <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2002 1:41 a.m. Subject: [idm] Audiogalaxy and online privacy

quoted 3 lines Hi --

> Hi -- > > I've downloaded Audiogalaxy, but have been slightly put off using it by

the

quoted 6 lines privacy statement in the installer: I don't mind watching (or ignoring)

> privacy statement in the installer: I don't mind watching (or ignoring) > ads, but if it's installing multimedia plugins and somehow monitoring my > surfing outside AG then that's a different matter! > > Of course, I realise that the statement may mention a wider range of > privacy-related behaviours than are actually implemented by the adware in

AG.

quoted 15 lines So, how intrusive are the ads & related stuff in AG? Does it uninstall

> > So, how intrusive are the ads & related stuff in AG? Does it uninstall > properly? Am I fretting unnecessarily? > > Thanks > > -- Richard > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >

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2002-05-23 18:12Reading, JohnAudiogalaxy does install spyware onto your machine. It sucks and is very lame. You will ge

From:: Reading, John <john.reading@us.didata.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 23 May 2002 14:12:28 -0400
Subject:: RE: [idm] Audiogalaxy and online privacy

Audiogalaxy does install spyware onto your machine. It sucks and is very lame. You will get popups all the time if you are running the satellite and IE. Just go get ad-aware and run it right after install. It will delete any spyware you have. Recommended. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2002-05-23 18:14entiteeit's beyond annoying. i just put AG on my laptop and every 5 minutes it tries to connect t

From:: entitee <entitee@mac.com>
To:: idm <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 23 May 2002 11:14:48 -0700
Subject:: Re: [idm] Audiogalaxy and online privacy
Reply to:: RE: [idm] Audiogalaxy and online privacy

it's beyond annoying. i just put AG on my laptop and every 5 minutes it tries to connect to the internet. i need to get ad-aware. --kev/entitee http://entitee.com/dnb on 5/23/02 11:12 AM, Reading, John at john.reading@us.didata.com wrote:

quoted 12 lines Audiogalaxy does install spyware onto your machine. It sucks and is very

> Audiogalaxy does install spyware onto your machine. It sucks and is very > lame. > You will get popups all the time if you are running the satellite and > IE. > Just go get ad-aware and run it right after install. It will delete any > spyware you have. > Recommended. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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2002-05-24 05:10Mike Brownentitee wrote: > it's beyond annoying. > i just put AG on my laptop and every 5 minutes it

From:: Mike Brown <mike@hyperreal.org>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Thu, 23 May 2002 22:10:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:: Re: [idm] Audiogalaxy and online privacy
Reply to:: Re: [idm] Audiogalaxy and online privacy

entitee wrote:

quoted 3 lines it's beyond annoying.

> it's beyond annoying. > i just put AG on my laptop and every 5 minutes it tries to connect to the > internet. i need to get ad-aware.

I have posted instructions for manually removing Gator (from Win2K, probably works on XP too; someone will have to try) at http://sarotti.org/gator/ - Mike ____________________________________________________________________________ mike j. brown | xml/xslt: http://skew.org/xml/ denver/boulder, colorado, usa | personal: http://hyperreal.org/~mike/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org